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Like this one? That was agreed upon 2 years ago? http://www.aerophotointernational.com/guide.htm Oh and for those of you that wont click on the link here it is Please note 3,4,6,and 8 under Posting Guidelines Overview The objective of this Guide is provide posting and behavioral guidelines within the ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION newsgroup (ABPA). It is NOT LAW. Because this NG is self-moderated,users who ignore this Guide can expect comments from other users. Serial defaulters may attract stronger comments and/or be "kill filtered" or "Plonked" by regular users. Therefore, if you wish your aviation pictures to be appreciated by visitors, and regulars in this newsgroup, it is to your advantage to follow these guidelines. 1. The purpose of the ABPA is to share photos of aircraft, information regarding aviation related events, stories about aircraft that are featured in this Newsgroup and, above all, to share our passion for aircraft with like-minded people regardless of nationality, race or religion. 2. The ABPA is entirely self moderated, and there is no formal membership criteria, or governing board. Members are free to come and go as they wish - to contribute, or not, is entirely voluntary. No one should feel forced to contribute to the group, and no one should feel intimidated by the group. 3. Users of the ABPA are legally and personally responsible for any images they post, particularly regarding copyright issues and suitability. As many members of the group post images that they have taken themselves, they do occasionally get rather upset when others post their images either without permission, or with copyright logos removed. All photographers have their own ideas regarding the usage of their images, and if in doubt about the use of in image we request that you please ask before either posting or reusing an original image. 4. This Guide will be amended as the need arises. Suggestions for any changes should be posted to the Newsgroup. Any changes receiving general agreement following a discussion will then be included. Posting Guidelines 1. Aviation Only. The ABPA is dedicated to aviation orientated subjects. However, there are no restrictions upon the specific types of aircraft images that can be posted to the group. Given that non aviation subjects frequently appear at air shows and in museums, we ask that you use the following example of an acceptable posting... That really cool looking restored tank featured at the annual air show is a credit to everyone involved. So in the context of a series of 30 or more aviation related images regarding an air show, with 2 or 3 featuring the really cool tank are acceptable. On the other hand posting a series of 30 images of non aviation subjects at the air show with only 1 or 2 aircraft is not acceptable. 2. NO Blatantly Obvious Pornography... Posters are STRONGLY REQUESTED TO REFRAIN FROM POSTING OBVIOUSLY pornographic images. A simple nude standing in front of an airplane is one thing, seeing a girl playing with her #$% is another. Images featuring nudes in a non-pornographic way, and STILL IN THE CONTEXT OF AVIATION, are acceptable and will be referred to as Nude-Hangar Queens (or Kings). Therefore, the group would appreciate the wording Nude-Hangar Queen (or King) within the image's description. The only exceptions to this would something like the nose art on say a WWII bomber which can be a touch racy. 3. No Multimedia or Multi-Part files.... As the name implies, this Newsgroup is for posting "Binaries Pictures Aviation", that is, photos, and artworks relating to aviation. Multimedia, video clips and sound files are not welcome here, mainly due to bandwidth requirements. However references to multimedia aviation related postings in the NG alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation, and other newsgroups, or on a website are acceptable in this Newsgroup. The reason Multi-part attachments are discouraged is that some news servers may lose a portion of the messages, and some news readers are not able to assemble the parts properly. 4. Image Size.... Many visitors and posters have slow dial-up internet connections and/or are download limited, which makes it difficult to view large attachments (400Kb plus). File sizes in the range 100 to 300Kb in JPEG format generally give adequate resolution. If viewers would like a picture at higher resolution they should check with the poster by email. 5. Image Descriptions are strongly encouraged for ALL IMAGES. Large numbers of files (plus 10) without a description of what the image is, or index image displaying the images in the series, is not considered an acceptable posting. If your favorite aviation subject is civil airliners for example, few things will match the frustration you feel when you unknowingly download 30 images of some WWII warbirds. Granted the logical thing to do is grab a couple first, but if it was an event where both types of aircraft are featured what then? For this reason the use of one of the very popular freeware image index programs is encouraged, failing that at the very least please include a reasonable description of the image. This also has the added advantage of making it easier to track comments made about your images, and identifying a particular series of images to the group. 6. Large Floods of images... Floods of images should be restricted to approx. 