tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Thomas Krueger) (04/09/90)
Guidelines for posting to Rec.Audio.High-End These are the guidelines for posting to rec.audio.high-end. I've not been exercising too much control, because I wanted to see what the readers thought would be high-end, and what they might want to discuss. I've gotten a few complaints, been the recipient for a joke or two, and have been wasting at least a half-hour a day or more on this. Well, the rules are going to change. Rec.audio.high-end will be the conduit of Info-High-Audio to the USENET as originally intended, and as voted when the newsgroup is created. Therefore, I will post a digest, perhaps in magazine format, probably near the end of the week. I'll be taking a more active look at what comes in and what goes out; I expect the traffic will decrease, but I fully expect the quality to increase. Here are the guidelines for posting to Rec.Audio.High-End. If you can't follow these simple six points, forget it. 1. Posts need pertain to high-end audio. I don't know exactly what high-end audio is and neither does anyone else, but I'm moderating so I get to decide. 2. Discussion must be serious; direct flames and jokes to rec.audio. See number 1 above. 3. Followups must be relevant; "me too" articles can be sent via mail. Also, try not to include too much previous text. How boring. I'd rather have one good short article once a month than a large amount of BS every day. 4. Grammar and spelling must be reasonably good. Spelling checkers are all over the place. If you have an excellent article, I may take the time to correct it. 5. Information should be as accurate as possible; I may have the accuracy of your article verified before I post it. Obviously, I am not an expert in everything, so if it looks reasonable, I'll post it. If I don't agree with it, but it looks reasonable, I'll post it. If it's random frothing-at-the-mouth, you can bet yer backside I'll bounce it. 6. Post to either rec.audio or rec.audio.high-end, but not both. If I see both newsgroups in the header, I'll bounce it. If it never reaches rec.audio, that's your problem, not mine. Finally, I get some enjoyment out of this, or I wouldn't be doing it, but I'm not going to bash my head against the wall either. You like what I'm doing, great. If not, let me know, we'll discuss it. If that's not good enough, get a vote going and I'll let someone else do this. I can go back to loading the machine down with a 350 address mailing list like it used to be. If it sounds to you like I'm pissed off, that's because I am. Feedback welcome to "tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu". - Tom -- Thomas Krueger UW-Milwaukee Engineering Electronics Shop tjk@csd4.csd.uwm.edu "A Veteran Of The Psychic Wars" Moderator, Rec.Audio.High-End +1 (414) 229-5172