sdnet.gardening has been proposed and discussed in sdnet.config. No objections were raised by the proposal and creation of sdnet.gardening. sdnet.gardening was given the following charter as proposed by: Nancy Milligan
On-Topic Articles can range from but not limited to:
+ Gardening issues and experiences in San Diego. This could also include
landscaping talk as well.
+ These topics can range from questions and answers by users.
+ Various opinions, findings and advice by/for sdnet.gardening users.
Off-Topic Articles and subjected to possible cancellation:
+ Spam (as defined by current usenet standards, see;
http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html)
+ Spam (as defined by sdnet.* policy) see;
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~wk/sdnet/spamp.html
+ Binary/image files of any kind (as they do not belong in non-binary
newsgroups).
+ MIME/HTML posts, and in particular any posting using a content-
encoding other than 7bit, 8bit, or quoted-printable. Most users reading
Usenet do not use a Web browser.
+ Make Money Fast (MMF) articles.
+ Cross posted articles outside of sdnet.*
+ Commercial advertising is generally not allowed, except:
Where someone specially asks for a product recommendation, or a product recommendation may be appropriate for the topic, a response for a particular commercial product, without hype or "salesmanship" may be given. For instance, if someone asked for a recommendation of slow-release fertilizers, and you sell Fish-Head Plus fertilizer, you could post that fact and some of the virtues of your fertilizer. However, limit this to once every now and then. If you do this too frequently you'll annoy the regular readers.
Another commercial advertising that would not be unwelcome would be notifications of sales or special deals for sdnet.gardening readers, say at local nurseries. Again the frequency of posting and the amount of hype is what makes commercial postings so offensive to regular readers. If you have a sale every week, that is far too frequent. I'd say once every few months would be more like it. Be very, very careful not to irritate your potential customers.
If and when a group FAQ is written for sdnet.gardening, sdnet.gardening will be subjected to the groups policies.
Send comments to: William Kronert