XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article <10dcr2k$1haci$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Daniel70   wrote:   
   >On 23/10/2025 7:01 am, 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,   
   >   
   >... but ... but ... but this newsgroup appears on Binky's news-server so   
                                                      ^^^^^<-Paedophile talker   
   noted   
   >he MUST OWN IT, surely!! ;-P   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   >As we ALL can do. If we don't like the views expressed ... KILL-FILE   
   >that poster!!   
   >--   
   >Daniel70   
      
      
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