XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   Blueshirt  wrote:   
   >The Doctor wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >No Dave, he's posting his opinion. Which is what discussions   
   >on Usenet are supposed to be about. You know, people discussing   
   >things reasonably, like adults. Or maybe you don't know...   
   >   
   >I just object, in principle,  to people who think they own a   
   >certain newsgroup, especially when they seem to have no problem   
   >starting off-topic threads in it themself!   
   >   
   >I didn't say he was completely wrong though, I was just putting   
   >across my POV.   
      
   And then there is Lynch.   
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