FAQ: Welcome to uk.rec.walking [monthly posting] - Page 2

C L Imber wrote:

> And if their question has not been answered every week for
> the last five years?

The Welcome doesn't say /don't/ post immediately, it says
it's a good idea to review things for a couple of weeks
before joining in. And it often /is/. It also says to post a
question when you want to know an answer, so if that's
immediately then you can do that and not step outside the
bounds of what's in the Welcome.

Pete.
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"Paul Saunders" <pvs1@wildwales.fsnet.co.uk> schreef in bericht
news:ccafj6$7a4$1@news5.svr.pol.co.uk...

> And that's not the only example, it happens repeatedly.
> Makes you wonder if their newsreader has even downloaded
> the list of previous threads.

My list begins with 28/06. Perhaps that is because of the
many reactions on the original messages. A Dutch walking
newsgroup (nl.wandel) begins with
6/04 but there aren't as many replies as in urw. Googling
comes in handy but somethimes there is so much info that
it's much more efficient to put your question in a
newsgroup.

Theo

On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:18:47 +0100, Tim Jackson
<news@winterbourne.freeserve.invalid> wrote:

>C L Imber wrote on Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:40:13 +0100....
>> [...] given that the proportion of new entrants to Usenet
>> is so much lower?
>
>Is it? Why? Who collects the statistics?

Yes. I don't know why. Google.

theo wrote:

> My list begins with 28/06. Perhaps that is because of the
> many reactions on the original messages. A Dutch walking
> newsgroup (nl.wandel) begins with 6/04 but there aren't as
> many replies as in urw.

I've got messages going back to 01/05. Freeserve usually
keeps them for a whole month but that seems to be
increasing lately.

> Googling comes in handy but somethimes there is so much
> info that it's much more efficient to put your question in
> a newsgroup.

Yeah, but it's a bit irritating when the question was
answered two days before.

Paul
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C L Imber mused:
> On Sun, 4 Jul 2004 20:18:47 +0100, Tim Jackson
> <news@winterbourne.freeserve.invalid> wrote:
>
>> C L Imber wrote on Sun, 04 Jul 2004 19:40:13 +0100....
>>> [...] given that the proportion of new entrants to
>>> Usenet is so much lower?
>>
>> Is it? Why? Who collects the statistics?
>
> Yes. I don't know why.

Commenting on things one doesn't know/understand? Usenet
really is going downhill.

(implied smiley abundance)

> Google.

Google has ideas above its station, and is an imperfect
reflection.