50 images per day. We as a group would prefer to see them over several days, rather than all at one time. Doing so, and keeping the images to a size of about 300k, or less enables other posters to post groups of images. Part of the reason for this is that many local servers have a limited retention based upon size. For example; if you post a flood of 300 or more images all in the 500k range at 1:00am, and then at 10:00am someone else does the same thing, and yet a third person posts at 10:00pm. On some of the smaller servers someone is either not going to see their images posted until the next day, or possibly have images bounced off of the NG. For people using independent newsgroup servers this is not a problem, however for many of the smaller servers it can be. 7. NO Political, social, or religious discussions of ANY sort... We all have our opinions regarding religion, social issues, and politics. However given the strong emotions that these types of discussion frequent cause IT IS STRONGLY preferred that members DO NOT engage in these types of debates with the newsgroup ABPA. Besides if you check the title of this Newsgroup there is not a mention of politics, social issues, or religion within it. Wishing someone a well meaning nationalistic or religious message such as Happy 4th of July, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah etc. is however considered acceptable... 8. YENC - is NOT Acceptable. Yenc encoding is not yet standardized, so there are different versions in use and many news readers do not recognize any of them. The same applies to any other non-standard posting formats. To avoid upset, please use only the standard UU-Encoding when posting your pictures. Besides, if you are looking for discussion, or conversation regarding an image, you are far more likely obtain it with a standard format posting, rather than a non-standard one. To be fair about it, if Yenc or some other method does become a recognized standard then this will quickly be amended. 9. No HTML within postings... The Usenet service (newsgroups) has traditionally been text-based, and most dedicated news readers still are. However, since Outlook Express and the major browsers have been able to access newsgroups, and their format of choice is HTML, many users are posting to the newsgroups in HTML format. Unfortunately, this means that all the cool looking fancy backgrounds, special characters, bold or multi-colored fonts, inserted lines or other effects appear as dozens of lines of seemingly unintelligible characters interspaced with a few lines of text to those who still use text-based readers. As a courtesy to these people it is suggested that you refrain from posting in HTML if possible. 10. NO Inflammatory Remarks (Flaming) Deliberately making derogatory or inflammatory remarks (often referred to as "flaming") about people posting to the ABPA, and/or any aspect of their postings, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This does NOT include comments such as: (a) Constructive criticisms or suggestions as to how to improve someone's images (however, saying a person's posting is nothing but crap is not acceptable), (b) Corrections to miss-identification of aircraft, pilots etc... (c) Corrections to obviously innocent mistakes. Harsh, or insulting criticism about simple mistakes, or a less-than professional picture, when not deserved, can be particularly disturbing to newbies who may never return to the Group. Let us try to maintain the friendly atmosphere that has been established in ABPA over many years. 11. When responding to a LONG posting.... It is requested that you restrict the reposted text to only those parts that are pertinent to your response. Reposting an entire message when responding to a long posting not only clutters the system up but is also a discourtesy to those trying to read your contribution. We all make this mistake now and again, however if, and when you do, please don't be offended if you receive a GENTLE Chastisement from the other members of the group. Conclusion... Newbies to the group are encouraged to "lurk" for a few days BEFORE posting images... Doing this will help you get a feel for how the group operates, and what is considered acceptable behavior. Above all else though if you have a question, or are unsure about an issue PLEASE ASK!!! You will find that most members of the group are reasonably friendly, and very eager to help new posters. None of these rules are chiseled in stone, and there will always be exceptions. This guide intended to be just a guide and nothing more.. The group at large asks that the spirit of this text be adhered to. This Guide is applicable ONLY TO THE NEWSGROUP alt.binaries.aviation.pictures, other newsgroups may OR MAY NOT have similar guidelines. Above all else we encourage everyone who enjoys the subject of aviation to participate, and use the guide to everyone's advantage. Thank you, The participants of the newsgroup ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION.... Questions or comments about this guide should be submitted to the newsgroup Alt.Binaries.Pictures.Aviation |
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Maple1 added these comments in the current discussion du jour
