[vance hawkins]

Linda, I hope you don’t mind me sayin’ the following. I might edit this to cover more ground when I think of it. 🙂 But for now this’ll do.

All posters are really appreciated, and I am not a politician — I don’t know how to say this any other way. Just please know I am gonna say this because it is important that no misunderstandings occur later.

I really hope all posters will consider what they are saying carefully.

Please if you write “it is “well known” that the XYZ Indians did this or that” — Please consider the implications of that statement. I for one, am not that bright at times. I might not know that the XYZ Indians ever did anything like that, and I might challenge it if it is not “well known” to me. Always assume the reader of your post is like me, and the information that is “well known” to you might not be “well known” to others.

So instead of assuming we know it, please include in your post a reference — book, publisher, title, date published, page number –as much as you can get your hands on, a place where I can find that “well known” information. If you only have the title and author that’s okay too, but put down as much as you can get your hands on. If you get information from a website, please provide the URL of that website. I like to ressearch the topics brought up, and I don’t wanna have to do a google search to find out what you are talkin’ about. If you already have done that google search, please mention the URL, at least eventually. I understand recalling you saw something and mentioning it. Just remember later to go back and find the URL and pos it. I am probably guilty of this too, so don’t anyone take it personal.

And please don’t think of me as some kind of an ogre if I ask you for that documentation if I don’t see it posted. I’m just over worked, underpaid, and tired all the time. 🙂 Not as young as I used to be.

Thanks for your understanding.

vance

[lynellarainhawk]

VANCE,

This post is probably one of the most important ones I’ve read! I would never think you to be an ogre!:) You’re MY Vance afterall! I think this is very important for everyone to remember. I know I’ve been guilty of it. But, I want to be worthy of all of you, so I know I want to do the very best I can to do it right. With so much of this information that we assemble being so vital to this entire project, everything has to be as well documented as possible. I think this post is a very good idea and I hope evryone sees it. Thank you with all my heart! 😉 Lynella.

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