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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
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Subject: How to deal with net.general
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Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 13:28:31 EDT
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Here's my odd notion for how to ensure that "net.general" is used correctly:
allow anyone to cancel any article posted to "net.general."

According to its charter in "mod.newslists", "net.general" is supposed to be
used for "*Important* and timely announcements of interest to all."  So:  if
you see a "net.general" article that isn't of interest to you, then the article
is not of interest to all and you should feel perfectly comfortable in
cancelling it, since it was incorrectly posted to the group.

Note that doing this will also discourage cross postings to net.general, since
posters who do so open themselves to the possibility of cancellation of their
articles.

This solution also avoids singling out any individuals as authority figures--
all users are created equal.
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