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From: bill@ssbn.WLK.COM (Bill Kennedy)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Franchise Opportunity
Summary: What does and doesn't 'belong'
Message-ID: <1221@ssbn.WLK.COM>
Date: 4 Sep 89 14:30:12 GMT
References: <2016@avsd.UUCP> <620438322.3396@ontmoh.UUCP> <960@utoday.UUCP> <630@visdc.UUCP> <967@utoday.UUCP> <119@ubbs-nh.MV.COM>
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In article <119@ubbs-nh.MV.COM> noel@ubbs-nh.MV.COM (N. Del More) writes:
>In article <967@utoday.UUCP> greenber@utoday.UUCP (Ross M. Greenberg) writes:
RMG>>First off, I think it might be best for me to get a biz group set up
RMG>>for this kind of stuff:  it really doesn't belong here.

RMG>>Getting this kinda stuff out of this newsgroup, 'cause it doesn't belong
RMG>>here, I look forward to receiving mail telling us where we done good, and
RMG>>where we done bad.  

NDM>Now why in the heck doesn't it belong here?  Sounds to me like this was a
NDM>discussion about a review published in your rag, and your comments
NDM>concerning the editorial policy etc.

NDM>IMHO, this discussion IS appropriate for this and other "regular"
NDM>newgroups unlike some of your other previous postings.

Having just waded through more articles that "don't belong" than those
that "do belong", I just gotta drag out the tattered old sermon, sorry...

This news group, news.admin is for and about administration of the
news network and system.  That's what the description has said for
as long as I can remember.  The content seldom follows the description
but the purpose remains the same.  Nope, Ross is correct, that discussion
_doesn't_ belong in news.admin, but since nobody seems to pay any
attention to that, why bitch?

From time to time there *is* something posted to this group that
pertains to news administration.  Those of us who read the group
for that purpose must continue to read the inappropriate stuff in
order to harvest the occaisional pearl.  Something like having to
kiss a lot of frogs...  Soreheads like me just *have* to bitch about
it from time to time in hopes of getting the pertinent stuff closer
together.  Nope Mr. Moore, you're mistaken.  Your article actually
invites the dilution I'm complaining about.
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