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>From: dnagle@hades.omen.com.au (Dave Nagle)
>Organization: Omen Computer Services, Perth, Western Australia

Hi Dave,

>Doesn't it bother you that an article which was quite valid and on
>topic everywhere else besides aus.general gets totally killed
>because it is off topic in one (unmoderated) group?

>Sure, it's rude to post an off topic article to a group. It
>wouldn't be the first time it's happened in Usenet, and no doubt
>won't be the last. People reading the article can see that the
>poster was being rude by posting an off topic article.

>My understanding of Usenet culture is that moral persuasion is
>the order of the day when people are being rude by posting off
>topic articles.

>It's not as though we are talking about a megagroup Make Money
>spam, or repeated and grossly off topic abuse.

>Cancelling other people's articles is extremely rude, and should
>be reserved for a last resort.

I'm new to the InterNet.
But have been using FidoNet and local Networks for about 8 years now.

Are you talking about InterNet msg areas when you talk about Usenet?
If so people need to read more carefully in the area they are posting in
before doing so to make sure they aren't posting in the wrong area.

It isn't FidoNet or just another local Network.  People have to pay
to get access to the InterNet and when they choose what areas to read
they don't want a heap of msg that have nothing or very little to do
with the area they are reading...  People should THINK CAREFULLY before
posting in ANY msg area.  If their msg gets deleted because its in the
wrong area they'll know better next time.  I've seen it time and again
on Fido.  You can try and tell people but they 9 out of 10 times they
will keep doing it until their msgs start getting deleted...

BFN,
    John.



>The off topic "rule" for aus.general is not applied consistently;
>just whenever Phil feels like annoying people (he suceeds).

>The proposed "aus.general and 2 other groups" is half baked. It
>should be "aus.general and 0 other groups".

>The aus.general FAQ doesn't bother to specify an exact number to
>define "excessive" crossposts.

>> aus.general     General information, announcements, etc.
>                                                      ^^^
>                                                what a lure!

>How about:
>aus.general       Articles that have no other home.


>...Dave

>P.S. I know content is irrelevant, but just for information the
>article in question was about:

>> Telstra today spawned a little political hot-potato with its letter
>> sent to hobbyist BBS operators informing them they will be charged
>> business rates.

>P.P.S. Followups to aus.net.policy
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