From: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!wagner
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: Usenet Etiquette -- Please Read
Article-I.D.: utcsstat.435
Posted: Fri Nov 26 13:22:34 1982
Received: Fri Nov 26 17:39:53 1982
References: ixn5c.516

I think there is a requirement here for formality in some newsgroups and not
in others.  Perhaps the difference should have been made more explicit in
the etiquette article - we all know which newsgroups tend to have a more
formal format, where book references might be useful, where humour is allowed,
but the newcomer to the net might well think that we meant all newsgroups to
be as formal as the etiquette document suggests.  Perhaps this distinction
should be incorporated directly into the etiquette document.  I would like it
very much if people would put appropriate book references into announcements
and such in net.general and net.followup, and would care a whole lot less
in some others like net.jokes.  But the technical groups (micro, audio, auto,
etc) could benefit greatly from references at times.  And they are almost 
never given there.

Enough.

Michael Wagner, UTCS