As it did in this thread.

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Mary
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
Some newsgroup reading programs strip off anything after an : on a reply.
Good reminder tho, to put it back in if your reader takes it out.
Diana

"Mardi" wrote in message
...
I agree wholeheartedly about the OT concept. My pet peeve is when
people reply to an OT post and somehow remove the OT from it. Now it
is no longer an OT post. So, remember, when replying to an OT post,
don't remove the OT from the subject line.

Mardi

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 22:33:31 -0500, "Diana Curtis"
wrote:

.
We all talk about this group as if it is a cyber quilting bee. It isnt.
It
is a quilting lesson, ongoing and dynamic. They are lessons we each pay
for.
Some pay more, some pay less, but dang it, we all pay to be here.
Picture having a quilting lesson at your local quilt store where
every
so
often a person pops into the class room and advertises something,
interupting the lessons you paid for. You'd be right to be upset. It
could
be your best friend in the world, offering to quilt for you, or a total
stranger offering a better way of living thru pills or what have you.
Its
the same thing, an interuption.
But what about OT posts, you ask. Arent they an interruption as well?
Yes,
when we forget to mark them as being off topic, to the paying
subscriber
to
this group, they are, for some, an unwanted interruption of what they
pay
to
come here for. Quilt lessons. When we do remember to use the OT in the
header it is as if we have excused ourselves to the little room over
there
with the coffee urn and the nummy desserts where we wont be interupting
the
other quilters with our chatter.
We all have the right to be here. We have the right to a newsgroup
that
the majority will find useful and fun. Along with those rights comes a
serious responsibilty to police ourselves and our own posts. If we
decide
as
a group to allow people to post ads where do we draw the line? Who gets
to
post ads and how many and how often is offensive? Do we get to pick on
people who are obviously not regular posters? Who is going to police
such
a
wishy washy policy?
Does it make more sense to make a blanket policy that advertisments
are
to
go to rec.crafts.textiles.marketplace? That is what it is for.
Rant mode over, back to quilting
Diana


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