Re: Usenet newsgroups portals

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 6:16:28 +0000, W.Dockery wrote:

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:37:10 +0000, Retro Guy wrote:
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:49:56 +0000, Will-Dockery wrote:
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 > > Another good Usenet newsgroups portal is JLA Forums:
 > >
 > > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=655
 > >
 > Retro Guy wrote:
 >
 >
 > I just wish they would fix their line wrap in quoting, which
sometimes
 > produces broken quote lines, and that they would produce proper
 > references headers so that threading worked properly for those
using a
 > newsreader.
 >
 > Usually, everything shows as a reply to the first article in the
thread,
 > not the actual article being replied to, so no threading in
newsreaders.
 >
 > --
 > Retro Guy
>
>
This is posted from JLA Forums for an example of the posting style
used here.
>
Any improvement?

>
Here's how it shows up in a newsreader (Sylpheed on Linux):
https://postimg.cc/CRZn4B3Q
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and as you can see, the same result on novabbs, which at least tries to
be a newsreader :)
>
JLA needs to fix quoting,
get rid of BBCODE for Usenet articles,
maintain References headers,
stop setting the Date: header to when they flush to Giganews, since it
makes every article have the exact same timestamp,
stop adding backlinks to people's posts,
and probably should name their groups using the actual Usenet group name
instead of what appears to be trying to make it look like they are
internal groups.
>
That's about it for now.

>
Agreed, I'd prefer the name for the content here to be
alt.arts.poetry.comments, and, yes, date and proper attribution is
essential.

(This was posted during a busy Christmas party yesterday, and a typo
slipped by me, uncorrected, now corrected above.)
HTH and HAND.