MUD'ers Welcome,
Thank you all for your interest in MUD/MMO development and the
continuation of the MUD-Dev mailing list. We have quite a few members
that have signed up for this new list and I am expecting more to come.
In order to continue the discussions that were going on previously on
the original MUD-Dev mailing list, I will be sending out a series of
reposts of those messages. You can always start posting your new
discussions as well!
The original MUD-Dev mailing list was a hand moderated list. By doing
this the list kept the quality and format of the posts high. The new
MUD-Dev2 list will follow in the same spirit. I am posting the mailing
list guidelines below. One of the important things to do in posting to
the list is identify the type of post you are doing (see item #4). This
will allow those that wish to filter their MUD-Dev2 messages further to
do so.
Nick Koranda
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In character MUD-Dev aims to be a collegial fraternity of people active
and interested in the field, and as such members are present on the list
as individuals, external to any commercial affiliations they may have.
Your participation of the list is subject to the following guidelines:
1. All list messages are accepted under the Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike
<
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/> license.
2. All quoted material must be attributed. For materials from other
sources than the list, state the author and source. A reply to a
post from the list must at least state the name of the original
author if your mailer does not automatically prepend one.
3. New text goes below the quote it refers to. Do NOT put your new
text at the top of the message with the entire original message
quoted below.
4. Change the message Subject: heading as the topic under discussion
changes. A good format to use is as follows:
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Subject: New subject (was: Old subject)
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5. Use the following Subject: tags to indicate the area of interest
of your posts:
ADMIN
Messages relating to administrative functions of the list.
Normally only used by the list owner.
BIZ
Messages relating to business operations or concerns.
DESIGN / DGN
Messages disccussing design aspects.
JOB / RESUME
Jobs wanted and available, or other messages specifically
relating to jobs, hiring, and related.
MEDIA / NEWS / ANNOUNCE
Announcements, news articles, media reports and commentary, etc.
OFF-TOPIC / OT
Off-topic! (Please keep it short and encourage the thread to
migrate to the Meta
<
https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/meta/> list.
SOCIAL / SOC
Discussion of social structures, social engineering, the
social sides of human factors, and other similar soft subjects.
TECH / CODE
Messages relating to technology, especially implementation
technology.
Examples:
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Subject: TECH: Distributed server models
Subject: TECH DGN: Building neural networks for political systems
Subject: DGN: Balancing Melee vs Ranged Combat in Games Which Model Space
Subject: OT NEWS: Earthquake. CA falls into sea. Moderator drowned.
Subject: BIZ DGN: Designing around making money on EBay item auctions
Subject: NEWS: Beta open for EverUltiFireFurBabyMooCall!
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Note: List members can filter what list mail they receive by the
above tags.
6. Grandstanding, bombast, advertisements, chest puffing, or other
forms of self or corporate promotion are not appreciated on the
list. The list is an expressly non-commercial and topic-centric
venue. It is intended as an intelligent and free discussion by
peers in the field, not as a (self-) marketing venue.
7. Discussion of MUD-Dev itself, moderation policy, activities and
discussions which fork from MUD-Dev, and other meta discussions
are generally off-topic for the MUD-Dev list. Please use the Meta
<
https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/meta> list for such
discussions.
8. Membership of the list is not a right. You are here as my guests.
This is a private list run as a personal contribution to the
field. I trust the list's membership to behave accordingly.
9. Attempting to invalidate or discourage a discussion or avenue of
investigation on the list because it strays too close to a
commercial project's field or other such interest will be deemed
an intentional personal insult. Don't go there.