I also remember sometimes ago there was a similar discussion on
IBERPAL@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES, and the person that started the discussion
was expelled unfairly from the list because he he belonged to one of the
"nations, tribes or races" that Europeans do not care about
them!
Iberpal is similar in scope to Paleonet. However, the main language is
Spanish (or Castillian) but any other Latin language (Romance language)
is most welcome (French, Italian, Portuguese,...). Moreover, as far as I
remember, English has been used occasionally for general interest
messages.
Iberpal is an open, non-moderated and private list (it is necessary
to subscribe to it). However Iberpal has rules
http://www.rediris.es/list/info/iberpal.es.html
See also
http://jerwood.nhm.ac.uk/archives/paleonet/1996/msg00746.html
(As in Paleonet the rules are applied with fair flexibility in a friendly environment)
The person expelled from Iberpal was Xavier himself. Xavier did not follow the more basic rules of the list. The administrator of Iberpal, Miguel Pardo, advised Xavier several times before he was expelled. For those of you interested please read IBERPAL@LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES, where all the messages are stored as a scientific tool.
Miguel Pardo Alonso has great integrity as the administrator of Iberpal. Certainly, the person that started the discussion was NOT expelled unfairly from the list because he he belonged to one of the "nations, tribes or races" but because he was extremely ill-mannered.
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Dr. Patricio DOMINGUEZ-ALONSO
Department of Palaeontology
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
patd@nhm.ac.uk
patricio@geo.ucm.es
padomin@terra.es
Tel 0207 942 5335 (internationally 0044 207 942 5335)
Fax 0207 942 5546 (internationally 0044 207 942 5546)