__/ [ matt_left_coast ] on Sunday 07 May 2006 04:20 \__
> Troy Forbes wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> New Users - FAQ for alt.os.linux.mandrake/mandriva
>>>
>>> This text version: http://blinkynet.net/comp/faq_aolm.txt
>>> HTML version: http://blinkynet.net/comp/faq_aolm.html
>>>
>>> =================================================================
>>
>> Hey Blinky,
>>
>> Is this some sort of way it should be? I'm a new user to news and have
>> wondered about news educate? If I aint got right, let me know pls...
>
> No, it is not. A FAQ should cover Frequently Asked Questions (using the
> first three letters is how they get the FAQ acronym. Instested the usenet
> thought police chose to bate people in using the FAQ title but giving them
> a behavior lecture.
You want a behavioural lecture? I present to you the UseNet Improvement
Project. Your host: Blinky the Shark, courtesy of the Web/HTML-oriented
newsgroups:
http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html
Slightly less offenseive and more constructive guides (from Guy Macon):
Quoting Style in Newsgroup Postings
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7ewijnands/nnq/nquote.html
How do I quote correctly in usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html
Common Mistakes in Usenet Postings and How to Avoid Them
http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/mail-news-errors.html#quoting
Bottom vs. top posting and quotation style on Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/brox.html
Why bottom-posting is better than top-posting
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
+What do you mean "my reply is upside-down"?
http://www.i-hate-computers.demon.co.uk/quote.html
Best wishes,
Roy
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