.... I've been monitoring this NG for years and this is the very first time I've seen this. Why are you hiding it? Overview The objective of this Guide is provide posting and behavioral guidelines within the ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION newsgroup (ABPA). It is NOT LAW. Because this NG is self-moderated,users who ignore this Guide can expect comments from other users. Serial defaulters may attract stronger comments and/or be "kill filtered" or "Plonked" by regular users. Therefore, if you wish your aviation pictures to be appreciated by visitors, and regulars in this newsgroup, it is to your advantage to follow these guidelines. 1. The purpose of the ABPA is to share photos of aircraft, information regarding aviation related events, stories about aircraft that are featured in this Newsgroup and, above all, to share our passion for aircraft with like-minded people regardless of nationality, race or religion. 2. The ABPA is entirely self moderated, and there is no formal membership criteria, or governing board. Members are free to come and go as they wish - to contribute, or not, is entirely voluntary. No one should feel forced to contribute to the group, and no one should feel intimidated by the group. 3. Users of the ABPA are legally and personally responsible for any images they post, particularly regarding copyright issues and suitability. As many members of the group post images that they have taken themselves, they do occasionally get rather upset when others post their images either without permission, or with copyright logos removed. All photographers have their own ideas regarding the usage of their images, and if in doubt about the use of in image we request that you please ask before either posting or reusing an original image. 4. This Guide will be amended as the need arises. Suggestions for any changes should be posted to the Newsgroup. Any changes receiving general agreement following a discussion will then be included. Posting Guidelines 1. Aviation Only. The ABPA is dedicated to aviation orientated subjects. However, there are no restrictions upon the specific types of aircraft images that can be posted to the group. Given that non aviation subjects frequently appear at air shows and in museums, we ask that you use the following example of an acceptable posting... That really cool looking restored tank featured at the annual air show is a credit to everyone involved. So in the context of a series of 30 or more aviation related images regarding an air show, with 2 or 3 featuring the really cool tank are acceptable. On the other hand posting a series of 30 images of non aviation subjects at the air show with only 1 or 2 aircraft is not acceptable. 2. NO Blatantly Obvious Pornography... Posters are STRONGLY REQUESTED TO REFRAIN FROM POSTING OBVIOUSLY pornographic images. A simple nude standing in front of an airplane is one thing, seeing a girl playing with her #$% is another. Images featuring nudes in a non-pornographic way, and STILL IN THE CONTEXT OF AVIATION, are acceptable and will be referred to as Nude-Hangar Queens (or Kings). Therefore, the group would appreciate the wording Nude-Hangar Queen (or King) within the image's description. The only exceptions to this would something like the nose art on say a WWII bomber which can be a touch racy. 3. No Multimedia or Multi-Part files.... As the name implies, this Newsgroup is for posting "Binaries Pictures Aviation", that is, photos, and artworks relating to aviation. Multimedia, video clips and sound files are not welcome here, mainly due to bandwidth requirements. However references to multimedia aviation related postings in the NG alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation, and other newsgroups, or on a website are acceptable in this Newsgroup. The reason Multi-part attachments are discouraged is that some news servers may lose a portion of the messages, and some news readers are not able to assemble the parts properly. 4. Image Size.... Many visitors and posters have slow dial-up internet connections and/or are download limited, which makes it difficult to view large attachments (400Kb plus). File sizes in the range 100 to 300Kb in JPEG format generally give adequate resolution. If viewers would like a picture at higher resolution they should check with the poster by email. 5. Image Descriptions are strongly encouraged for ALL IMAGES. Large numbers of files (plus 10) without a description of what the image is, or index image displaying the images in the series, is not considered an acceptable posting. If your favorite aviation subject is civil airliners for example, few things will match the frustration you feel when you unknowingly download 30 images of some WWII warbirds. Granted the logical thing to do is grab a couple first, but if it was an event where both types of aircraft are featured what then? For this reason the use of one of the very popular freeware image index programs is encouraged, failing that at the very least please include a reasonable description of the image. This also has the added advantage of making it easier to track comments made about your images, and identifying a particular series of images to the group. 6. Large Floods of images... Floods of images should be restricted to approx. 