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Subject: 
Re: Group charter question
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lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 8 Dec 1999 20:03:20 GMT
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James Wilson <j_wilson.plateletlab@usa.net> wrote in message
news:FMFG9C.53z@lugnet.com...

And as a minor rant, for those of you out there who feel obliged to police • the
groups and tell folks they're posting in the wrong place, how about • pointing
them in the right direction, too.  As an example, imagine going to the
hospital, finding what you think is the information desk, asking a • question,
and being told, "You can't ask that question here," with no help as to • where
you CAN ask that question.


This is a valid point, and I liked your example, too.  Keep in mind that
those of us who occassionaly "police" various groups are not trying to be
mean or snippy.  We value the individual groups as community resources, and
want to keep them as "clean" as possible.

-John Van



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  Re: Group charter question
 
(...) I guess the point of the rant is, for those out there who "police" the groups, try to be _constructive_ in your policing. The Internet is full of people who love to show off by being brusque, snippy, and downright nasty to newbies, occasional (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Group charter question
 
At the risk of being told I'm posting this in the wrong group, how is one supposed to (quickly) view the charter of a group through the web interface? I mean, some of these groups have over 4000 messages. Is there a quick way to get to the first (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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