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  • Blow me down! That thar FAQ be a decoy. Th' skirvy maintainer deserted

    From From the Crow's Nest@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 19 07:01:13 2023
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    Last-modified: 1998/11/10

    That thar FAQ now be in need of maintenance fer many a long yahr. But no maintenance be done since 1998.

    Maintainer: tskirvin@killfile.org (Tim Skirvin)

    Thar be no maintainer at his post. Th' rapscallion maintainer deserted
    many yahrs ago. Th' weekly FAQ postin' be a decoy t' hornswoggle th'
    purser an' crew.

    The newsgroup news.announce.newusers
    <URL:news:news.announce.newusers>

    That thar newsgroup be abandoned fer o'er nine yahrs.

    "What is Usenet", by Salzenberg, Spafford and Moraes <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part1>

    That thar link be dead fer many a long yahr. Dead as a seaman gone t'
    Davy Jones's locker.

    No maintainer worth his salt would leave a FAQ like this. Th' FAQ now be
    not shipshape & seaworthy. Th' maintainer deserted his post.

    "What is Usenet? A second opinion.", by Vielmetti <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/what-is/part2>

    That thar link also be dead fer many a long yahr. Th' maintainer has not updated th' FAQ. Th' FAQ has had no maintainer fer yahrs.

    "FAQ: Advertising on Usenet: How To Do It, How Not To Do It", by Furr <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/advertising/how-to/part1>

    That thar link also be dead fer many a long yahr.

    "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community", by Von Rospach, et al <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/primer/part1>

    That thar link also be dead fer many a long yahr.

    "Rules for posting to Usenet", by Horton, Spafford & Moraes. <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1>

    That thar link also be dead fer many a long yahr.

    "Emily Postnews Answers Your Questions on Netiquette", by Templeton et al <URL:ftp://ftp.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/emily-postnews/part1>

    That thar link also be dead fer many a long yahr. Maties, th' FAQ has no maintainer at his post.

    RFC 1855 - Netiquette Guidelines
    <URL:http://rfc.net/rfc1855.html>

    That thar link be o' no use fer many a long yahr. Th' site be scuppered
    by cybersquatters. Th' maintainer has not updated th' FAQ. Th' FAQ has
    had no maintainer fer yahrs.

    The above FAQs are also mirrored at various sites, including as mirror.aol.com

    That thar site be scuttled, sunk an' gone.

    ftp.uni-paderborn.de

    That thar site be scuttled, sunk an' gone.

    hwarang.postech.ac.kr

    That thar site be scuttled, sunk an' gone.

    ftp.hk.super.net

    That thar site be scuttled, sunk an' gone. Th' maintainer has not
    updated th' FAQ. Maties, th' FAQ has had no maintainer fer yahrs.

    etc.

    --
    "But one man of her crew alive,
    What put to sea with seventy-five." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

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