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Appendix C: Tributes

Any person who moderates a newsgroup for over 10 years should have it documented somewhere so others can appreciate the effort and dedication.

Our first tribute goes to Gene Spafford spaf@cs.purdue.edu.

For 12 years between April 1981 until April 1993 Gene (spaf) maintained and posted *THE* “Usenet periodic postings” to the net. The postings included the

A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community,
Introduction to news.announce,
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet,
Rules for posting to Usenet,
Hints on writing style for Usenet,
Usenet Software: History and Sources,
What is Usenet?,
How to Construct the Mailpaths File,
List of Active Newsgroups,
List of Moderators for Usenet,
inet Checkgroups,
non-inet Checkgroups,
and others.

He also managed the moderators mailing list during that time. The moderator community and the net as a whole owe Spaf a debt of gratitude for his dedication and BS&T. Thanks Spaf!

“Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea – massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it.”

–spaf

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