a note about etiquette

[Dave.Touretzky@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU]

Okay you guys: the long-term subscribers to this list have started
complaining, so it's time to remind people yet again of the rules of
etiquette for using CONNECTIONISTS.

Rule #1: if you're too lazy to do your own literature search, don't expect
anyone on this list to do it for you.  Messages of the form "Please send me
a list of books on neural nets" are not appropriate for this forum.  The
CONNECTIONISTS list is for serious discussion of research, and for
dissemination of tech reports and talk announcements.  If you're a novice,
you should be reading Neuron Digest, not this list.

On the other hand, if you're an established neural net researcher already
familiar with the literature, and you want to compile a bibliography which
you will then distribute for the benefit of the entire community, then a
call for references is fine.

Rule #2: don't send personal follow-up messages like "Please send me a copy
too" to the CONNECTIONISTS list.  If you don't know how to use your mail
system properly, kindly un-subscribe yourself from this list until you
learn.

Rule #3: never tell anyone about CONNECTIONISTS or NN-BENCH.  Only tell
them about CONNECTIONISTS-Request and NN-BENCH-Request.  That way requests
for subscriptions won't be sent to the wrong place and rebroadcast to 500+
sites all over the globe.

Thank you for your cooperation.

-- The Management