🚀 go-pugleaf

Hallo,

da einige Leute noch nicht recht zu wissen scheinen, wozu news
da sind und an welche Konventionen man sich halten sollte( Ich
denke da an gewisse Debatten in fb20.general( lokales Netz ) ),
moechte ich mir erlauben einen Auszug aus der Installations-
Dokumentation von bnews2.11.19 zu posten :

Stellen die mir wichtig erscheinen habe ich mit *** markiert :


( stuff deleted ... ) You should read
this document and understand it thoroughly before you even  think
about  posting  anything.  If you have questions, please ask your
USENET administrator (who can usually be reached by sending  mail
to  or  a  more  knowledgeable USENET user.  Believe me, you will
save yourself a lot of grief.  The mechanics of posting an  arti-
cle  to  USENET are explained in Mark Horton's excellent paper if
you have not read that yet, stop here and do so.

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Before you decide to post an article, you should consider
a few things.  Do not repeat postings This applies  even  if  you
did  not post the information the first time around.  If you know
the answer to a question someone asked, first  read  the  follow- ***
ups, and if you have something more to contribute, mail it to the ***
questioner; if you think it should be seen  by  others,  ask  the
questioner  to  summarize the answers he receives in a subsequent
article.

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Reposting
announcements of products or services is flatly forbidden.  Doing
so may convince other sites to turn off your USENET access.  When
school starts, hoards of new users descend upon the USENET asking
questions.    Many  of  these  questions  have  been  asked,  and ***
answered, literally thousands of times since USENET  began.   The ***
most common of these questions, and their answers, have been col-
lected in the hope that the new users will read them and not  re-
post  the  same  questions.   So,  if you want to ask a question,
check Appendix A to be sure it isn't one that has been asked  and
answered  literally  hundreds of times before you started reading ***
the USENET.  Do not post anything when upset, angry,  or  intoxi- ***
cated  Posting  an article is a lot like driving a car - you have ***
to be in control of yourself.  Postings which begin Jane, you ig- ***
norant slut, ...  are very definitely considered in poor taste.   ***
 Unless you are critiquing Unfortunately, they are also  far  too
common.   The psychology of this is interesting.  One popular be-
lief is that since we interact with USENET via computers, we  all ***
often forget that a computer did not do the posting; a human did. ***
A contributing factor is that you don't have to look  the  target
of  abuse in the eye when you post an abusive message; eye-to-eye
contact has an amazing effect on inhibiting  obnoxious  behavior.
As  a  result,  discussions on the USENET often degenerate into a ***
catfight far more readily than would a  face-to-face  discussion. ***
Before you post an article, think a minute; decide whether or not ***
you are upset, angry, or high.  If you are, wait until  you  calm ***
down  (or  come  down)  before  deciding to post something.  Then
think about whether or not you really want to post it.  You  will
be  amazed what waiting a day or even a few hours can do for your
perspective.  Bear in mind that shouting hasn't convinced  anyone
of  anything  since  the  days  of Charlemagne( Karl der Grosze
Anm. der Red. :-), and being abusive
makes people hold even more tenaciously to their ideas  or  opin-
ions.   Gentleness,  courtesy,  and  eloquence  are far more per- ***
suasive; not only do they indicate you have enough confidence  in ***
your words to allow them to speak for you, but also they indicate
a respect for your audience.  This in turn makes  it  easier  for
your  audience to like or respect you - and people tend to be far
more interested in, and receptive to, arguments advanced by those
they  like  or respect than by writers who are abusive.  Finally, ***
remember that some discussions or  situations  simply  cannot  be ***
resolved.   Because people are different, agreed-upon facts often ***
lead to wildly different feelings and conclusions.  These differ-
ences  are  what  makes life so wonderful; were we all alike, the
world would be a very boring place.  So, don't get frantic; relax
and  enjoy the discussion.  Who knows, you might even learn some-
thing!  Be sure your posting is appropriate to USENET Some things
are  inappropriate  to post to USENET.  Discussing whether or not
some other discussion is appropriate, or if it is  in  the  right
newsgroup,  is  an example.

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Another example of inappropriate postings is
the infamous spelling flame.   Every  few  months  someone  takes
another  poster  to  task  for  poor  spelling or grammar.  Soon,
everyone jumps on the  bandwagon,  tearing  apart  one  another's
postings  for  such errors. 


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Mit der Hoffnung etwas zu bewirken 

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