QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi All,

I have heard that Scott is grumpier than heck and will moderate moderately strictly.

So, the idea here in the QTR group is to make QTR info available and relatively easy to find 
instead of being mixed in with a ton of other good stuff like in the B&W group.

Hence:

1. non QTR techno stuff will be gracefully rejected with a suggestion to post it to the B&W 
group which I greatly admire.

2. non techno stuff period will be dumped "moderately" gracefully; this includes politics, 
religion, philosophy, ads, and "everything else of a similar genre".  This also includes 
bashing anything, anyone and any company.  My general thought is that most of the 
problems that cause company bashing, for example, are user induced.  There are famous 
exceptions of course.

3.  related to number 2:  there are EXCEPTIONS.  The ones that come to mind are ads of 
GENERAL interest like "QTR can now be used with 'our inks', etc...  And "welcome to my 
exhibition in Paris, tickets are attached"...  What I was trying to say in the previous 
sentence is that showings of work are another major exception, unless they seem very 
commercial.  So how do we tell?  post it and see.

4.  also related to number 2:  I hope that posts will exhibit grace to a greater or lesser 
extent.  Every once in a while I myself goof on this (lose it?) so DUMP ON ME, BUT via 
EMAIL, NOT a POST.  Often I catch it myself and go back and delete the post before more 
than a few thousand people have suffered it.  :)

5.  Also considered not the best post is a "thank you for bailing me out of deep ???".  Send 
an email to the savior.  They will appreciate it and our digests will not be astronomical in 
size.

6.  Speaking of data size, please delete most of the thread that you reply to, leaving only 
enough for context.  Repeated failure to do this in the long run will lead to mutual 
frustration.

7.  Initially post anything that you think might fit or nearly fit; I will be happy to consider it 
and you might well help me define what I mean by all this.  Incidentally members and 
posts are not currently reviewed before they appear in public and I do not expect them to 
be.  If you have looked at the Epson 4000 group, it operates much like this; is very useful; 
and I do almost zero actual moderation.  Kirk started it right one might say.

8.  If you should someday find that you are no longer a member, don't take it as a major 
insult.  It will mean that in my opinion you have stepped fairly far over the line.  Rejoin and 
we'll try again.  On the other hand if you are ever banned, hmmm.  I have only done that 
once in a year on the other group.

9.  And when you read this you may well notice that the formating stinks; word wrapping 
at the darnest places, etc.  I have never figured out how to fix this and would appreciate 
advice.  Is it just a Safari thing or????


Happy posting
Scott Graham

Hi Scott,

Thanks for your efforts here, and I think most people will not 
mistake a well-moderated, focused group for grumpiness ;>)

All your points are very well taken, and I just wanted to comment on 
the wrapping -- it may well be a Safari thing, because the only time 
I see a difference between my IE or Firefox formatting and the 
preview I do prior to posting is when Yahoo sticks one of their 
lovely ads in the right corner of the post. That just knocks all the 
line wrapping on its ear!

Anyway, glad there is a group now just for QTR, and I trust Roy and 
Steve will spend time here and continue their incredibly generous 
support -- as well as all the other very knowledgeable QTR people 
from the DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint forum...

Cheers,
Richard

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Graham" <gebilwil@n...> 
wrote:

> I have heard that Scott is grumpier than heck and will moderate 
moderately strictly.
> 
> So, the idea here in the QTR group is to make QTR info available 
and relatively easy to find 
> instead of being mixed in with a ton of other good stuff like in 
the B&W group.
> 
<<snip>> 
> 9.  And when you read this you may well notice that the formating 
stinks; word wrapping 
> at the darnest places, etc.  I have never figured out how to fix 
this and would appreciate 

> advice.  Is it just a Safari thing or????
> 
> 
> Happy posting
> Scott Graham