House Keeping
  • Dear all

    Its nice to see more discussions and activity again thouh the bignames like Gokul,Pavithra,Lavanya and Kamal seem to be a bit quiet....Hope they will join us before next year...



    Just a reminder..when you reply please delete the previous mail you van do it by going to setting and altering the reply settings...

    If you want to respond to a particular statement...Cinema dialogue style response then just leave the most importnat bit and delete the rest ...

    It helps archiving and also helps new members to read the archives better
  • Dear Gokul

    I am working on it infact spend the whole new years day deleting messages and archiving files.

    I am really sorry to say this but sooner or later I am going to have to delete any mail which has not deleted the Original message to save space.




    I have to do this with a heavy heart and heavy hand because inspite of my repeated requests the members still dont delete the original message.

    Second i have half archived the previous years mails into different headings and am planning to delete them all that would give us some more space

    If you want Periyakoil saram it will all be as one message or If you want Nandhinis father it will have all the messages.

    Maybe we can convert them as PDFs later but doing so we have to update them annually because some new member will want to add something.I dont want new members to get the same response i got it has been discuused already( I recently gave some onre that response) so If we have them archived then they can just read and add



    Moreover I think we can move some of the archeological discussions to the pS varalaru site The only reason we all argreed to copy them to PS site was to creat an awareness but lately they all are directed only to PS may be we need to do something about it.

    Hopefully we can creat space that way.

    I may also remove the PS story in our files section I am sure people can read them from PM site or as pdf s if we provide the linx.

    This is seroius stuff so if anyone has any objections mail me by 7th January because Ill start deleting archived files then

    Thank you

    Happy new Year



    sri
  • Dear Gokul

    I am working on it infact spend the whole new years day deleting messages and archiving files.

    I am really sorry to say this but sooner or later I am going to have to delete any mail which has not deleted the Original message to save space.




    I have to do this with a heavy heart and heavy hand because inspite of my repeated requests the members still dont delete the original message.

    Second i have half archived the previous years mails into different headings and am planning to delete them all that would give us some more space

    If you want Periyakoil saram it will all be as one message or If you want Nandhinis father it will have all the messages.

    Maybe we can convert them as PDFs later but doing so we have to update them annually because some new member will want to add something.I dont want new members to get the same response i got it has been discuused already( I recently gave some onre that response) so If we have them archived then they can just read and add



    Moreover I think we can move some of the archeological discussions to the pS varalaru site The only reason we all argreed to copy them to PS site was to creat an awareness but lately they all are directed only to PS may be we need to do something about it.

    Hopefully we can creat space that way.

    I may also remove the PS story in our files section I am sure people can read them from PM site or as pdf s if we provide the linx.

    This is seroius stuff so if anyone has any objections mail me by 7th January because Ill start deleting archived files then

    Thank you

    Happy new Year



    sri
  • Dear Vaithiyar, :)

    How about creating blogs?

    There are number of blogging services we could use.

    http://blogger.com (owned by google)

    http://qlogger.com (photos could be included) - I LOVE THIS BLOGGING
    SERVICE. tried to incorporate tamil blogging in it. havent worked it
    out yet. i havent checked out all the features available in qlogger
    so far. checkout http://tamil.qlogger.com


    We do have quite a few PS members who blog.

    other services i know,

    http://www.pitas.com/


    http://www.blog-city.com/

    blogdrive.com



    anpudan,
    Mathy



    >
    > I may also remove the PS story in our files section I am sure
    people can read them from PM site or as pdf s if we provide the linx.
    >
    > This is seroius stuff so if anyone has any objections mail me by
    7th January because Ill start deleting archived files then
    >
    > Thank you
    >
    > Happy new Year
    >
    >
    >
    > sri
  • Dear all

    I didnt check my mail for twodays and the whole box was filled with such tresayures from Mr Srihari Thats great...

    So the magnificient feat of Lara was matched with our 400th member the pearls of wisdom just keep flowing

    My only concern is that they should reach the members...I would request mr Srihari to limit to a couple of topics every week so that the message gets to the members and they can discuss

    The down side of carpetbombing is you think you ll read them in the weekend and nextweek and then just delete it I truy hard to read everysingle mail but sometimes these things are ignored and that would be a wasted effort...

    I ve just taken the liberty as I am wearing my Moderator Hat at the moment I hope tyou gus agree...

