XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >Keith F. Lynch wrote:   
   >   
   >> Again, please keep the Dr. Who slop out of the   
   >> rec.arts.sf.fandom newsgroup. That's a low-volume   
   >> newsgroup for discussing fandom itself, meaning coventions   
   >> and the people who attend and run them, and fanzines and   
   >> the people who write and publish them.   
   >   
   >What about the newsgroups that discuss these shows, are they   
   >not a part of "fandom" too? I mean, a fan writing something   
   >about a sci-fi show for a fanzine or in a Usenet post is pretty   
   >similar. A newsgroup could even be considered an online fanzine!   
   >   
   >> In recent days the unwanted Dr. Who slop has exceeded all   
   >> other traffic in that newsgroup, threatening to destroy it.   
   >   
   >How can traffic destroy a newsgroup? Traffic keeps it alive.   
   >You are free to use filters or killfiles to ignore the   
   >posts/posters that you don't want to see and/or read though.   
   >   
   >Also, who decides what content is wanted and unwanted on any   
   >specific newsgroup? Surely the readers of any newsgroup exercise   
   >their own judgement by using the aforesaid filter mechanisms to   
   >decide what content they read, or ignore?   
   >   
   >   
      
   Lynch is being irrational as usual.   
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