50 images per day. We as a group would prefer to see them over several days, rather than all at one time. Doing so, and keeping the images to a size of about 300k, or less enables other posters to post groups of images. Part of the reason for this is that many local servers have a limited retention based upon size. For example; if you post a flood of 300 or more images all in the 500k range at 1:00am, and then at 10:00am someone else does the same thing, and yet a third person posts at 10:00pm. On some of the smaller servers someone is either not going to see their images posted until the next day, or possibly have images bounced off of the NG. For people using independent newsgroup servers this is not a problem, however for many of the smaller servers it can be. 7. NO Political, social, or religious discussions of ANY sort... We all have our opinions regarding religion, social issues, and politics. However given the strong emotions that these types of discussion frequent cause IT IS STRONGLY preferred that members DO NOT engage in these types of debates with the newsgroup ABPA. Besides if you check the title of this Newsgroup there is not a mention of politics, social issues, or religion within it. Wishing someone a well meaning nationalistic or religious message such as Happy 4th of July, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah etc. is however considered acceptable... 8. YENC - is NOT Acceptable. Yenc encoding is not yet standardized, so there are different versions in use and many news readers do not recognize any of them. The same applies to any other non-standard posting formats. To avoid upset, please use only the standard UU-Encoding when posting your pictures. Besides, if you are looking for discussion, or conversation regarding an image, you are far more likely obtain it with a standard format posting, rather than a non-standard one. To be fair about it, if Yenc or some other method does become a recognized standard then this will quickly be amended. 9. No HTML within postings... The Usenet service (newsgroups) has traditionally been text-based, and most dedicated news readers still are. However, since Outlook Express and the major browsers have been able to access newsgroups, and their format of choice is HTML, many users are posting to the newsgroups in HTML format. Unfortunately, this means that all the cool looking fancy backgrounds, special characters, bold or multi-colored fonts, inserted lines or other effects appear as dozens of lines of seemingly unintelligible characters interspaced with a few lines of text to those who still use text-based readers. As a courtesy to these people it is suggested that you refrain from posting in HTML if possible. 10. NO Inflammatory Remarks (Flaming) Deliberately making derogatory or inflammatory remarks (often referred to as "flaming") about people posting to the ABPA, and/or any aspect of their postings, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This does NOT include comments such as: (a) Constructive criticisms or suggestions as to how to improve someone's images (however, saying a person's posting is nothing but crap is not acceptable), (b) Corrections to miss-identification of aircraft, pilots etc... (c) Corrections to obviously innocent mistakes. Harsh, or insulting criticism about simple mistakes, or a less-than professional picture, when not deserved, can be particularly disturbing to newbies who may never return to the Group. Let us try to maintain the friendly atmosphere that has been established in ABPA over many years. 11. When responding to a LONG posting.... It is requested that you restrict the reposted text to only those parts that are pertinent to your response. Reposting an entire message when responding to a long posting not only clutters the system up but is also a discourtesy to those trying to read your contribution. We all make this mistake now and again, however if, and when you do, please don't be offended if you receive a GENTLE Chastisement from the other members of the group. Conclusion... Newbies to the group are encouraged to "lurk" for a few days BEFORE posting images... Doing this will help you get a feel for how the group operates, and what is considered acceptable behavior. Above all else though if you have a question, or are unsure about an issue PLEASE ASK!!! You will find that most members of the group are reasonably friendly, and very eager to help new posters. None of these rules are chiseled in stone, and there will always be exceptions. This guide intended to be just a guide and nothing more.. The group at large asks that the spirit of this text be adhered to. This Guide is applicable ONLY TO THE NEWSGROUP alt.binaries.aviation.pictures, other newsgroups may OR MAY NOT have similar guidelines. Above all else we encourage everyone who enjoys the subject of aviation to participate, and use the guide to everyone's advantage. Thank you, The participants of the newsgroup ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION.... Questions or comments about this guide should be submitted to the newsgroup Alt.Binaries.Pictures.Aviation -- HP, aka Jerry Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet |
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The Raven added these comments in the current discussion du jour
.... I appreciate both sides of the argument but, given Yenc has been out for years and it still hasn't gained any significant market space it's a proven dud. As for getting additional plugins or other news readers, why bother? The ones most of us use have been serving us perfectly well for over a decade, cost nothing, and the newer readers don't seem to offer any significant improvements. There are a great number of NGs where all you see is yEnc. In places where there's wild disagreement and blind hatred, it is always, always coming from the OUthouse Depressed crowd that refuse to either get a real news reader or the plug-in that will allow OE to decode yEnc. It isn't evil, it isn't just for porn, and it isn't a dud. If the Luddites of the world want to stick their heads in the sand and pretend that yEnc is no good, that's there choice, they'll just miss out on a tremendous amount of good content in thousands of NGs. -- HP, aka Jerry Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet |
