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From: steve@siemens.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: some examples ...
Message-ID: <26000013@siemens.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 16:53:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 16:53:00 1985
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> /* Written 12:45 pm  May 31, 1985 by mpc@tropix in siemens:net.games.frp */
> /* ---------- "some examples ..." ---------- */
> <*** FLAME ON ***>
> 
> There seems to have been a rash of useless articles on this newsgroup lately.
> 
>EXAMPLE #1; This article reprints a previous request for articles only to say:
> 
> > My roommates (The Pigs) are fanatic D&D players, with a campaign that
> > has been going on for over a year...  Not only that, but they have a
> > journal to go with it...  I'm pretty sure that one of them would be
> > more than happy to chronicle their adventures for the rest of us!
> > -- 
> > 
> > Shane P. McCarron
> > Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation - Technical Services
> > 
> > UUCP	circadia!meccts!ahby
> >	{ihnp4,mgnetp,uwvax}!dicomed!mecc!meccts!ahby
> 
> 
> EXAMPLE #2; This article reprints a long previous article only to say:
> 
> > Bravo!  I think that is such a good idea that it deserves to be reposted!
> > Even with the extra hour to 2 hours it should be worth it!
> > -- 
> > uucp: [{allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!topaz!lear]
> > arpa: [Lear@RU-BLUE.arpa]
> /* From: lear@topaz.ARPA (eliot lear) */
> 
> In the future, lets try to post articles which contain NEW, USEFUL
> information, not descriptions of what roommates might do or applause after
> a long reprinting.  It avoids waste of resources on hundreds of systems and
> allows the rest of us to read interesting news without wading through
> trivial crud.
> 
> <*** FLAME OFF ***>
> 
> 				Mike Capron
> 				{ihnp4,allegra,masscomp,ritcv}!tropix!mpc
> /* End of text from siemens:net.games.frp */

Right on!