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From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory,net.flame
Subject: Re: Summarizing
Message-ID: <2364@nsc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 21:31:52 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 14 21:31:52 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 16-Feb-85 05:43:32 EST
References: <234@tilt.FUN>
Reply-To: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian)
Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale
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Xref: watmath net.politics.theory:127 net.flame:8359
Summary: 

In article <234@tilt.FUN> chenr@tilt.FUN (Ray Chen) writes:

>On reading net.politics.theory, I notice that over 50% of the average article
>is usually included text.
>
>Unless every single line contains an essential idea, all you're proving
>is that you don't really understand what it is you're replying to.
>
I second this wholeheartedly, and while you're exercising your new-found
editing skills, how about editing net.politics out of the header.  About
half of the articles in net.politics are cross-posted from net.politics.theory.
No doubt a few articles belong in both groups.  Most don't.

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Richard Mateosian
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