Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!purdue!spaf
From: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers
Subject: Changes to A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community
Message-ID: <4541@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Date: 27 Jul 88 00:57:01 GMT
Expires: 5 Sep 88 00:57:00 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue Univ.
Lines: 37
Approved: spaf@cs.purdue.EDU
Supersedes: None

This posting contains a listing of differences between the version of 
the article (referenced in the "Subject:" line) just posted to this
group, and the version posted a few weeks ago.  New users may ignore
this posting -- it is intended to enable experienced users
to track changes to the regularly posted Usenet documents.

*** old/etiquette.n	Tue Sep 15 11:42:20 1987
--- src/etiquette.n	Tue Jul 26 16:37:39 1988
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*** 5,7
  Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 7 September 1987 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  

--- 5,7 -----
  Original-from: chuq@sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
! [Most recent change: 26 July 1988 by spaf@purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)]
  
***************
*** 113,114
    Your system administrator can tell you what they are.  
  

--- 113,121 -----
    Your system administrator can tell you what they are.  
+ 
+   Be familiar with the group you are posting to before you post!  You 
+   shouldn't post to groups you do not read, or post to groups you've
+   only read a few articles from -- you may not be familar with the on-going
+   conventions and themes of the group.  One normally does not join
+   a conversation by just walking up and talking.  Instead, you listen
+   first and then join in if you have something pertinent to contribute.
  
-- 
Gene Spafford
NSF/Purdue/U of Florida  Software Engineering Research Center,
Dept. of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907-2004
Internet:  spaf@cs.purdue.edu	uucp:	...!{decwrl,gatech,ucbvax}!purdue!spaf