> Nancy, I'm afraid that you didn't do your homework at the start, and as
> well I find you've presented your facts rather selectively to
> faq-maintainers.
Ouch! Do you think maybe you misunderstood me a bit? :)
> You omitted that someone explained to you on the newsgroup, one June
> 13, why it had been relatively inactive: that it was intended for
> discussion of the works of a particular author, who hadn't published
> anything recently.
I did not omit that. In my original message I said:
>>Two other people I've never heard of before posted, one in her
>>support, one in mine.
The person who you refer to is the person who supported her (Ann's) position
that I did not belong there.
> Now, they even said you were welcome there,
This is a direct quote from his post:
>> now, i don't see people complaining about your squatting
>> here, and i wouldn't want to start trouble...but you should
>> probably know that you are on borrowed ground here
> but you
> preferred to take the position that you could claim any newsgroup that
> had been relatively inactive for three months or more. I find nothing
> valid in your position, and I'm put off by your failing to mention this
> in your message to faq-maintainers.
I did not say I could "claim any newsgroup that had been relatively inactive
for three months or more." What I said is:
>> Other than our FAQ for Spooky's RPG, there has been no
>> FAQ posted here in over eight months (FAQ's are
>> considered "dead" after three months).
> I did a search on http://groups.google.com and found that this "troll"
> has in fact posted in 40 different threads on the newsgroup (alt.spooky
> for anyone who hasn't taken the 15 seconds to figure it out) going back
> to January 2000. Maybe you should have listened. The "troll" also
> posted three original articles in April which were on the original
> topic (more on that below). Just because you didn't understand them (I
> wouldn't have understood either) doesn't mean you should assume they
> are off-topic.
I too did a search on that troll in google, back in April, and found that he
has a habit of posting offensively to many dead and dying newsgroups. My
friend said she found cross-posts. Is someone considered a "troll" only if
they post once?
> The earliest Usenet posting I found from
> this Anne Gwish was on 31 May 2001,
That's interesting. Thanx for sharing. :)
>>followed by *her* FAQ "for the ng", which contradicts the one I posted
>>in April (it specifically bans the use I've made of the ng- a RPG).
>
> She (assuming Anne Gwish is a she) didn't say that.
A direct quote from the faq she posted:
>>Any posts are allowed, but if you think you're going to squat here
>>and excrete your foul RPG FAQ's all over this sacred space,
>>I'll... I'll.. I'll personally roast your wicked eyeballs on pewter
>>skewers over the eternal fires of the damned.
> I suggest that you read the FAQ (!) for alt.config and learn how to
> create your own newsgroup.
Thanx for the suggestion. I had given this consideration back in April and
hoped not to go that route. First, there are so many ng's with nobody using
them - I mean, what a waste! Also, even if I can get the thing approved (and
I understand that's quite difficult), until all the isp's start carrying the
thing, many people (possibly even me) won't be able to access it.
Thanx for your help,
-Nancy
SmrSnows@aol.com
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