In message , Sacha
writes
On 2011-01-25 09:50:46 +0000, chris French
said:
In message , Sacha
writes
On 2011-01-24 15:04:29 +0000, "Pete" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ...
The charter for urg allows posts linking to catalogues or websites
that are relevant to the subject matter of the group, but no more
frequently than once every three months. The subject line should
begin "AD or "ADVERT". References to a gardening related business
can be made in a sig.file of no more than 4 lines.
http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.gardening.html
Thanks Sacha.
A previous poster wrote :-
"I see no need to post Biblical quotations (that incidentally
contravene the charter of this group). "
I see no reference to Biblical quotations contravening the charter
of this group.
Regards
Pete
www.thecanalshop.com
I can't think how you missed it. We are specifically asked to
restrict adverts and sig.files to gardening matters.
But it's not an advert for a business though is it.
Nor is it gardening discussion relevant though, is it?
No, but it's a sig, lots of people have non-gardening relevant bits in
their sig. No where does it say that sig have to be relevant to
gardening, it just talks about advertising.
Or was Eden in there somewhere? ;-)
:-)
The charter says nothing about sig length in general, the bit about
4 lines only refers to adverts/references to a posters gardening
related business.
Don't you think that's implicit? I suppose whoever drew up the charter
didn't think many people would advertise anything other than their
name, so restricted the request to 4 lines only if it contains any
relevant gardening business ad.
Maybe, maybe not. It's pretty normal for people to put quotes, humorous
things etc. in their sig. The 4 lines thing is a generally accepted
guideline for sigs though.
Whether or not someone finds the content offends them so much that
want to put the poster in killfile is one thing, but it doesn't seem
to be in breach of the charter to me.
But I don't think (in principle) that using a non-religious discussion
group to emphasise religious belief is a good thing generally. It's
one of those things (like politics) that tends to spawn a lot of
argument and dissent, so is perhaps better kept to relevant groups.
I would probably agree, but I think the best way to deal with it to
ignore it, rather than comment on it. How many times does someone post
something like that in a sig to urg?
--
Chris French