What is the atmosphere of ciwas ?
Well, “strict” maybe a short definition, and naturally you will find ‘OT’ discussions here just as well as you can find them in other NG’s. Still, over the years since the creation of ciwas, basically three items has come to be essential for any one who wants to place an article/comment in ciwas. a) Make your comment in a natural conversation order, either below the quoted material or in-line with it; Do Not “top-post”. b) Include quoted material (with attribution) but trim it down to the essentials. c) If your article is also on topic for other newsgroups, and you want feedback from multiple newsgroups, crosspost your input to a list of on topic NG’s, Do Not post separate articles. Don’t be upset if your seemingly simple question triggers a long thread of posts on other issues related to your input. After all usenet is supposed to be a forum for discussions at first, not a “help desk”. All eventual help that can be had from a discussion shall be looked upon as a “fringe benefit”.
Well, “strict” maybe a short definition, and naturally you will find ‘OT’ discussions here just as well as you can find them in other NG’s. Still, over the years since the creation of ‘ciwas’, basically three items has come to be essential for any one who wants to place a commentary article in ‘ciwas’. a) Make your comment in a natural conversation order, either below the quoted material or in-line with it; Do not “top-post”. b) Include quoted material (with attribution) but trim it to the essentials. c) You should normally post an article to one news group only. If, and only if, the topic of your article covers more than one news group, you should cross-post the article. Do not post separate articles with the same message to different news groups. Don’t be upset if a seemingly simple article/comment/question triggers a long thread of posts on other issues related to your input. After all usenet is a forum for discussions at first, not a “help desk”. All eventual help that can be had f
