On Apr 12, 8:07 am, David Richerby
wrote:
Matt wrote:
Maybe someone can make a new chess ng for them:
rec.games.chess.bash.me.again.and.again
or maybe
rec.games.chess.it.hurts.when.i.post

It's called rec.games.chess.politics, isn't it? Alas, people keep
cross-posting out of the group...

I often see complaints regarding the quantity of
USCF-related discussion, and it would seem that
if that could be concentrated there, those who find
it annoying could simply nix that newsgroup from
their reading. The truth is, it should not be all that
difficult to chop rgcp into two sections: one for
USCF discussions, and one for everything else.

As for restricting personal attacks to rgcp, that
is a poor idea. For instance, suppose I wanted to
lambaste Rob Mitchell's analysis of a GM Kramnik
game which (properly) appeared in rgc.analysis --
should I post my attack under politics? I don't
think so. The attack clearly belongs under the
same forum as the aforementioned analysis; the
two ought to be directly connected. THEN I can
go to rgc.politics and post a related personal
attack in which I point out that RM is not a USCF
member, or if he is, his chess rating is so low
that his mother plays handball against the curb/
wears combat boots/etc. My ad hom. against
RM's "low IQ" belongs under rgc.misc, since it
is unrelated to game analysis or politics.

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