Perhaps if we were to all adopt the following, it would leave us more time to to enjoy our hobby. Therefore, I respectfully submit the following. ************************************************************************* GENERIC MODERATOR FORM ************************************************************************* As Moderator, I took exception to your recent post in . It was (check all that apply): ___ lame. ___ stupid. ___ off-topic. ___ much longer than any worthwhile thought of which you may be capable. Your attention is drawn to the fact that: ___ what you posted/said has been done before. (Mark only if above checked) ___ Not only that, it was also done better the last time. ___ your message contained commercial advertising. ___ your message contained a BBS ad. ___ your message contained numerous spelling errors. ___ your message contained multiple grammatical errors. ___ YOUR MESSAGE CONTAINED EXCESSIVE CAPITALIZATION AND/OR PUNCTUATION!!!!! ___ your message was an obvious forgery. (Mark only if above checked) ___ It was done clumsily. ___ you quoted an article/message in followup and added no new text. ___ you quoted an article/message in followup and only added ___ lines of text. ___ you quoted a message in followup and only added the line "I agree!!!" ___ you flamed someone who has been around far longer than you. ___ you flamed someone who is far more intelligent and witty than you. ___ your lines are 80 columns wide or wider. ___ your .sig is longer than four lines. (Mark only if above checked) ___ And your mailer truncated it. ___ your .sig is ridiculous because (check all that apply): ___ you listed ___ InterNet/FidoNet mail address(es). (Mark only if above checked) ___ you listed a non-existant InterNet site/FidoNet node number. ___ you listed ___ phone numbers for people to use in prank calls. ___ you included a stupid disclaimer. (Mark only if above also) ___ your pathetic attempt at being witty in the disclaimer failed. (Mark only if above also) ___ Miserably. ___ you included: (Mark all that apply) ___ a stupid self-quote. ___ a stupid quote from a net.nobody. ___ a Rush Limbaugh quote. ___ a Dan Quayle joke. ___ a Bill Clinton reference ___ a reference to the world being 6000 years old ___ a reference to Beavis & Butthead. ___ lame ASCII graphic(s) (Choose all that apply): ___ USS Enterprise ___ Australia ___ The Amiga logo ___ Company logo (Mark only if above also) ___ and you stated that you don't speak for your employer. ___ Bart Simpson Furthermore: ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of . ___ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of newsgroupmail. ___ You are a loser. ___ This has been pointed out to you before. ___ It is recommended that you: (Mark all that apply) ___ find a volcano and throw yourself in. ___ get a gun and shoot yourself. ___ stop reading and get a life. ___ stop sending messages and get a life. ___ try reading this newsgroup for a week (or more than 10 minutes) before posting again. * AmyBW v2.11 * ... Fax: Fiction.