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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Newsgroup etiquette
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2025 12:28:55 -0700
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:

> On 28/03/2025 18:03, Tim Rentsch wrote:
>
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>
>>> On 27/03/2025 19:31, Keith Thompson wrote:
>
> <OT stuff snipped>
>
>>>> And this is *way* off-topic.
>>>
>>> That didn't stop you having your say first /then/ declaring it
>>> as way off-topic!
>>
>> I agree with the implied criticism here.
>
> Fair comment.  OTOH, a wise man once said that posting on-topic
> articles is like paying pennies into your account, and posting
> off-topic articles is like taking out dollars.
>
> Over the years Keith has posted many thousands of on-topic articles.
>
> That doesn't make OT stuff topical, but it does earn Keith a lot of
> slack.

I have the opposite reaction.  Certainly Keith is well known and
generally highly regarded in the newsgroup.  But it is precisely
because of that status that he should hold himself to a higher
standard than others (and the same is true for other similarly
situated newsgroup participants).  Casual posters see what leaders
do and think because a leader does it the behavior is okay.  The
best people should try to set a good example, not be granted an
exception for bad behavior.