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- From: mgm@world.std.com (michael g moncur)
- Newsgroups: alt.shenanigans
- Subject: EDITORIAL: This newsgroup (net.shenanigans etc.)
- Message-ID: <BzyLGG.2vo@world.std.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 07:43:28 GMT
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- Lines: 45
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- I'm bothered by the serious tone that recent messages in this newsgroup
- have had. People are calling each other immature, criticizing their
- ideas, and FLAMING THEIR SPELLING??? For heaven's sake, I thought
- alt.shenanigans was above that sort of thing.
-
- Yes, the recent "Net Shenanigan" thread was silly. It probably shouldn't
- count as a real shenanigan... But it does, if only because it has done
- exactly what it was proposed to do: take over an otherwise serious
- newsgroup with a ridiculous discussion.
-
- Unfortunately, the newsgroup in question was alt.shenanigans.
-
- Let's try to put this behind us, please. There will always be pranks,
- cruel tricks, and obvious non-shenanigans posted here - but we need not
- devote the newsgroup to their discussion. Replies such as "How fucking
- impressive" and "If you're such a genius, why can't you spell the word
- 'geese'" should probably be directed to e-mail...
-
- Also, the "this message | this mistake | this user | that reply was a
- shenanigan" threads are getting tiresome...
-
- Let's have some real shenanigans. By anyone's definition. I realise that
- alot of the alt.shenanigans readers are probably on Christmas vacation
- (and probably stealing someone's lawn ornament right now), so hopefully
- the traffic will increase again soon...
-
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- I realise that I can't spell the word "realise", there's no need to point
- that out.
-
- I also realise that I'm failing to practise (note the misspelling) what I
- preach. I will remedy this in the next day or two by posting some actual
- shenanigans, I promise.
-
- Speaking of practicing what I preach, I don't want this thread to take
- over the newsgroup either. Please reply by e-mail if you reply. I will
- summarize all replies in a later posting.
-
- Yes, as a matter of fact, I *did* create the newsgroup.
-
- Oh, and one more thing. This posting is a shenanigan. Ignore it.
-
- --
- ~`~`michael moncur - mgm@world.std.com / sysop@onlybbs.via.mind.org ~`~`
-