"Rod Pemberton" <do*********@sorry.bitbuck.cmm> writes:
"hdante" <hd****@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@i39g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com... Out of curiosity, where are the group rules ? I ask so, because people
are usually dismissed, by saying that something "is not standard".
It's an unmoderated newsgroup. Despite what the others said, there aren't
any official rules. Official rules only exist for moderated newsgroups.
Mr. Pemberton is correct, this is an unmoderated group. It doesn't have
official rules, but it does have some general guidelines.
What you have here is a small group of long time participants agressively
insulting and dismissing non-long time participants.
No, what you have here is a small group of regulars (some of us long
time participants, some relatively new) who try to encourage some
semblance of order, with the goal of being as helpful as possible to
as many people as possible. Often the best help we can offer is to
redirect a questioner to another newsgroup, one full of experts on
whatever the topic is. This task is made more difficult by a few
trolls who are more interested in whining and insulting others than in
participating in the newsgroup in any meaningful way.
The length of participation is irrelevant. Newcomers who add
something to the newsgroup are welcomed. Long-time trolls are treated
as trolls. Newcomers who make mistakes are usually given second and
third chances.
Don't take my word for this. Everyone's posting history is available;
judge for yourself.
<http://clc-wiki.net/wiki/Introduction_to_comp.lang.c> is a good
introduction to the newsgroup.
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith)
ks***@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.