Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!njin!limonce From: limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: CALL FOR LOCAL DISCUSSION: Split the c.s.a group more? Message-ID: Date: 15 Oct 90 04:04:52 GMT References: <1990Oct6.051722.7143@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1990Oct8.055618.27507@IRO.UMontreal.CA> <564@roo.UUCP> Organization: Drew University/NJIN Lines: 26 In article <564@roo.UUCP> carpente@corinth.uucp (Michael A. Carpenter OSBU North) writes: > But a lot of of for sale/wanted messages are coming through c.s.a! Maybe > we just need to educate people to use misc.forsale.computers. (I guess > you'll have to flame everyone who puts in a For Sale ad in c.s.a :^) ) > I would personally like to see the for sale messages out of c.s.a I think that we should appoint a person that would be permitted to followup to any post with a 1-line message that said, "This should have been posted to xxx, please do so in the future." We'll all agree to not flame this person, and he/she will agree to always be polite. (Just kidding... a little) -Tom P.S. Imagine that precident! Imagine if all newsgroups appointed one "police officer". The net.control.freaks would love it! I think what we could do is have a VERY short (10-line) weekly posting on "What belongs in what newsgroups" and include the comp.sys.amiga groups as well as groups that people SHOULD be posting to instead of here! -- tlimonce@drew.edu Tom Limoncelli "Freedom and justice tlimonce@drew.uucp +1 201 408 5389 are opposites" tlimonce@drew.Bitnet limonce@pilot.njin.net -me