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  • Re: [PROPOSAL Mk2] alt.comp.software.firefox

    From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to alt.config on Sun Mar 28 23:52:06 2021
    From Newsgroup: alt.config

    For your newsgroups file:
    alt.comp.software.firefox Community support of web browser

    CHARTER

    A group for unofficial support of Firefox by the community of users, discussion will include configuration, add-ons and features in new
    versions. Advertising and binaries and multipart postings with HTML alternative parts are off-topic.

    JUSTIFICATION

    Existing discussions of Firefox take place on the private nntp server news.mozilla.org, the group mozilla.support.firefox had 11742 messages
    in the last 12 months. Unfortunately this server will be closed down
    after 3rd April 2021.

    Other available groups include alt.fan.mozilla (essentially dead in
    recent years and doesn't separate topics between firefox and seamonkey
    or thunderbird) plus a french language group alt.fr.outil.firefox
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  • From s|b@me@privacy.invalid to alt.config on Wed Mar 31 18:23:20 2021
    From Newsgroup: alt.config

    On Sun, 28 Mar 2021 23:52:06 +0100, Andy Burns wrote:

    Advertising and binaries and multipart postings with HTML
    alternative parts are off-topic.

    'off-topic' or 'not allowed' ? There's a difference imho.
    --
    s|b
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  • From Andy Burns@usenet@andyburns.uk to alt.config on Wed Mar 31 19:25:34 2021
    From Newsgroup: alt.config

    s|b wrote:

    Andy Burns wrote:

    Advertising and binaries and multipart postings with HTML
    alternative parts are off-topic.

    'off-topic' or 'not allowed' ? There's a difference imho.

    The wording is as suggested to me, yes there's a difference in meaning,
    but in reality do you think one would be be more effective than the other?


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  • From Adam H. Kerman@ahk@chinet.com to alt.config on Wed Mar 31 18:32:57 2021
    From Newsgroup: alt.config

    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    s|b wrote:
    Andy Burns wrote:

    Advertising and binaries and multipart postings with HTML
    alternative parts are off-topic.

    'off-topic' or 'not allowed' ? There's a difference imho.

    The wording is as suggested to me, yes there's a difference in meaning,
    but in reality do you think one would be be more effective than the other?

    There had been News servers that would not create a newsgroup if
    advertising and/or binaries weren't banned. I think it was Supernews,
    which is no longer with us.

    I don't know of any major News site that has such a prohibition.

    I suggested multiparts because they really piss me off and MIME just
    doesn't belong on Usenet. HTML is for the Web, not for plain text communication. Bill Gates defeated plain text in Mail and Usenet three
    decades ago with Outlook and Outlook Explorer.

    With that being said, I suggested "off topic" (oops no hyphen) and not
    banned because charters don't effectively ban any specific types of
    articles in unmoderated Usenet. It acknowledges reality.

    If you want to use "banned" rather than "off topic", go for it.
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