Editor's Corner

Last Week's Fidonews
By Frank Vest
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Fidonews Editor at Fidonet: 1:1/23
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In last week's Fidonews I took, what I thought were, some light hearted and humorous shots at Fidonet, some of the things and groups in Fidonet and the way things happen in Fidonet in general. I had hoped that there would be some talk and response to some of the questions raised by the edition. At least some introductions made.

I hoped that the articles would be taken in a lighthearted and humorously serious vein. I guess I was mistaken. The Fidonews Echo all but dried up and the only response I got was a Netmail that arrived no more than three hours after I hatched the Fidonews.

The Netmail was more concerned with the perceived rules that were perceived to have been violated than the content of the articles. Within the Netmail, the main question seemed to be if the rules for submissions to the Fidonews had changed. This in regards to there not being a author or an address for the author in the articles.

Now, I'm not the brightest bulb in the package, but I would assume that an editorial (not under Guest Editorial) would be from the Editor. I would feel very sure that the "Editor's Corner" was from the Editor. As for the "Humor in a Fido Vein" area, that comes from many sources and not all of the articles have specific authors. Many are from things I find in other media and some are sent to me anonymously.

As for the rules?? What rules? Read the "How to Submit an Article".

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How to Submit an Article

If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are the guidelines:

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Do you see anything that says RULES???

It might be nice to set down some "hard" rules and enforce them to the letter, but that isn't very realistic. The only real thing that I balk at is vulgar language... and I've let that slip once or twice, I think.

As you will notice, there is no doubt as to where this submission came from. :-)

But just to be sure....

Regards,

Frank Vest
Fidonet: 1:124/6308(.1)
flv@texoma.net
Unofficial Routed Netmail link for Net124
Web-Idiot for Region 19's Web site
http://bise.tzo.com/r19
http://home.texoma.net/~flv
Fidonews Editor at Fidonet: 1:1/23
Editor@fidonews.org