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Re: Friendly reminder about use of .general
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:24:19 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Joakim Olsson wrote:
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> "Leonard Hoffman" <lenny.hoffman@lugnet.com> wrote in message
> news:IDq1ru.E0p@lugnet.com...
> > Just a friendly reminder to all of you loyal users of Lugnet.
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> > While .general is sometimes seen as the main newsgroup of Lugnet, it should be
> > noted that posts are on topic for .general only if there is not a better
> > newsgroup for them to go in. Of course this rule is flexible if someone is
> > unsure or if a post is particularly important. However, I've noticed quite a
> > number of off-topic posts in .general the past few days.
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> Hi, the use of .general for most of the announcements is a good thing for me
> using a news reader.
Although it may be useful for you in particular, it is specifically the purpose
of the .announce heirarchy for announcements. Use of .general for announcements
is off-topic.
The decision to sub-divide Lugnet is a very old decision - one of the core parts
of Lugnet's original vision.
> Just a couple of cents. =)
> /Joakim
Thank you for giving us your point of view. This will help the Lugnet Admins
continue to work on the evolution of Lugnet.
-Leonard Hoffman
Member #1168
Lugnet Administrator
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| "Leonard Hoffman" <lenny.hoffman@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IDr98J.1A8r@lugnet.com... (...) snip (...) for me (...) purpose (...) announcements (...) Hi, I was not referring to "announcements" only. Many discussions and questions starts out (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| "Leonard Hoffman" <lenny.hoffman@lugnet.com> wrote in message news:IDq1ru.E0p@lugnet.com... (...) should be (...) is (...) quite a (...) Hi, the use of .general for most of the announcements is a good thing for me using a news reader. The only (...) (22 years ago, 22-Mar-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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