Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad
From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Questions about UseNet Policies.
Message-ID: <2042@looking.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 88 15:54:04 GMT
References: <8869@cup.portal.com> <2465@epimass.EPI.COM> <2610@inco.UUCP> <10476@ncc.Nexus.CA> <5331@blia.BLI.COM>
Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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Naturally it's up to the "ba" people to decide what goes in a bay area group,
but as the most active proponent of allowing product news on usenet, let me
suggest that a photographers ad to a "*.general" group is not in line.

In fact, any ad to a *.general group would be out of line.  The principle
to remember is, does the ad serve the readers of the group?  This means
it must be directly targeted at the group.

In addition, one must consider if it is new information for which the net
would be a good source.  This would not be the case for something that is
already in the yellow pages under cameras, unless again there is something
particular to that group to say.

-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd.  --  Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473