    Second Plaese delete the oroginal message while replying saves space is responding to a specific line or passage just cut paste that alone like SB sir

    Thank you



    Sri



    Dr Sridhar Rathinam FRCSEd
    Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery
    University Hospital Of North Staffordshire
    Queen Street
    Stoke-on-Trent UK
  • Dear all

    I cannot remember how many times I have said this but one has to
    repeat himself time and again for the benefit of the new members

    1.If you are raising a new Querry and Discussion please Change the
    subject and labell it appropriately
    I know it is easy to click reply and send a mail than send a fresh one

    2.Please delete the original mail when yo reply unless you are siting
    selective lines in the original mail in which case retain those and
    delete the rest.
    It makes archiving easier


    Thank you
  • Hi,

    I agree with you and this sort of replying
    increases network traffic also.
  • Dear all

    The senior members of the group knew this mail would surface sooner or later....as it always does....



    1)Can you please delete the previous message when replying...saves space on the server

    2) Change the subject as relevant...If you are talking about moonram yathirai dont leave the subject as periyar bashing....Just an example....helps in archiving
  • Dear All

    I am really sorry but quiet a few of your valuable discussions are going to end in the trash bin soon if you dont delete the original message



    Space problem
  • Dear .Dear

    Dear All
    I can hear the oldtimers groan There he goes again

    Can I request the Subject changed when you are replying with a different message
    Can you delete the previous messsage other than relevant bits
  • Dear All
    I havent for a long time troubled you with my Moderator Hat!

    Can I request you a few things
    1. Please change the subject when you send a new subject:helps archiving
    2. Please sign off as XYZ so we can reply addressing you as XYZ
    3. Please adhere to the Angappan limit!
    lots of interesting stuff at once is great but they tend to go
    unnoticed so if you have lots of links and info send them in
    installments so we can mull over them and discuss them..especially all
    the beautiful links from Bala and VJ...we need time to analyse them
  • Dear Sri,

    thanks for the gentle reminder and apologise for the deluge of
    stuff - put it to Arva kolaru, will take your advise and slow it up
    a bit.
  • Dear All
    Its been a fantastic month with mails flowing left right and centre!
    May I offer some guidelines
    Quiz:
    Its great to have Quizes we all learn I used to love Quiz ...
    If you are setting questions
    ask members to reply to you and not the group.
    set a deadline
    Then Please give all the answers
    so It can go into the archives
    Topic:
    Yet again if you are changing topic chnage it in Subject as well
    Email length:
    Try to stick to Angappan limit as explained by SPS from Dr Jaybee if you search our archives you'll find it (Another quiz Eh!)
    Delete unwanted contents
    Please delete previous mails when replying it makes i long...it takes time..it makes archiving difficult
    Language:
    Please feel free to type in Tamil but post a summary translation for the rest of us as we dont want to loose valuable info due to software glitches ( English and TAMIL)
    Delete courtesy mails
    Dear fellow moderators can we all please delete coutesy and personal details mails periodically so that it's not abused.

    Merry mailing

    Happy Vinayaga Chathurthi to everyone...I was fortunate to be born on one and so end up celebrating two birthdays my calender one and VC

    Kind Regards

    Sri



    -Dear ,___
  • Dear Gokul
    I used to do them in the past because that way archiving was easy
    a Thank you mail,wishes and so on do not need saving for posterity
    between Moderators we can do that every sunday one of us can delete not archivable mails

    secondly if member want discussions archived PLEASE change Subject if you are changing subject and delete unwanted content

    Thirdly theres nothing wrong to express your believes and have a spirited and dogmatic fight but this is not the right forum for it for certain issues


    Kind Regards

    Sri
  • Dear All

    We have had some lovely discussions and some fireworks

    ITS AMAZING HOW THIS GROUP HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH from a small forum on PS which Ramchi started in 2002 .....to a forum with 2007 members!!



    I am a bit dissappointed that most of them won't reach the relevent threads as we haven't changed the Subject.(myself included as I was catching up with a lot)

    May I request you all to kindly change the subject if you are changing the thread.

    Secondly we are also at the risk of losing some valuable and potential threads in the flurry of activity.

    I hope this meets the approval of my fellow moderators

    Kind Regards

    Sri (on behalf of the moderators)



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  • Ladies and Gentlemen

    Can I remind members to please stick to English or Tamil please do not type tamil in English which makes life difficult...

    Sri





    If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;
    If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain,
    Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again,
    I shall not live in vain.
    Emily Dickinson






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  • Dear all

    Can we refrain from discussing army and police matters in our forum kindly please...
    Like I said before this is a open forum..

    Sri


    If I can stop one heart from breaking,I shall not live in vain;
    If I can ease one life the aching,Or cool one pain,
    Or help one fainting robin, Into his nest again,
    I shall not live in vain.
    Emily Dickinson






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