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From: diamond@diamond.csl.sony.junet (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc
Subject: Re: Would news.newusers be possible? (was Re: Alternate access)
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Date: 11 May 89 04:38:50 GMT
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In article <911@twwells.uucp> bill@twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:

>Hey, there's an idea: a news.newusers group, for helping beginning
>users! If there was some way to let new users know that their
>beginning questions could be answered in one place, we might be able
>to cut down that noise in other groups. And it might cut down on the
>burden of system administrators.  Furthermore, new users who
>subscribed might well discover, in the answers to other people's
>questions things they hadn't thought to ask.

>Now if we could just figure a way to let new users know of the group!

>Followups have been directed to news.groups.

Wouldn't news.announce.newusers fit the bill?  It helps beginning
users.  Their beginning questions are mostly answered in one place.
We should be able to cut down that noise in other groups.  And it
should cut down on the burden of system administrators.  Furthermore,
new users who subscribe might well discover ... etc.

Now, if we could just figure a way to let new users know of the group!
Problem is, if we can't let existing users, including famous heavy
users of the group, know about news.announce.newusers, how can we let
new users know about it?  Hmm.

Followups have been redirected back to news.misc.

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Norman Diamond, Sony Computer Science Lab (diamond%csl.sony.co.jp@relay.cs.net)
  The above opinions are my own.   |  Why are programmers criticized for
  If they're also your opinions,   |  re-inventing the wheel, when car
  you're infringing my copyright.  |  manufacturers are praised for it?