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Maple1 added these comments in the current discussion du jour
.... Maple1 wrote: Like this one? That was agreed upon 2 years ago? http://www.aerophotointernational.com/guide.htm Oh and for those of you that wont click on the link here it is Please note 3,4,6,and 8 under Posting Guidelines Forgot to mention: are posting huge multi-part RAR/PAR files acceptable? Doesn't seem so yet that's been going on for days. Overview The objective of this Guide is provide posting and behavioral guidelines within the ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION newsgroup (ABPA). It is NOT LAW. Because this NG is self-moderated,users who ignore this Guide can expect comments from other users. Serial defaulters may attract stronger comments and/or be "kill filtered" or "Plonked" by regular users. Therefore, if you wish your aviation pictures to be appreciated by visitors, and regulars in this newsgroup, it is to your advantage to follow these guidelines. 1. The purpose of the ABPA is to share photos of aircraft, information regarding aviation related events, stories about aircraft that are featured in this Newsgroup and, above all, to share our passion for aircraft with like-minded people regardless of nationality, race or religion. 2. The ABPA is entirely self moderated, and there is no formal membership criteria, or governing board. Members are free to come and go as they wish - to contribute, or not, is entirely voluntary. No one should feel forced to contribute to the group, and no one should feel intimidated by the group. 3. Users of the ABPA are legally and personally responsible for any images they post, particularly regarding copyright issues and suitability. As many members of the group post images that they have taken themselves, they do occasionally get rather upset when others post their images either without permission, or with copyright logos removed. All photographers have their own ideas regarding the usage of their images, and if in doubt about the use of in image we request that you please ask before either posting or reusing an original image. 4. This Guide will be amended as the need arises. Suggestions for any changes should be posted to the Newsgroup. Any changes receiving general agreement following a discussion will then be included. Posting Guidelines 1. Aviation Only. The ABPA is dedicated to aviation orientated subjects. However, there are no restrictions upon the specific types of aircraft images that can be posted to the group. Given that non aviation subjects frequently appear at air shows and in museums, we ask that you use the following example of an acceptable posting... That really cool looking restored tank featured at the annual air show is a credit to everyone involved. So in the context of a series of 30 or more aviation related images regarding an air show, with 2 or 3 featuring the really cool tank are acceptable. On the other hand posting a series of 30 images of non aviation subjects at the air show with only 1 or 2 aircraft is not acceptable. 2. NO Blatantly Obvious Pornography... Posters are STRONGLY REQUESTED TO REFRAIN FROM POSTING OBVIOUSLY pornographic images. A simple nude standing in front of an airplane is one thing, seeing a girl playing with her #$% is another. Images featuring nudes in a non-pornographic way, and STILL IN THE CONTEXT OF AVIATION, are acceptable and will be referred to as Nude-Hangar Queens (or Kings). Therefore, the group would appreciate the wording Nude-Hangar Queen (or King) within the image's description. The only exceptions to this would something like the nose art on say a WWII bomber which can be a touch racy. 3. No Multimedia or Multi-Part files.... As the name implies, this Newsgroup is for posting "Binaries Pictures Aviation", that is, photos, and artworks relating to aviation. Multimedia, video clips and sound files are not welcome here, mainly due to bandwidth requirements. However references to multimedia aviation related postings in the NG alt.binaries.multimedia.aviation, and other newsgroups, or on a website are acceptable in this Newsgroup. The reason Multi-part attachments are discouraged is that some news servers may lose a portion of the messages, and some news readers are not able to assemble the parts properly. 4. Image Size.... Many visitors and posters have slow dial-up internet connections and/or are download limited, which makes it difficult to view large attachments (400Kb plus). File sizes in the range 100 to 300Kb in JPEG format generally give adequate resolution. If viewers would like a picture at higher resolution they should check with the poster by email. 5. Image Descriptions are strongly encouraged for ALL IMAGES. Large numbers of files (plus 10) without a description of what the image is, or index image displaying the images in the series, is not considered an acceptable posting. If your favorite aviation subject is civil airliners for example, few things will match the frustration you feel when you unknowingly download 30 images of some WWII warbirds. Granted the logical thing to do is grab a couple first, but if it was an event where both types of aircraft are featured what then? For this reason the use of one of the very popular freeware image index programs is encouraged, failing that at the very least please include a reasonable description of the image. This also has the added advantage of making it easier to track comments made about your images, and identifying a particular series of images to the group. 6. Large Floods of images... Floods of images should be restricted to approx. 50 images per day. We as a group would prefer to see them over several days, rather than all at one time. Doing so, and keeping the images to a size of about 300k, or less enables other posters to post groups of images. Part of the reason for this is that many local servers have a limited retention based upon size. For example; if you post a flood of 300 or more images all in the 500k range at 1:00am, and then at 10:00am someone else does the same thing, and yet a third person posts at 10:00pm. On some of the smaller servers someone is either not going to see their images posted until the next day, or possibly have images bounced off of the NG. For people using independent newsgroup servers this is not a problem, however for many of the smaller servers it can be. 7. NO Political, social, or religious discussions of ANY sort... We all have our opinions regarding religion, social issues, and politics. However given the strong emotions that these types of discussion frequent cause IT IS STRONGLY preferred that members DO NOT engage in these types of debates with the newsgroup ABPA. Besides if you check the title of this Newsgroup there is not a mention of politics, social issues, or religion within it. Wishing someone a well meaning nationalistic or religious message such as Happy 4th of July, Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah etc. is however considered acceptable... 8. YENC - is NOT Acceptable. Yenc encoding is not yet standardized, so there are different versions in use and many news readers do not recognize any of them. The same applies to any other non-standard posting formats. To avoid upset, please use only the standard UU-Encoding when posting your pictures. Besides, if you are looking for discussion, or conversation regarding an image, you are far more likely obtain it with a standard format posting, rather than a non-standard one. To be fair about it, if Yenc or some other method does become a recognized standard then this will quickly be amended. 9. No HTML within postings... The Usenet service (newsgroups) has traditionally been text-based, and most dedicated news readers still are. However, since Outlook Express and the major browsers have been able to access newsgroups, and their format of choice is HTML, many users are posting to the newsgroups in HTML format. Unfortunately, this means that all the cool looking fancy backgrounds, special characters, bold or multi-colored fonts, inserted lines or other effects appear as dozens of lines of seemingly unintelligible characters interspaced with a few lines of text to those who still use text-based readers. As a courtesy to these people it is suggested that you refrain from posting in HTML if possible. 10. NO Inflammatory Remarks (Flaming) Deliberately making derogatory or inflammatory remarks (often referred to as "flaming") about people posting to the ABPA, and/or any aspect of their postings, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. This does NOT include comments such as: (a) Constructive criticisms or suggestions as to how to improve someone's images (however, saying a person's posting is nothing but crap is not acceptable), (b) Corrections to miss-identification of aircraft, pilots etc... (c) Corrections to obviously innocent mistakes. Harsh, or insulting criticism about simple mistakes, or a less-than professional picture, when not deserved, can be particularly disturbing to newbies who may never return to the Group. Let us try to maintain the friendly atmosphere that has been established in ABPA over many years. 11. When responding to a LONG posting.... It is requested that you restrict the reposted text to only those parts that are pertinent to your response. Reposting an entire message when responding to a long posting not only clutters the system up but is also a discourtesy to those trying to read your contribution. We all make this mistake now and again, however if, and when you do, please don't be offended if you receive a GENTLE Chastisement from the other members of the group. Conclusion... Newbies to the group are encouraged to "lurk" for a few days BEFORE posting images... Doing this will help you get a feel for how the group operates, and what is considered acceptable behavior. Above all else though if you have a question, or are unsure about an issue PLEASE ASK!!! You will find that most members of the group are reasonably friendly, and very eager to help new posters. None of these rules are chiseled in stone, and there will always be exceptions. This guide intended to be just a guide and nothing more.. The group at large asks that the spirit of this text be adhered to. This Guide is applicable ONLY TO THE NEWSGROUP alt.binaries.aviation.pictures, other newsgroups may OR MAY NOT have similar guidelines. Above all else we encourage everyone who enjoys the subject of aviation to participate, and use the guide to everyone's advantage. Thank you, The participants of the newsgroup ALT.BINARIES.PICTURES.AVIATION.... Questions or comments about this guide should be submitted to the newsgroup Alt.Binaries.Pictures.Aviation -- HP, aka Jerry Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet |
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No Multimedia or Multi-Part files...
