USENET Newsgroup Guidelines on ADs
Reef Fish
placement of ANY ad, not even once, there is no rule AGAINST the
placement of an AD in a newsgroup.
I have been repeatedly challenged by several members of the RTC
group to CITE some such Guidelines.
The most commonly accepted Guidelines to USENET use can be
found in these web links, as well as others:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1/
http://www.ou.edu/research/electron/internet/use-faq.htm
These not only explains
> WHY IS USENET SO HARD TO DEFINE?
but many things that "usenet is NOT", among which
> 7. Usenet is not an advertising medium.
> Because of Usenet's roots in academia, and because Usenet depends
> so heavily on cooperation (sometimes among competitors), custom
> dictates that advertising be kept to a minimum. It is tolerated
> if it is infrequent, informative, and low-hype.
The last line is about universally accepted as can be said.
The KEYWORD is: INFREQUENT.
Just HOW infrequent?
You'll find this in MANY webpage concerning what is ALLOWED in
placing ADs in usenet newsgroups:
ONE TIME, if the AD is relevant to the interest of the newsgroup.
I'll be adding other long-established guidelines in my "periodic"
postings about ADVERTISERS in rec.travel.cruises, and the Grades
I assign to the current advertisers, consistent with those guidelines.
For this periodic posting, the graded advertisers are:
"A+" for Susette See http://tinyurl.com/f3dat
"B" for the John Sisker of May 6. See: http://tinyurl.com/ghbvr
"C" for Cruise_Discounter See: http://tinyurl.com/nhyo5
"D" for Media See: http://tinyurl.com/ovfdj
for the current John Sisker
"F" for Ray Goldenberg
"F-" for"Jim" <jim_buttacav...@sbcglobal.net>
See: http://tinyurl.com/fgkkv
"F-" for Christin...@hotmail.com
See: http://tinyurl.com/j8ksr
-- Dr. Bob. (aka Reef Fish)