Time to shut down this list?

[Nikolas Britton]

Joshua Tinnin wrote:

>On Tuesday 28 December 2004 01:48 am, "David J. Weller-Fahy" 
><dave-lists-freebsd-newbies at weller-fahy.com> wrote:
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>>* Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig at spymac.com> [2004-12-28 09:20 +0100]:
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>>>"freebsd-questions
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>OK, once again that's supposed to be -newbies, but you knew that ... 
>man, not proofreading my email ...
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>>>is a general discussion forum for new FreeBSD users 
>>>to share their experiences and to help each other with non-technical
>>>issues. It is not a technical help or support list. See:
>>>http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ "
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>>What about:
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>>Please use this list for general problem solving, sharing ideas, and
>>moral support. Take specific technical issues to freebsd-questions.
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>>Most of that's from the charter.
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>Personally, I like that better than mine. I think that pretty much says 
>everything. Maybe "technical support issues," although that might be 
>redundant. One nitpicky thing - although punctuation rules say it's 
>technically correct to use a comma before the last item in a series, 
>that is archaic usage, and the most commonly accepted modern rule is to 
>leave it off. So, it would be better as: "... problem solving, sharing 
>ideas and moral support." It's not that big of a deal, but it's better 
>to use accepted punctuation rules, and, besides, if it ends up the 
>other way it's going to drive me crazy. Sorry, but I was raised by a 
>mom who's an English teacher ...
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>- jt
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My college English teacher said it was only ok for news papers to leave 
it off so they could save space.

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