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From: wcs@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: DON'T POST TO WIZARDS
Keywords: comp.unix.questions is there just for YOU!
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Date: 15 Feb 90 22:54:54 GMT
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There's been lots of flaming about whether it's appropriate to post
stuff to comp.unix.wizards if you aren't one (or if you are one, and
you're having a bad day :-).)   Calm down, guys!!

Comp.unix.wizards got split up a long time ago into comp.unix.wizards
and comp.unix.questions; there are questions that aren't wizard-level
questions; usually you know whether it is or not.
No question is too dumb to ask in comp.unix.questions, though you
should expect an occasional RTFM or "consult your local admin" answer.
Hopefully they'll tell you which manual to look in.
Unfortunately, sometimes you ARE the local admin, and you HAVE read
all the manuals you can find.

I'm more of a guru than a wizard in this business, since I don't do
real development on a frequent basis, and there are some aspects of
this game where I'm still a novice, if a vocal one.
Sometimes I have questions that seem hard enough to ask about in
.wizards, but sometimes I'll ask in .questions, and sometimes even
in this newsgroup if I know I ought to know the answer but just
can't figure it out.
-- 
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