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| From | RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Potential Charter (was comp.misc list of ...) |
| Date | 2014-02-23 12:13 +0000 |
| Organization | solani.org |
| Message-ID | <lecold$m1f$1@solani.org> (permalink) |
| References | <8c3a4756-8def-4696-9506-37ab446af87c@googlegroups.com> <4651#10807@usenet.squte.com> <leb8ne$1uv$1@dont-email.me> |
On 2014-02-22, James Harris <james.harris.1@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This group needs an FAQ anyway, so maybe it should go in there?
>
> I'm not sure what you want to achieve but those of us on alt.os.development
> wanted to put a FAQ on a wiki so we set up
>
> http://aodfaq.wikispaces.com/
>
> We found that to be a better solution than posting a FAQ periodically to the
> newsgroup. Now we just post an occasional pointer to the wiki.
>
> James
>
>
That's a good idea. I am thinking back nervously to the "before we get
too entrenched here" discussion but still think we can go elsewhere if
we decide. And I increasingly feel like comp.* addresses have higher
real estate value than alt.* addresses. So assuming we stay at
comp.misc, I took a stab at a quick charter. I saw wikispaces is for
teachers/students and I'm neither so I created it at wikia.com. If
anyone has a better idea, no prob.
URL: http://compmisc.wikia.com
Here's what I wrote. PLEASE resist the urge to suggest corrections on
Usenet. (team editing docs by email is a nightmare but my company does
it all day, every day - makes me want to slit my wrists) :) Please edit
it on the wiki - that's the point of a wiki. My text below is just a
point of departure, so rather than taking umbrance at my first draft,
pull up a keyboard ...
Comp.Misc Charter & FAQ
This document is an introduction to the Usenet comp.misc newsgroup. It
was last updated on 23 Feb 2014.
CHARTER
The comp.misc newsgroup has existed for several decades, but
like much of Usenet, fell into disuse in the early 21st century. In
February 2014, it was somewhat suddenly reinvigorated by a group of
former users of the www.slashdot.org website. Those users had decided
the latest version of the slashdot interface ("beta") inhibited the good
conversation that had made the site so interesting in the first place,
and decided to go congregate somewhere else. With a renewed interest in
and appreciation for Usenet, they decided to make comp.misc their home.
The users of comp.misc hope to make it (again) a site where subjects of
general interest to a technologically-savvy crowd can be posted and
discussed in an ambience of collaboration, respect, and diplomacy. Like
Slashdot and other similar websites over time that have hoped to appeal
to techies, such subject may include but are not limited to:
Operating systems, programming techniques and languages, business
developments in the tech sector, communication protocols, current,
future, and past platforms, protocols, and equipment, mobile
technologies, gadgets, privacy concerns, and websites or services of
potential interest to the community.
In general, the community hopes to avoid, where possible, particularly
devisive or polemic subjects - politics, especially - that would detract
from discussion of the above, and where necessary, to engage in
political debate with tact and diplomacy, recognizing that such debates
(flame wars) have led to the destruction of formerly vibrant Usenet
communities in the past.
FAQs
This group currently has no FAQs, and as it is not dedicated to the
in-depth discussion of any single subject, is unlikely to have them any
time soon.
-- Revision history: 2014-02-23 Original draft, Randall Wood
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