David Gerard wrote:
Tony Sidaway (minorityreport@bluebottle.com) [050507 09:54]:
David Gerard said:
slimvirgin@gmail.com (slimvirgin@gmail.com) [050507 09:33]:
The anonymous posters on Usenet are not published authors just because they post to Usenet. So yes, any editor who wanted to delete material sourced to Usenet would be well within their rights - except where it's being used as a primary source about itself.
Although in practice, this would be disruption to make a point. Why are you hardly being agreed with?
I happen to find slimvirgin's argument impossible to answer. As a secondary source, Usenet will never, ever be even remotely citable on the subject of the world outside Usenet. I would not regard deletion of Usenet-sourced material as disruption to make a point.
I found it very useful for [[The Eye of Argon]], for instance.
I also found it useful regarding a conversation between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and some guy named Linus Torvalds. For instance, under [[flaming]], which would you prefer?
1. For example, the Usenet discussion between Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Linus Torvalds on microkernel versus monolithic kernel operating system design has been described as a famous "flame war".
2. For example, the Usenet discussion between a computer science professor and a software developer on microkernel versus monolithic kernel operating system design has been described as a famous "flame war".