ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) (04/08/85)
So far, I've read just one good reason for allowing changing of the "Organization" line in an article header--it lets people dissociate themselves from their organizations (employers) when they make a personal or controversial posting. It seems to me that the same end could be achieved by simply giving folks a way of dropping the "Organization" line from the header entirely. A more radical approach would be to drop the "Organization" line from all headers. Comments? -- UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks
joeloda@aicchi.UUCP (Joseph D. Loda) (04/22/85)
In article <5087@elsie.UUCP> ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) writes: >So far, I've read just one good reason for allowing changing of the >"Organization" line in an article header--it lets people dissociate >themselves from their organizations (employers) when they make a personal or >controversial posting. > >It seems to me that the same end could be achieved by simply giving folks >a way of dropping the "Organization" line from the header entirely. > >A more radical approach would be to drop the "Organization" line from all >headers. > >Comments? >-- > UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA > DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks For the most part, it seems that AT&T sites have completely dropped all form of identification in their Organization lines - all of them say AT&T Bell Laboratories, or some such; they never identify where the site is actually located. I find the site location interesting, especially when evaluating a controversial subject - kind of gives you a geographic perspective. I'm also not sure that I care that if people change it on occasion. Probably dropping the organization selectively is the answer. From my limited knowledge of netnews, it would seem to me that one of the two following suggestions would work: - Omit the "Organization" line from an article. - If you are using rn, just hide that line (-h switch). -- Joe Loda Analysts International (Chicago Branch) (312) 882-4673 ..!ihnp4!aicchi!joeloda