Regular

As Regular (engl. Pronunciation [ɹɛg.jə.lə], regular ') is in mesh jargon of the regular and therefore experienced participants in a mailing list , a news group or an internet forum called.

The Regular usually enjoys a certain degree of familiarity among the other participants in the forum due to his contributions. His contributions are usually characterized by a certain competence in relation to the topic of the forum.

The regulars give formal, stylistic or substantive standards such as the Netiquette against the newcomers ( newbies ).

Individual evidence

↑ regular . Noun. In: PONS. The online dictionary. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Timo Gausling: The newsgroup contribution - a communicative genre? Student working papers on language and interaction, issue 4, January 2005, passim ( PDF online , noam.uni-muenster.de) / p. 21 and p. 79 f.
↑ Regular. Entry in the Usenet ABC Wiki (2005)

[1] regular . Noun. In: PONS. The online dictionary. Retrieved January 25, 2013.

[Gausling-2] Timo Gausling: The newsgroup contribution - a communicative genre? Student working papers on language and interaction, issue 4, January 2005, passim ( PDF online , noam.uni-muenster.de) / p. 21 and p. 79 f.

[3] Regular. Entry in the Usenet ABC Wiki (2005)