Knowledge: etiquette
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Links
- A Primer on How to Work with the Usenet Community
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/primer/part1/ - Provides a list of things to remember when posting to Usenet groups.
- The Seven Don'ts of Usenet
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/dont.html - Gives a list of behaviours to be avoided when posting to Usenet groups, as well as links to expand on each item.
- Rules for Posting to Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/ - Offers an extensive discussion of what, and how, to post to newsgroups.
- How do I quote correctly in Usenet?
http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html - About attribution, quoting, answering, quotation marks and quoting other resources.
- The Bincancel FAQ
http://www.geniac.net/bincancel/ - Explains why one should not post huge binaries to non-binary newsgroups.
- Why is Bottom-posting better than Top-posting?
http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html - Short lesson by A. Smit and H.W. de Haan explaining how threaded conversations such as found on Usenet are adversely affected by those who "top post" instead of "bottom post" their replies.
- How Not to Look Like an Idiot on Usenet
http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/news/idiot.html - A list of 16 rules for basic Usenet postings is provided.
- Why Ask Questions in Public?
http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/questions.html - Briefly explains advantages of asking technical questions in public rather than e-mailing them directly to a group member. Written and placed in the public domain by Russ Allbery.
- Internet Trolls
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/antitrollfaqhtm.htm - People who delight in upsetting other Internet users are known as 'trolls'. This article examines the phenomenon.
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