netiquette
Definitions
noun
Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.
Top-posting and spamming are considered poor netiquette on a newsgroup.
I would like to propose a netiquette rule, but I don't know where to post it.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of netiquette.
There have been several posts lately about the rights of people to post here, and there seems to be some confusion as to whether the traditions govern this Newsgroup. They do not. Netiquette applies here. […] Any member is welcome here as long as they behave appropriately within the guidelines of responsible Netiquette.
In order to help us keep a clean and decorous house, we have in operation (a) the Netiquettes already in force while we were based at MIT; (b) the newly passed Rules.