"High Plains Thumper" <highplainsthumper@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Following are excerpts from the comp.os.linux.advocacy FAQ
> found at:
Don't post excerpts. Post the entire thing. There is nothing to be
ashamed of. See further notes below.
>
> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
>
> 1.2 Welcome to comp.os.linux.advocacy
>
> If you are new to Linux and/or comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> welcome. It is hoped that you will will enjoy your time in
> comp.os.linux.advocacy and find it educational. We also hope
> that you will find Linux as useful for you. and that in the
> ripeness of time that you will become a contributing member of
> the Linux community.
>
> COLA is like a meeting hall for Linux advocacy. A place where
> those who advocate the use of Linux can meet and discuss all
> things Linux. In addition it is a place were individuals
> interested in Linux can come to gain an understanding of the
> Linux and the Linux community and to learn about the
> capabilities of Linux from those who are experienced with the
> use, administration, and development of Linux.
>
> By using Linux as a user or sysadmin you are a member of the
> Linux community of which this newsgroup is an asset. The Linux
> community is world-wide and interconnected by the internet and
> other networks gated to the internet.
>
> The description that your news server delivers to you for
> comp.os.linux.advocacy, or COLA for short, is "Benefits of
> Linux compared to other operating systems". That description
> is derived from the charter of COLA. Sometimes advocacy groups
> are viewed as a place where the bickering undesirables of
> other newsgroups are directed, in order to remove a disruption
> from another group on the same general subject. That is
> incorrect for COLA.
>
> 1.4 The Charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy
>
> The charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy is:
>
> For discussion of the benefits of Linux compared to other
> operating systems.
Note that there are many posters such as Dough Mental and Roy "Spammer"
Schestowitz who post almost entirely about Windows. This is off topic
Spam and similar behaviour will mean you end up in many killfiles.
>
> That single sentence is the one and only charter of the
> newsgroup comp.os.linux.advocacy. The newsgroup's charter is
> for the newsgroup as a place for supporters of Linux to gather
> to discuss Linux, for the betterment of the Linux community
> and the promotion and development of Linux.
It could not be clearer. Note that to "discuss" means mentioning the bad
as well as the good. Otherwise it is not "discussion", it is zealotry.
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