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Old 15-02-2004, 08:49 PM
Frogleg
 
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Default Spelling issues

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:23:16 GMT, "ann" wrote:

Not everyone active in this newsgroup has the (spell check) option.
Why keep this ridiculous thread that didn't even belong in this newsgroup
going?
Seems to me that only the folks that want to use this forum as a chat-room
are responding so to not let it die.


It is obviously of some interest to several/many/a number of people.
An unmoderated group frequently wanders off-topic. Is there a
moderated group for strictly edible gardening topics? Then someone
will filter extraneous posts. Rec.food.cooking is extremely chatty.
Rec.food.recipes is moderated and all business -- nothing but recipe
requests and answers. Many unmoderated groups *are* a little like
chatrooms. How does a discussion of sugar-snap peas evolve into
bicycle repair? The same way a group of non-virtual people starts out
with a public highway agenda and gets to contemporary jazz. The
threads generally die out after a while (unless they're for or against
cats), and new topics are usually on-topic.