From: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)
Subject: [l/m 11/30/92] Related news groups: Distilled Wisdom (26/28)	XYZ
Followup-To: poster
Organization: NAS Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 93 12:20:15 GMT
Reply-To: eugene@amelia.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya)

If you wish to test post, you should realize that various little test groups
exist like misc.test, ba.test, ca.test, etc.  The specific advantage of
these test groups is that some sites have automatic daemons which mail
ACKnowledgements back to you.  Make REAL posts as a test in this group.
Test post with blank fields as a last resort.  You should also be able to
"Cancel" test files.

Consider OTHER NEWS GROUPS:

Living (all the time) in the outdoors:
	misc.rural

Skiing: (X-C or downhill)
	check rec.skiing
	Also nordic-ski-request@graphics.cornell.edu

Climbing:
	rec.climbing
	alt.lycra

Windsurfing:
	check rec.boats, rec.boats.paddle, rec.windsurfing

Whitewater:
	rec.boats.paddle
	check the mailing list: Charles Daffinger, Indiana U. (deceased)
	References to whitewater are now in rec.boats.paddle

Caving:
	check the mailing list:
	cavers-request@m2c.org
Hunting:
	rec.hunting (moderated)
	if weapons related: rec.guns
	else if political talk.politics.guns
		  	  talk.politics.animals
	if professional: sci.military

Hang gliding
	check the mailing list:
	hang-gliding-request@virginia.edu 

Mtn biking:
	rec.bicycles was just split into:
	rec.bicycles.marketplace
	rec.bicycles.misc
	rec.bicycles.racing
	rec.bicycles.rides
	rec.bicycles.soc
	rec.bicycles.tech
	use these groups rather than the old rec.bicycles which will disappear
	in time.

Environmental issues of the outdoors
	sci.environment,ca.environment,talk.environment, etc.
	alt.save.the.earth,alt.destroy.the.earth

Rescue:
	misc.emerg-services

Orienteering mailing list:
	check the mailing list:
	orienteering-request@graphics.cornell.edu

Fishing
	alt.fishing
	rec.outdoors.fishing
	rec.boats

Surfing
	alt.surfing

Scouting:
	rec.scouting, Scouting references over there.

Naturism/Nudist:
	rec.nude

Non-rec interest groups
	sci.geo.fluids
	sci.geo.geology
	sci.geo.meteorology
	sci.bio
	bionet.* (professional biology)

General foreign travel:
	de.*, sub.*:	German newsgroups
	fj.rec.travel:	requires 16-bit Kanji terms
	soc.culture.spain: nice history of dual (2 column) translation
	soc.culture.mexican: 8^)
	soc.culture.france: francais
	soc.culture.nepal: 
	soc.culture.nordic: 
	soc.culture.pakistan: 
	soc.culture.tibet: ... you get the idea.

Birding:
	rec.birds
	BIRDCHAT-REQUEST@ARIZVM1.BITNET

And if your activity ISN'T mentioned, may we say nasty little things
about it until you give us references. 8^)

SPECIAL NOTE: DO NOT ASK OR ACCEPT MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE from the net.
Do not ask in r.b, consider sci.med or misc.legal.  These are licensed
professions.  First aid is okay (good samatarian laws), but you should Cc
In article <1991Aug5.171418.17996@riacs.edu>,
watson@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (John S. Watson - FSC) writes:

|> Mark Twain once said:
|>   "Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint."
|>   Today we could replace "health books" with "usenet medical advice".
to sci.med.

Short explanation on network news groups.
Netnews should not be regarded as a reliable information service.
It is low priority for your computer.  Different computers have
different means of disseminating and presenting news articles.
You may read terms like "nn," "rn," "notes" or "notesfiles" or
"notesfolders," "bulletin boards," "BBS," "gnunews," "readnews,"
ad infinitum.  This means 1) you may not get all articles on a topic,
2) the order in which articles come to you may not resemble a discussion.
E.g.,
	Subject: re: original topic
	Subject: original topic
Or you may see "attribution" using '>' characters.

What you are reading is an automated message posted once a month.
This is sometimes called an FAQ or Frequently Answered/Asked Questions
post.  The purpose is to answer various types of basic questions 
for new comers as well as be a stable source of information for old
foggies.  Unfortunately, no conventions determine when an FAQ is posted.
The structure of this FAQ is broken into 28 separate parts.  Each
part is intended to be small, and regularly posted (like clockwork).
We could have one huge post, but that gets really cumbersome
and it loses its effect.  This new style is called a chain.  Chains
are the current experiment in FAQ design for large FAQs.  We don't know
how chains will works, but one problem we hope to solve is when
a beginner posts a question have not seen the FAQ.  Chains are designed
with pointers to other panels which might have desired information.

What is appropriate?  Rec.backcountry is an unmoderated news group.
Technically, this means anything, ANYTHING is appropriate.
This is why I only support moderated newsgroups (moderation != censorship).

Personal attacks are generally frowned upon.
i.e., "Jane, you ignorant slut..."

When in question/doubt, when in doubt, ask YOUR news administrator.

TABLE OF CONTENTS of this chain:

26/ Other news groups of related interest, networking	<* THIS PANEL *>
27/ Films/cinema references
28/ References (written)
1/ DISCLAIMER
2/ Ethics
3/ Learning I
4/ learning II (lists, "Ten Essentials," Chouinard comments)
5/ Summary of past topics
6/ Non-wisdom: fire-arms topic circular discussion
7/ Phone / address lists
8/ Fletcher's Law of Inverse Appreciation and advice
9/ Water Filter wisdom
10/ Words from Rachel Carson
11/ Snake bite
12/ Netiquette
13/ Questions on conditions and travel
14/ Dedication to Aldo Leopold
15/ Leopold's lot.
16/ Morbid backcountry
17/ Information about bears
18/ Poison ivy, frequently ask, under question
19/ Lyme disease, frequently ask, under question
20/ "Telling questions" backcountry Turing test
21/ AMS
22/ Words from Foreman and Hayduke
23/ A bit of song (like camp songs)
24/ What is natural?
25/ A romantic notion of high-tech employment