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From: tale@pawl.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence)
Newsgroups: alt.sources.d,alt.config
Subject: Re: moderation of alt.sources vs. automated harangues
Message-ID: <1989Oct26.062219.18414@rpi.edu>
Date: 26 Oct 89 06:22:19 GMT
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In <1989Oct24.223853.16789@NCoast.ORG> allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery):
Brandon> Education, yes, but you won't reach the people who are most
Brandon> likely to make this mistake: new net.users who are not yet
Brandon> familiar with the "jargon" of Usenet.  And it takes
Brandon> sufficient time to "digest" a newusers info posting that
Brandon> putting a definition there won't help much.

Brandon> Clarify the name.  It'll do wonders.

Okay, so lets have a little poll.  ("*Gasp*!  A vote on the alt
net?!")  Please send me your suggestions with the following names as
beginning suggestions:

        alt.sources.only
        alt.source.code
        alt.source-code.only
        alt.leave.it.the.hell.alone

...or whatever variation on words and/or punctuation make it the most
clear.  In a few days I'll post the results, which will probably be
pretty scant.  Please don't bother flaming me if you happen to agree
with line four up there, just tell me that's what you think.
Belligerence really isn't necessary.

Dave
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