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From: Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp>
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Subject: Re: * What is fj.life.in-japan Rev 1.2.2
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in article 3687odF4v6p2qU1@individual.net, Ryan Ginstrom at
ginstrom@hotmail.com wrote on 2/1/05 11:27 AM:

> What is fj.life.in-japan
> Revision 1.2.2
> 
> 
> 1. History
> 
> 2. Posting
> 
>  2.1 What should I post to fj.life.in-japan?
> 
>  2.2 Who can post to fj.life.in-japan?
> 
>  2.3 Language
> 
>  2.4 Cross Posting
> 
>  2.5 Aliases
> 
> 3. Links
> 
> 4. Updates
> 
>  4.1 Contributions
> 
> =======================================================
> 
> 1. History
> 
> This article is an update to Revision 1.2. It was taken over by yours truly
> due to the previous maintainer's inability to keep it up to date and total
> lack of participation in this newsgroup.
> 
> This is the most recent version of "What is fj.life.in-japan" and supercedes
> all previous versions. Please ignore any older versions that may still be
> auto-posted to this group.
> 
> 
> 2. Posting
> 
> 2.1 What should I post to fj.life.in-japan?
> 
> Basically, anything you want, preferably relating to life in Japan, as long
> as it is not spam or auto-posted garbage.
> 
> 2.2 Who can post to fj.life.in-japan?
> 
> Although this newsgroup is about life in Japan, anyone can post here. The
> only posters most definitely *not* welcome are spammers and auto-post
> robots.
> 
> 
> 2.3 Language
> 
> There is no mandatory posting language. The recent past has seen posts in
> the Japanese, English, German, and French languages. As with most other
> corners of usenet (or usenet + local hierarchies if you like), cheap
> grammar/spelling flames usually go over like a fart in the swimming pool and
> tend to get the flamer flamed much worse than s/he gave.
> 
> If you post in languages other than English, please be sure to set your
> encoding properly. Shift JIS is the preferred encoding for Japanese.
> 
> 
> 2.4 Cross Posting
> 
> Generally not a good idea. Our little corner of not-quite-usenet is
> thankfully quiet, and we like to keep it that way.
> 
> 2.5 Aliases
> 
> The use of porno movie-like aliases is encouraged.
> 
> 3. Links
> 
> fj.life.in-japan FAQ
> 
> http://www.sunfield.ne.jp/~mike/fjlij/faq/
> 
> 
> 4. Updates
> 
> This article will be updated at irregular intervals.
> 
> Last update: 2005/01/01 - v. 1.2.2
> 
> 4.1 Contributions
> 
> Contributions to this article are welcome, and will be stolen
> indiscriminately with little or no attribution. Please use follow-ups to
> this article to voice feedback, give suggestions, etc. Note that "criticism"
> is not one of the options listed.
> 

Not a bad summary.