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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10p ---2114655128-1237771960-1332254353=:80465 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Jane=0AI can only answer for myself.=0AFirst of all, rules like this ten= d to be used by bullies on the group=0Ato make posters conform. If its not = that rule, they will have another=0Aso we may as well confront them on this= one. One fellow has rules re the subject=0Aof the post - he changes mine w= hen he makes some remarks. Bully tactics.=0ABullies never grow out of their= habit.=0AIn addition I go fishing a lot and report what I see other than t= he fish, I have no desire=0Ato have a fish hog follow me there through this= group.=0AI also once made a post where I gave the location, An other reade= r went=0Athere and made a post as to how mean of me to send him there it wa= s such a miserable spot.=0AA lady recently posted about her desire to have = location in the posts. I have=0Anever read to my knowledge any posts from h= er. She wants to make the rules=0Abut doesn't post herself. A cyber bully!= =0AIn addition Jane the number of posts has fallen like the Maple Leaves in= the NHL.=0AWe need to do something to encourage folks to post. Bullies giv= ing first time posters=0Athe works about the rules will scare them away for= sure.=0ANeed any more reasons?=0AHave a nice spring=0APaul=0A=0A=0A=0A____= ____________________________=0A From: Dave&Jane Schlosberg <dschlosb-g@ns.s= ympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012= 11:06:31 AM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Location again=0A =0A=0APaul, Tom, e= t al: Could you explain why you don=E2=80=99t want to say where you =0Aare?= =C2=A0 What is the harm in putting at least the general location in the =0A= subject heading=E2=80=94maybe just the county, even?=C2=A0 I don=E2=80=99t = understand why some =0Aare so opposed to this; and I think it would be help= ful to those of us who would =0Alike to have an idea of location, to unders= tand this apparently strong =0Abias.=0AJane=C2=A0=0AFrom: Tom & Terri =0ASe= nt: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:35 PM=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASubject= : Re: [NatureNS] Location=0A=C2=A0 Ditto=0A=C2=A0=0AI think my/others Silen= ce speak =0Avolumes=0A=C2=A0=0ATom K.=0ACanso=0A=C2=A0=0A=C2=A0=0A----- Ori= ginal Message ----- =0A>From: Paul MacDonald =0A>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.= ca =0A>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 4:37 =0APM=0A>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] L= ocation=0A>=C2=A0=0A>Hi Wayne=0A>One point that should be made clear is the= constant calling for all details in the post=0A>has had the expected resu= lt of discouraging a lot of folks from making posts.=0A>There is a couple = of frequent complainers on this score.=0A>I have had emails and have talke= d with people who indicated they no longer post because=0A>of one individu= al in particular.=0A>The moderator - if there is such a beast - should indi= cate to this individual that his=0A>behaviour is unexceptable and stop cha= sing naturalists away. He will soon bring the =0A>group to a stop! I for s= ure will be gone.=0A>There is no rules for posts to my knowledge so be happ= y with what you get.=0A>I hope I make my point clear.=0A>Paul=0A>=0A>=0A>= =C2=A0=0A>=0A>________________________________=0A> From: Wayne P. Neily <n= eilyornis@hotmail.com>=0A>To: NatureNS List <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> =0A>= Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 3:45:16 PM=0A>Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Locati= on=0A>=0A>=0A> =0A>Good Points, Gail!=C2=A0 Having the location, date, and = observer's name clear in the e-mail is not only helpful to general readers= or others in that area, but to editors for Nova Scotia Birds or North Am= erican Birds who may find the records useful.=0A>=0A>Some also report to = =0A e-Bird, and I would urge each of these to be careful in naming your lo= cations =0A so that the nearest town or other community can be identified,= especially for =0A yard lists.=C2=A0 Too often, they are simply called "J= oe's Yard", "Betty's =0A feeders", "123 Main St." (with no town name), or = even "My cottage", etc., =0A making them quite useless to anyone but the o= bserver and his or her friends, =0A or to someone with the time to track d= own a map link for it and bring it up on =0A the net.=C2=A0 (Painfully slo= w for those of us with dial-up modems).=0A>=0A>=0A>Wayne P. Neily =0A>Tremo= nt, Kings Co., Nova Scotia=0A>=0A>"To a person uninstructed in natural hist= ory, his country or seaside =0A stroll is a walk through a gallery filled = with wonderful works of art, =0A nine-tenths of which have their faces tur= ned to the wall." - Thomas H. Huxley, =0A 1854. =0A>=0A>=C2=A0=0A>=C2=A0= =0A>=0A>________________________________=0A> From: gcbruhm@ns.sympatico.ca= =0A>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=0A>Subject: =0A [NatureNS] Location=0A>Dat= e: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:20:06 -0300=0A>=0A> =0A>Could everyone make an effor= t to identify what location they are=C2=A0 referring to, including the cou= nty in some instances as there is more than one location with the place na= me. Some writers at excellent, with great directions. I find NatureNS very= helpful to decide where we should head out to look for birds. =0A>Thanks= =0A>Gail Bruhm, Halifax=0A>=0A> ---2114655128-1237771960-1332254353=:80465 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Jane</s= pan></div><div><span>I can only answer for myself.</span></div><div><span>F= irst of all, rules like this tend to be used by bullies on the group</span>= </div><div><span>to make posters conform. If its not that rule, they will h= ave another</span></div><div><span>so we may as well confront them on this = one. One fellow has rules re the subject</span></div><div><span>of the post= - he changes mine when he makes some remarks. Bully tactics.</span></div><= div><span>Bullies never grow out of their habit.</span></div><div><span>In = addition I go fishing a lot and r