Abduction Digest, Number 16 Monday, July 8th 1991 Today's Topics: Posting Guidelines **** Warning ***** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Doug.Rogers@p0.f1.n606.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Doug Rogers) Subject: Posting Guidelines Date: 28 Jun 91 01:58:52 GMT New readers are always joining Paranet. For their benefit, allow me to review the rules of posting which we ask all our users to adopt: ******* PARANET ECHO POLICIES ******** The following are guidelines for the operation of the Paranet Echos on member boards. Please take a moment to read (and understand) these policies. If we'll adopt these attitudes, we'll have a more polite, effective network. 1. No anonymous messages may be posted on the network. Some Paranet BBS's allow users to use "handles", and USENET users have no opportunity to place their names in the "From" field. If a user uses a handle, then all posts to Paranet Echos must be signed at the end of the message using the user's REAL NAME. In the case of USENET posts, it would help to place the ADDRESSEE's REAL NAME in the subject field. It is the respon- sibility of the Sysop of each Paranet Node to enforce this requirement, either by reviewing all messages before release, or by disallowing Paranet access to users using handles. 2. Personal Attacks are *NOT* allowed in the Net. In any echo dealing with issues as emotional as those with which we deal it is a matter of course that the validity of testimony on the part of certain individuals will be called into question. It is important, however, to remember that *ALL* parties are to be treated with respect. If you wish to question a person's validity, state your reservations AS YOUR OPINION. For example: "John Doe is a totally unreliable witness" could leave you legally vulnerable. "I BELIEVE John Doe to be a totally unreliable witness" is much better, especially if you can add "because...". Please be careful how you judge the parties involved, and attempt to defend your contentions. 3. Any user who is found to have knowingly and deliberately posted false or misleading information regarding the activities of the United States Government, its intelligence agencies and/or operatives, with respect to the investigation of UFOs or other related matters, will be locked out of the network immediately and permanently, and their name circulated to other UFO investigatory groups. 3.1 Since Paranet echos are exported to a number of countries around the world, it should be noted that Federal Law prohibits the revelation of "National Secrets" to "Foreign Governments". For this reason, we must insist that material which might violate the National Secrets Act not be posted in the echos. All sensitive material believed to be of legitimate interest to Paranet researches should be delievered via NETMAIL to Mike Corbin at Paranet Administration for review and subsequent release. 4. Direct Flames are best posted elsewhere. They will not be tolerated in the echos. 5. References should be included if required for clarity. Some users tend to copy the entirity of previous messages before responding, while others never quote anything and simply make comments about previous posts. You should remember that many boards don't hold all messages forever. Quote (if your software allows it) or at least paraphrase (write a simple summary of) the content of the message you refer to. Please DO NOT quote the entire message, as this is just expense for all boards concerned. Quote only the germaine material. 6. Please make all messages conform to the specified content of the Echo Area in which you are posting. Putting the messages in the right pile makes it MUCH easier to make sense out of the stacks of messages. 7. Enforcement. Users who violate these guidelines will be advised of the lapse by the Echo Moderator. After three violation notices, the user is to be locked out of Paranet areas by the sysop. A FIRST lockout will be for THIRTY DAYS. A SECOND lockout will be for NINETY days. The THIRD lockout will be PERMANENT. Sysops who refuse to lock out troublesome users can be dropped from the net by the Paranet Administrator. Users who believe the Moderator has been unfair in requesting a lockout can request that their Sysop plead their case in the Sysop Echo. In such cases, ALL net Sysops will be asked to vote on the matter. Vote of the net is binding on all concerned. Doug Rogers Echo Moderator -- Doug Rogers - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Doug.Rogers@p0.f1.n606.z1.FIDONET.ORG -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Michael.Corbin@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Michael Corbin) Subject: **** Warning ***** Date: 7 Jul 91 23:30:00 GMT * Forwarded from "Fido UFO Echo" * Originally from Mike Mansfield * Originally dated 07-05-91 23:20 In a recent 'research study' done by UTMB Neuropsychology Galveston on the effects of migrane headaches upon lifestyle, a few CURIOUS questions arose, being that my wife was a participant, she was able to relay this information to me. (She had recently been scheduled for a Cat Scan to diagnose unusual migrane headaches) The questionairres were in general, mostly generic, but the following questions were asked that make me feel *perhaps* something more is being studied than just headaches... 1) Have you ever felt you were being watched? next question was a clincher... 2) Do you believe in Extraterrestrial life? I see little reason that such questions should be included in a purely scientific study unless the medical profession has turned 180 degrees and suddenly believes in extraterrestrials... (still waiting for the results of the Cat-Scan... although I wonder if we'll get to see what was actually taken, or not...) -- Michael Corbin - via FidoNet node 1:104/422 UUCP: !scicom!paranet!User_Name INTERNET: Michael.Corbin@p0.f428.n104.z1.FIDONET.ORG ****************A**B**D**U**C**T**I**O**N****D**I**G**E**S**T******************* Submissions UUCP {ncar,isis,boulder}!scicom!abduct Submissions DOMAIN abduct@scicom.alphacdc.com Admin Address abduct-request@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu ****************A**B**D**U**C**T**I**O**N****D**I**G**E**S**T*******************