> I'd like to ask other listowners how they handle 'warnings', do you do >it privately or publically? I find that I want to lean towards 'private' >warnings but that 'public' has its advantages as well such as letting all >the other list members know that the infraction was noticed and being dealt >with. Comments? My list is probably easier to run in this respect because it's a writing list. 99% of it is submitting what you've written or critiquing what someone else wrote, according to the exercises I make available to the list. We have a Talk: topic and the guidelines restrict its use to housekeeping matters and to subjects directly related to the exercises. To join the list, members must submit a bio and an application agreeing in advance to the list rules. Anyone who infringes Talk: is given a polite public warning. Anyone seriously infringing it is kicked off the list. I've only had to do that once. On another list in which I had an unrestricted Talk: topic, the messages quickly deteriorated to a low level. Live and learn. Now I think every list should have guidelines which support its purpose and discourage everything else. Jilla