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Do you know what netiquette means? To be honest, before reading this article I had no idea.
Basically, it is short for internet etiquette. It is a set of social conventions and rules you should follow while using the Internet. For example, you should do the research before you start writing emails about your problems. You should try to find out what’s happened on your own. If you are really stuck, of course, you should ask for help, but be brief, stay on the topic, be clear and use appropriate language. Common rules for email are avoiding flamewars and spam.
I’m quite sure you all know that, but revision is always good practice. 

NOTEBOOK

Rover Netiquette

A few hermits out there in print-land may not have heard, but it was recently Anti-Bullying Week (Nov 19-23). And before that itwas Bullying Awareness Week (Nov 12-17). At Rover, we take the issue seriously.

While there may not be a direct link between the horror of bullying and the ongoing discourse on net etiquette (netiquette), we hereby acknowledge that our site needs to come forth with a policy on where we draw the line between lively debate and offense.

To that end, Rover has formulated a statement of policy regarding contributions to the site. Our policy applies to writers and editors as well as to people who leave comments, which also includes our writers when they respond to comments.

Conversation is what the world is all about these days. Rover has posted more than 4,000 comments since we launched in 2008. We value your remarks. Please let us know what you think of the new policy:

Rover Netiquette Policy 
19.11.2012

As an Independent Review of Art and Culture, Rover considers reader comment an integral part of our site. Just as all posts are edited, all comments are reviewed by an editor before posting.

The following guidelines constitute our comment policy:

1. Personal attacks, defamatory statements, threats or invasion of privacy will not be tolerated. Do not include personal contact information. Offensive language will not be posted.
2. Hyperlinks to external sites are allowed, providing they respect netiquette policy. Rover is not responsible for the content on external sites.
3. Violation of these terms will result in your comment being declined or removed.
4. If an error in fact has been posed and noticed, it will be corrected. Rover reserves the final decision.
5. Remember that your comment will become part of Rover archival content for an indefinite time, indexed and searchable worldwide. Think before you press send: we are under no obligation to remove your comment when or if you cool down.
6. Humour, exaggeration, irony and other such time-honored rhetorical devices are a fundamental part of debate. So is passion. A sense of humour and fair play is fundamental to our code of ethics and honor. Rover encourages lively debate and will not be bullied by readers or writers suffering from insensitivity to humour. We reserve the right to define humour, irony and the limits of passion.

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Netiquette /net-i-ket/, Noun: 1. The social code of network communication. 2. The social and moral code of the internet based on the human condition and Golden Rule of Netiquette. 3. A philosophy of effective internet communication that utilizes common conventions and norms as a guide for rules and standards.

For more on the subject, visit www.networketiquette.net/
PS: Many thanks to Donovan King who spearheaded this overdue project.

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Netiquette

Internet etiquette, or Netiquette, is a set of rules that were created in order to facilitate the proper conduct while using the Internet. Netiquette is one of the first areas in which online and digital etiquette was defined. The term netiquette came about around the same time that the World Wide Web started in 1990.^[1] Many users of the Internet who began to use it before 1993 consider the etiquette of current users lacking in socially acceptable conduct. This Eternal September, as it is called, is based off of the fact that every September new freshmen would start at universities. These freshmen would consequently learn during the month of September the proper use of the Internet. After this, they would know the proper conduct while using the Internet. However, in the month of September 1993, the Internet gained a large amount of users in a very short period. This marked the beginning of common Internet usage, and consequently was called the Eternal September because of the improper netiquette of the new users.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_(technology)

Introduction

by Virginia Shea

What is Netiquette? Simply stated, it's network etiquette -- that is, the etiquette of cyberspace. And "etiquette" means "the forms required by good breeding or prescribed by authority to be required in social or official life." In other words, Netiquette is a set of rules for behaving properly online.
When you enter any new culture -- and cyberspace has its own culture -- you're liable to commit a few social blunders. You might offend people without meaning to. Or you might misunderstand what others say and take offense when it's not intended. To make matters worse, something about cyberspace makes it easy to forget that you're interacting with other real people -- not just ASCII characters on a screen, but live human characters.
So, partly as a result of forgetting that people online are still real, and partly because they don't know the conventions, well-meaning cybernauts, especially new ones, make all kinds of mistakes.
The book Netiquette has a dual purpose: to help net newbies minimize their mistakes, and to help experienced cyberspace travelers help the newbies. The premise of the book is that most people would rather make friends than enemies, and that if you follow a few basic rules, you're less likely to make the kind of mistakes that will prevent you from making friends.
The list of core rules below, and the explanations that follow, are excerpted from the book. They are offered here as a set of general guidelines for cyberspace behavior. They won't answer all your Netiquette questions. But they should give you some basic principles to use in solving your own Netiquette dilemmas.

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/introduction.html

Netiquette

E-guides on social interaction and communicating electronically

Within the email message, mouse over red text 
to find the commandments of good email netiquette.
Look for all ten!

Communicating clearly on the Internet 
without creating misunderstandings is a challenge.
One problem is that you haven't any facial expressions, body language, or environment to help you express yourself;
another that there is little "give and take" for developing what you mean to say or are discussing

These guidelines hopefully will help you:

• Be clear
  Make sure the subject line (e-mail) or title (web page) reflects your content
• Use appropriate language
  If you have a question on whether or not you are too emotional,
  don't send the message, save it, and review it "later"
  Remember:  no one can guess your mood, see your facial expressions, etc.
  All they have are your words, and your words can express the opposite of what you feel
  Don't use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS--it's equal to shouting or screaming
• Be brief
  If your message is short, people will be more likely to read it
  Refer to the Guide on "Writing for the Internet"

• Make a good impression
  Your words and content represent you; review/edit your words and images before sending
• Be selective on what informationyou put in an e-mail or on a web site:
  Information on the Internet is very public, and can seen by anyone in the world including criminals, future employers, and governments
• Forward e-mail messages you receive
  only with permission of the sender
• Remember you are not anonymous
  What you write in an e-mail and web site can be traced back to you
• Consider others
  If you are upset by what you read or see on the Internet, forgive bad spelling or stupidity;
  If you think it violates the law, forward it to the FBI or your state's Attorney General
• Obey copyright laws
  Don't use others' images, content, etc. without permission
  Don't forward e-mail, or use web site content without permission
  Visit the Library of Congress' Guide on "Copyright Basics" for students and teachers
• Cite others' work you use
  Refer to the Guide on "Citation"
• Use distribution lists appropriatelyand with permission
• Do not send SPAMSPAM is posting or e-mailing unsolicited e-mail, often advertising messages, to a wide audience
  (another way of thinking of it is electronic junk mail)
• Don't forward chain letters
  If you receive one, notify your web master
• Don't respond to "flames" or personal attacks
  Contact your web master for action and referral

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