Posted by Dr John Stockton on 04/06/06 17:02

JRS: In article <1241677.51UfY3zZBN@PointedEars.de>, dated Wed, 5 Apr
2006 03:17:38 remote, seen in news:comp.lang.javascript, Thomas
'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> posted :
>
>All of this is very off topic in comp.lang.javascript. Please stop
>crossposting, especially from alt.* into Usenet (here: comp.*).
>
><URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet>
>

There is nothing wrong with crossposting, between alt and Big-8 or
otherwise, if it is considered that the material is sufficiently
appropriate for both groups.

Wikipedia is not a Usenet authority; Usenet has its own mechanisms.
Also, trustworthy authors have Web pages on the topic - see, for
example, signature line 2.

In particular, always check the authorship of Wikipedia articles, lest
they have been edited by well-known incompetents or kooks. In
particular, of course, Thomas Lahn himself.

It is, of course, bad manners to set a follow-up to a group which has
not received earlier articles in the thread.

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