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On 8/11/07 21:52, "Michael Sparks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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) > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
