"John Phillips" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-25, Keith G wrote:

"John Phillips" wrote in message
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On 2006-09-25, Andy Evans wrote:
Anyway, I repeat:
a) this is a recreational newsgroup

A perfectly good use for the group, but "recreation" doesn't appear
in the group's charter (http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.rec.audio.html).

The key paragraph seems to be:

"uk.rec.audio is an unmoderated newsgroup. It is primarily a forum
for discussion of hi-fi equipment available in the UK, a place for
independant reviews and opinions on hi-fi, and an advice centre
for those bitten by the upgrade bug. It may include discussions on
what hi-fi is trying to do (accurately reproduce music? a 'live'
acoustic?) and its development. It is also a site for the private
sale and exchange of used hi-fi components. "

Recreational use any other uses fall within this boundary. I for one
advocate tolerance for other people's uses as well as tolerance for
their views. Nobody has to join in a discussion that isn't of interest.


The 'rec' bit is the implication that this is a 'recreational' group, the
absence of the word 'pro' confirms it. The problem with mixing hobbyists
and
pros is that, sooner or later, one faction will get on the other's
tits...

This is completely wrong. You possibly failed to look at the hierarchy
charter for uk.rec (see http://www.usenet.org.uk/hierarchy.html#uk.rec)


Yep, you are not entirely wrong in your assumption....



A level of discussion that some may regard as professional is both
allowed by charter and explicitly expected. If people don't want to
join in a discussion that others do enjoy they can refrain.


OK, put me down a having been misled by the existence of groups like
rec.audio.pro and rec.audio.high-end, where (stupidly, perhaps) I thought
the 'pros' and 'high-enders' might have congregated?? Pros in what I thought
was a hobbyist group has always struck me as a little like gynecologists
jumping on the bus that's headed for the local knocking shop (??), but if
this not a hobbyist group, then I'd better reconsider my own position - if I
found myself in the company of (most) 'professionals' in real life I'd run
off in the opposite direction....!!