mpc@tropix.UUCP (Michael P. Capron ) (05/31/85)
<*** FLAME ON ***> There seems to have been a rash of useless articles on this newsgroup lately. EXAMPLE #1; This article reprints a previous request for articles only to say: > My roommates (The Pigs) are fanatic D&D players, with a campaign that > has been going on for over a year... Not only that, but they have a > journal to go with it... I'm pretty sure that one of them would be > more than happy to chronicle their adventures for the rest of us! > -- > > Shane P. McCarron > Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation - Technical Services > > UUCP circadia!meccts!ahby > {ihnp4,mgnetp,uwvax}!dicomed!mecc!meccts!ahby EXAMPLE #2; This article reprints a long previous article only to say: > Bravo! I think that is such a good idea that it deserves to be reposted! > Even with the extra hour to 2 hours it should be worth it! > -- > uucp: [{allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!topaz!lear] > arpa: [Lear@RU-BLUE.arpa] /* From: lear@topaz.ARPA (eliot lear) */ In the future, lets try to post articles which contain NEW, USEFUL information, not descriptions of what roommates might do or applause after a long reprinting. It avoids waste of resources on hundreds of systems and allows the rest of us to read interesting news without wading through trivial crud. <*** FLAME OFF ***> Mike Capron {ihnp4,allegra,masscomp,ritcv}!tropix!mpc
steve@siemens.UUCP (06/03/85)
> /* Written 12:45 pm May 31, 1985 by mpc@tropix in siemens:net.games.frp */ > /* ---------- "some examples ..." ---------- */ > <*** FLAME ON ***> > > There seems to have been a rash of useless articles on this newsgroup lately. > >EXAMPLE #1; This article reprints a previous request for articles only to say: > > > My roommates (The Pigs) are fanatic D&D players, with a campaign that > > has been going on for over a year... Not only that, but they have a > > journal to go with it... I'm pretty sure that one of them would be > > more than happy to chronicle their adventures for the rest of us! > > -- > > > > Shane P. McCarron > > Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation - Technical Services > > > > UUCP circadia!meccts!ahby > > {ihnp4,mgnetp,uwvax}!dicomed!mecc!meccts!ahby > > > EXAMPLE #2; This article reprints a long previous article only to say: > > > Bravo! I think that is such a good idea that it deserves to be reposted! > > Even with the extra hour to 2 hours it should be worth it! > > -- > > uucp: [{allegra,seismo,ihnp4}!topaz!lear] > > arpa: [Lear@RU-BLUE.arpa] > /* From: lear@topaz.ARPA (eliot lear) */ > > In the future, lets try to post articles which contain NEW, USEFUL > information, not descriptions of what roommates might do or applause after > a long reprinting. It avoids waste of resources on hundreds of systems and > allows the rest of us to read interesting news without wading through > trivial crud. > > <*** FLAME OFF ***> > > Mike Capron > {ihnp4,allegra,masscomp,ritcv}!tropix!mpc > /* End of text from siemens:net.games.frp */ Right on!