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From: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry F Aguirre)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: The 50% rule is in--now what?
Message-ID: <212@oliveb.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Nov-86 13:29:57 EST
Article-I.D.: oliveb.212
Posted: Thu Nov 20 13:29:57 1986
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References: <212@cartan.Berkeley.EDU> <751@chinet.UUCP> <4283@ut-ngp.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerry@oliveb.UUCP (Jerry F Aguirre)
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino, Ca
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In article <4283@ut-ngp.UUCP> osmigo1@ngp.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>1. Maybe the 50% could go into effect ONLY if the included text exceeded 24
>   lines (or one screenful).

If you do put in this check then reduce the requirement from "50%"
orriginal text to a few lines, don't take it out completely.  The poster
should be required to post SOMETHING!  (Besides "REPLACE THIS...".)

I have see postings in which the entire article is "included" text.
Presumably some novice got confused.  Remember that this kind of limit
is intended to stop unintentional abuses, an experienced poster can
easily defeat it in any number of ways.

					Jerry Aguirre