[m] Suggestion for Convenient Posting

[Guest guest]

Nitya_em's call for courtesy is highly

commendable.<br><br>Even though I am a newbie in this group I am a 'net

veteran'<br>of (almost too) many years and have seen many a

discussion group<br>deteriorate because of the increased

volume in posting.<br><br>The groups that have survived

the said situation have always<br>found a way to

either moderate or categorize the posts, so<br>that

people can easily select the topics that are of

interest<br>to them.<br><br>I see that the regular posters here

have reacted very emotionally<br>against these recent

proposals of topic moderation. It is very<br>understandable

and I am not saying that people should restrict

<br>their contributions to matters strictly to do with

Astanga Yoga.<br><br>BUT, something needs to be done. I

am sure that there are a lot<br>of people like me

who don't have too much time on their hands<br>to

spend browsing through dozens of messages that have

little<br>relevance to them. After all, I joined this club to read

about<br>Astanga Yoga, get useful tips, and learn how it affects

people <br>who do it.<br><br>An Usenet newsgroup

alt.fan.pratchett (Terry Pratchett - one<br>of the best and

funniest writers still writing) uses a handy<br>system of

[tagging] the message subjects. I borrowed parts<br>of

their FAQ below, so that you can get the idea of how

it<br>works. Just replace 'Terry' with 'Astanga' and there you

go :-)<br><br>You can the entire tag FAQ by

searching for "Ppint's FAQ" <br>on

<a href=http://www.deja.com/usenet

target=new>http://www.deja.com/usenet</a><br><br>---<br>Tagging assists visual

selection of threads likely to be

of greatest<br>interest and avoidance of threads of

least interest.<br><br>[R] - Relevant - articles (other

than annotations) that are <br>directly related to and

are discussing Terry's works, <br>publications,

theatrical productions, films and other <br>activities that

are based upon them, including the companion

<br>maps, art & craftwork, inasmuch as they relate to the

<br>original works and each other. <br> <br> - Irrelevant -

threads whose subjects are not *directly*<br>related to

Terry's works, publications or other "spin-offs", <br>nor

to afp fan activity, nor to afp-the-newsgroup.

Please <br>bear in mind that is not intended as a

licence to <br>repeatedly introduce contentious or other

subjects for <br>their own sake - consider whether the

subject has already <br>been aired recently and is still

of wider interest:))<br> <br>[M] - Meta - These are

for the discussion of issues relating <br>to afp

itself and how it operates. Please take the time to

<br>look at them as and when they arise - this is *your*

group <br>after all. They are the forum for discussing

changes to the<br>way your usenet community operates (eg

how tagging is used,<br>FAQ issues etc), as well as

activity on the newsgroup and matters<br>generally within

the group itself which may be of concern/interest

<br>to rs.<br>---<br><br>If people aren't

willing to migrate to ezboard I think<br>such a system

might be handy. Opinions?<br><br>Namaste!