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Article #543Re: Policy FAQ: cross-posting policy (updated 12/11/98):
From: Spiro
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 00:00
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Ramoth@home.net says... >mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro) wrote: >>Ramoth@home.net says... >>>cuchulain@heII-fIame-wars.org (Antaine) wrote: >>>>Ramoth@home.net wrote: <...> >>>>Hmm...in that case the thread going on in AG where people are >>>>wishing one another a merry Christmas would be off-topic and >>>>abusive in your opinion? Didn't you participate in that thread? >>> >>>Yes I did participate. And it was directed to the ppl of altnet >>>general. Not to the ppl participating in karl-malden`s nose. Don't >>>rightly know, if I know anyone in karl-malden`s nose??? >>> >>>You are trying to shift the context of CROSS POSTING, to another >>>subject. A Merry Christmas thread in altnet general. >>> >>No he's not. He's asking you to define what constitutes "on-topic" or >>"off-topic" posting, by using an example. >> >Under the context of on or off topic in a threaded message. >The Subject line. >I assumed that was a given. > >For the example of the Merry Christmas thread referenced, if >conversation starts to drift into chatter about New years resolutions; >then the chatter is starting to get off topic, for the thread. > Now lets see if I've got this straight - threads about Xmas are on-topic in altnet.general. Threads about New Year resolutions may or may not be on-topic depending on the direction of the chatter. But threads about Altopia's AUP (that's what I've spent my whole time here talking about) are definitely off-topic. Strange that. <...> -- --- Spiro In article <36bdb702.327110520@news.classact.org>, ClassAct@skuz.net proves he dropped out of skool before they did big words: > >Do I detect a certain hint of antipathy towards me? > No, just distaste and disgust.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ce2c,d5905c2e0723c88a X-Google-Attributes: gid10ce2c,public X-Google-Thread: fd665,d5905c2e0723c88a X-Google-Attributes: gidfd665,public From: mr_spiro@yahoo.com (Spiro) Subject: Re: Policy FAQ: cross-posting policy (updated 12/11/98): Date: 1998/12/18 Message-ID: <75efn4$leq$3@dosa.alt.net> X-Deja-AN: 423727938 References: <74rvhm$dff$0@207.14.113.2> <36729a9d.57697144@news.classact.org> <3681bb40.413866@207.14.113.10> <3673fcc4.75671244@207.14.113.10> <367600fd.8854855@news4.flyers.edu> <367a164c.154896078@news.classact.org> <75455n$lab$2@dosa.alt.net> <367afe64.38157667@BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET> <367dce8b.2124484@news.alt.net> <367b2521.3875392@BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET> <75c3fb$pev$2@dosa.alt.net> <36850ea7.43512828@BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Organization: Yeah, wouldn't you like to know. Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: altnet.general,alt.fan.karl-malden.nose