On Thursday 08 November 2007 13:09, Brian Butterworth wrote:
> But it is the origination of "netiquette" - the document is
> dated October 1995,
No, it's not. Nettiquette's been around a lot longer than 95. The first place
I came across the concept was via my brother in '91 and that was due to
seeing a copy of Emily Postnews's guide.
The earliest copy google groups (nee deja news) has of this as far as I can
tell is this:
* http://tinyurl.com/2w8654
Which is 19 Aug 1988.
The earliest reference I can find to netiquette dates back nearly 25 years
which is here:
http://tinyurl.com/2kl7bs
(15 Nov 1982)
However the way its used there implies that it was well known as a really nice
idea. By comparison, RFC822 is also dated 1982, 4 months earlier. In the
beginning was email and usenet, then from the depths of the first mighty
flame war, lo did a code of conduct arise, and its name hence for evermore
was netiquette and in its mighty name did spawn more and bloodier flame wars
indeed yea, from then until the end of time.
*ahem*
Now please can we go back to the principle of netiquette? (Which is of course
anyone who breaks it has to buy the next round :-D )
Michael.
(tempted to nominate next thursday as international netiquette day)
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