Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!ora!bloom-beacon!dont-send-mail-to-path-lines From: brownfld@ux1.cso.uiuc.EDU (Kenneth R Brownfield) Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: Brevity is the essence of wit.. Message-ID: <1991Jun26.000501.18745@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Jun 91 00:05:01 GMT References: Sender: Love-Hounds-request@EDDIE.MIT.EDU Organization: Computing Services Office, University of Illinois. Lines: 32 Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu bullroar@darkside.COM (Mark Kraft) writes: >I'm quite sure that we all like lots of muscians, and that is quite an >admirable quality to have.. But, might I enquire, can't all of this be a >bit more moderated? It is very annoying to be seeing double posts running >rampant, only to be quoted fully again and again when they are debated >endlessly later.. Could we at least agree to urge the weeding out of these >offending double-posts and make references to previous posts without quoting >the post verbatim ad nausea? This is really a magazine, of sorts, and as >such, we should issue a certain discretion to make sure that what we write >isn't too redundant. Keep Happy, Kate, Caterwaul, LPD (by all means), and >hell, seeing others like them, even T'pau. Just keep it informative, to the >point, and entertaining. We shouldn't try to be excessively American in our >hit & run viewpoint of entertainment, but it would be nice to see more >information and a tad less bickerring. Moderation is a Bad Thing, IMO. The joy of this group (and something that needs to grow) is the ability to express _any_ opinion. Double posts are not worth it for Bill to go through _every single post_ and verify it's originality. As for referencing other posts, it's a required part of netnews, to be able to follow an article and it's responses over a period of several days. At least it's required for me. Context is a good thing. Argumentation is a lot different than bickering. You might even learn something. :-) American? Huh? >Bullroar@darkside.com ... now go and sin no more... :) -- Ken. Kenneth R. Brownfield brownfld@uiuc.edu Computing Services Office uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!brownfld University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. (finger for more info.)