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- Subject: alt.usenet.reposts (AUR) and alt.usenet.reposts.d (AURd) Frequently Asked Questions
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- alt.usenet.reposts (AUR) and alt.usenet.reposts.d (AURd)
- Frequently Asked Questions
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- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 0. Contents
-
- 0. Contents
- 1. What?
- 2. How
- 3. Don't
- 4. AURd
- 5. Credits
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- Subject: 1. What?
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- AUR is alt.usenet.reposts.
-
- It is for contributions of previously published newsgroup articles (but
- not binaries or articles from repost groups) that the contributor
- sincerely believes other people might, or should, be interested in.
-
- It differs (inter alia) from rec.humor.funny and alt.best.of.internet in
- that AUR is limited to reposts of newsgroup articles; and from
- alt.humor.best-of-usenet in that AUR is unmoderated, is not limited to
- humor, and has no blanket prohibition against copier humor (though stale
- examples thereof are hereby discouraged).
-
- Read AURd if you read AUR. (See Subject: 4)
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- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2. How
-
- Post the body of the article, using the original "Subject:" header.
- Include a "Followup-To:" header containing "alt.usenet.reposts.d"; if
- there are additional groups, be sure to put moderated groups last.
- Within the new article body, at the very top, put the original article's
- "Newsgroups:", "Subject:", "From:" and "Date:" headers.
-
- If you add comments, make them clearly distinguishable from the content of
- the original article.
-
- Don't edit the original article. That said, if you absolutely must do so,
- make clear exactly what you did to it.
-
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- Subject: 3. Don't
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- Discussions of articles go in AURd, not AUR.
-
- Don't post non-articles, such as messages from mailing lists or WWW page.
- Don't post your own article. Don't crosspost AUR articles.
-
- Don't use AUR or AURd for advertisements, web site promotion (even if
- nonprofit), general announcements or appeals (including virus warnings and
- personals), other spam, tests, or general irrelevancies. On the other
- hand, if you find the article in one of the taboo categories to be
- interesting or funny then by all means repost it.
-
- If you substantively reply to or follow up an article posted in AUR, be
- sure your article is going to the original newsgroup, not AUR. Otherwise
- you look like an idiot.
-
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- Subject: 4. AURd
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- AURd (alt.usenet.reposts.d) is for discussion (construed loosely) relating
- to AUR or AURd.
-
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- Subject: 5. Credits
-
- A list of people listed in previous versions of this FAQ as having been
- directly or indirectly associated with AUR may be obtained from the
- FAQ-keeper.
-
- END
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