From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
Subject: Once again, the Keywords
Date: 13 Dec 92 18:46:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: taronga.Z22M101
Organization: Taronga Park BBS

I've discovered there is a lot of confusion over what makes up a 
moderated newsgroup.  I've revised the keywords file to reflect this:


These are the informal guidelines for posting to rec.food.recipes.
This is a MODERATED newsgroup.  It is for posting recipes and 
requests ONLY.  It is not for discussion so please don't send any
hints, tips, comments, etc.  Post those to rec.food.cooking.

To post to the group, you can either post news as you would do
normally (your article will automatically be forwarded to the
moderator), or you can send to one of the addresses aliased at 
this site.  Use recipes@taronga.com for recipes and recipe requests 
and recipes-request@taronga.com for administrative matters.  Test 
posts are considered to be bad netiquette, and it will not endear 
you to the moderator if you fill her mailbox up full of test posts.  
(Users new to the net are encouraged to read news.announce.newusers 
for further information). 
Also, be patient and don't resubmit your article multiple times.
Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean it hasn't been posted, 
as it can take a fair amount of time for things to propogate through 
the net.  If your article wasn't accepted, drop a message to the
moderator asking why and how you can change it to be approved for
resubmission.

The keywords are not mandatory and appropriate articles will still 
be submitted without them.  However, it would be appreciated if you 
did include the keywords because if you don't, people will send email 
complaining that their kill files won't work unless those keywords are 
there.  Just keep in mind that using the keywords saves the moderator 
a considerable amount of grief.

If you are responding to a request and the original poster asks for 
replies to be sent via email, then please reply to them through mail, 
and not with a followup to the newsgroup.

Things that absolutely will not be posted include: repeats of requests,
"me-too" followups, requests that stipulate a time limit, articles 
with a lot of quoted text and/or excessive .signature files, and 
requests for Buffalo wings.

There are currently no plans to put this group into a digested format.

Finally, a lot of vegetarians read this newsgroup, so it is helpful 
to use the keywords to indicate whether or not the recipe has meat in 
it.  Use the list below:

In the Subject, Summary or Keywords line:
REQUEST		If it is a request, be sure to tag is as such!

COLLECTION      More than one recipe.
VEGAN           Strict vegetarian, no eggs or dairy products.
OLVEG/LVEG/OVEG Vegetarian, eggs and/or dairy products included.
LOWFAT          

MEAT		This used to be MAIN but now I'd prefer if you put
		in what type of meat is in the dish -- BEEF, PORK,
		FOWL, SEAFOOD, GAME, etc.            
APPETIZER
SOUP
SALADS
VEGGIES		Not vegetarian, but vegetable (side) dishes.  
 		These dishes may have meat in them.
FRUIT
PIES          
DESSERTS
BREAD           Yeast and quick breads.
CAKES
DRINKS		Alcholic and non-alcoholic.
COOKIES
STAPLES		Grains, rice, dried beans and pasta.

THAI
CHINESE
INDIAN
ITALIAN
MEXICAN
GREEK
FRENCH

Feel free to add any other designations you feel are appropriate.
Thanks.
-- 
Stephanie da Silva                                    arielle@taronga.com
Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes