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

Andy Burns <[email protected]> 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.