Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!xenitec!edhew
From: edhew@xenitec.uucp (Ed Hew)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: To flame, or not to flame...
Summary: flames don't belong in news.newsusers.questions
Message-ID: <1989Aug20.035314.16826@xenitec.uucp>
Date: 20 Aug 89 03:53:14 GMT
References: <20393@sequent.UUCP>
Reply-To: edhew@xenitec.UUCP (Ed Hew)
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In article <20393@sequent.UUCP> brians@sequent.UUCP (Brian Sheets) writes:
>new users who come here with the intent of learning things getting 
>flamed for for not knowing something.
>
>All you people out there who jump to flame these  people who are 
>just trying to gain a little information by asking question
>need to stop before they hit that "F" or "R" key and remember when
>you where just starting out and put yourself in their position.

Ummmm, well, not all of us, ok, please.
I have seen some useful articles posted.

>Also remember that not everyone who reads news is a "Technical"
>person and that it is just a source of information and not a way of life.

Your point is (IMHO) most valid.  This newsgroup (news.newusers.questions)
was created to provide a forum for net.newcomers to *learn* how things
work around here.  Instead, all too often, they've managed to learn all
about being flamed for asking a simple question.  **THIS IS BAD**
(sorry people, but the caps were necessarily intentional).

I respectfully suggest that perhaps the charter of news.newusers.questions
should be ammended to prohibit flames, as they serve no useful purpose
here.  This newsgroup should contain the following:
	1/	requests for information
	2/	fulfillment of requests for information

This again brings up the topic "should news.newusers.questions be a
moderated newsgroup?".  If we as supposedly intelligent posters can't
remember what group we're in, then we must either ask a moderator to
make intelligent decisions for us, or create another newsgroup for flames.
The last thing I want to see is a call for discussion on
	news.newusers.questions.d	(flame.land)
Instead, let's be a bit more civil and helpful here, people.

>Brian Sheets KA7KDX         _  /|                   "I'll be back"

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