What part of Multi part did you miss in rule 3 And if you have been here for years you would remember Andrew who worked VERY hard to get this done. HEMI-Powered wrote: Forgot to mention: are posting huge multi-part RAR/PAR files acceptable? Doesn't seem so yet that's been going on for days. |
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Maple1 added these comments in the current discussion du jour
.... No Multimedia or Multi-Part files... What part of Multi part did you miss in rule 3 And if you have been here for years you would remember Andrew who worked VERY hard to get this done. The part I missed was that nobody has done anything about the alleged flooder. As for Andrew, he has shown himself to be a bigot and a fool. If you people want to have order around here, you need to publish your FAQs/posting guidelines often and take agressive action against violators. You also need to partially rewrite the document so that the most important items, such as max posts/day, no yEnc, no multi-part files, etc. are up front where they are easy to see. As it is, the document meanders around and the salient points are buried in long paragraphs. Now, as to flooding, if the group wants only 50/day or less, I guess that's OK. I don't have any aircraft pictures so it doesn't affect me. But, it reminds me of a couple of other NGs I monitor that seem to be living in the past before there was broadband because they have very restrictive file size limits - both KB and pixels and the same 50 limit. Who cares how many posts/day are made? No one is forced to download them all or any at all, that's what freedom of choice is all about. And again, this is the first time I've ever seen this document. I don't follow links in anybody's posts because it's too dangerous so if you're posting the FAQs that way, it explains why I haven't seen them before. Plus, I'd wager that the people you guys don't seem to like haven't seen it, either. Forgot to mention: are posting huge multi-part RAR/PAR files acceptable? Doesn't seem so yet that's been going on for days. -- HP, aka Jerry Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet |
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"Herman" wrote in message .home.nl... "HEMI-Powered" schreef in bericht ... Martin Helms added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... This is exactly the same I am using, however, the problem with the most recent YEnc posts lies within you last sentence, "so long as the yEnc is written into the subject heading". Unfortunately, the person posting it (oh so wiesly chosing yEnc as a handle) ignored this most important rule about yEnc. It is imparative the term is to be included in the subject line so that either we can read the posts or others, who simply do not wish to read yEn posts at all (for w/e reason) can properly filter them. Properly written apps will either automatically add "yEnc" to the subject line or require the poster to add it. Some folks really seem to be lacking certain manners... :/ What does using yEnc have to do with manners? This is much to do about nothing and the entire debate is because the Luddites who insist on using Outhouse Depressed instead of a real news reader can't decode yEnc. -- HP, aka Jerry Don't be a fop or a blooter, make only pithy comments on Usenet You are very proud of your wordplay, it appears, but this does not alter the fact that many people use OE. yEnc is a toy for people who insist on showing that they are clever. Well, good for you. You are a clever boy, now go and do something useful, like posting pictures as is. If you use a decent provider and connection there is no need for these silly programs. Grow up. Regards, Herman Well said Herman |
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"Jim Breckenridge" wrote in message
news:tl%uk.243435$gc5.152497@pd7urf2no... michael hoare wrote: I dont care if its been said a thousand times i fail to see the point of encrypting entries so that they cant be viewed without downloading some other crap to view them ....whats the purpose of it ..what purpose does it serve besides ****ing off those who cant view the pics i really dont see the point of it all Mick H It's fact. |
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"HEMI-Powered" wrote in message
.. . The Raven added these comments in the current discussion du jour ... I appreciate both sides of the argument but, given Yenc has been out for years and it still hasn't gained any significant market space it's a proven dud. As for getting additional plugins or other news readers, why bother? The ones most of us use have been serving us perfectly well for over a decade, cost nothing, and the newer readers don't seem to offer any significant improvements. There are a great number of NGs where all you see is yEnc. In places where there's wild disagreement and blind hatred, it is always, always coming from the OUthouse Depressed crowd See, your argument falls flat the second you start denigrating the opposition. Fact is, OE is used by more people than Yenc. that refuse to either get a real news reader or the plug-in that will allow OE to decode yEnc. Why change newsreaders when the one provided for free is perfectly servicable? Yes I tried some plug-ins but, like most, they weren't effective and made the default product unreliable. It isn't evil, it isn't just for porn, and it isn't a dud. Fact is, it's not anywhere near a widely accepted standard. At least, not here where it counts. If the Luddites of the world want to stick their heads in the sand and pretend that yEnc is no good, that's there choice, they'll just miss out on a tremendous amount of good content in thousands of NGs. I'm not saying it's no good, just that it's not better and causes more problems than it solves. |
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