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- From: mb2p@virginia.edu (Marco Bertamini)
- Subject: s.c.italian FAQ (INTRODUCTION) [1/8]
- Message-ID: <CoC4nA.Cty@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Followup-To: soc.culture.italian
- Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
- Questions (and their answers) about Italy and
- soc.culture.italian.
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: University of Virginia
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 04:33:10 GMT
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- Archive-name: SCItalian-faq/part1
- Version: 1.4
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-
- =====S1. INTRODUCTION TO S.C.ITALIAN
-
- ==Q1.1= How was s.c.i. created, and why?
-
- Last modified: January 30 1994
-
- From messages from Massimo Poesio <poesio@cs.rochester.edu> and
- Massimo Marchi <marchi@gold.cchem.berkeley.edu>
-
- Tutto inizio` con un gruppo chiamato `trial.soc.culture.italian' - nel 90
- o 91 o giu` di li`. Ci sono due modi per far partire un newsgroup: si puo`
- andare per la strada tradizionale - call for votes, etc. - oppure si puo'
- far partire un `trial' group e dopo un po' vedere se il traffico giustifica
- la creazione di un newsgroup. La persona che fece partire il trial group
- era un inglese e voleva provare il secondo modo. Volle iniziare il newsgroup
- in primo luogo "to discuss opera and pasta dishes". Si chiamava
- esrmm@warwick.ac.uk (Denis Anthony).
- Il problema pero` e` che la trial hierarchy non arriva in molti posti, per
- cui in questo periodo trial.soc.culture.italian lo leggevamo in quattro
- gatti, ed alla fine del periodo di prova ci dissero che il traffico non era
- adeguato. A questo punto Fabio Marino (marino@cs.ucla.edu) fece partire
- la trafila normale, ed i voti necessari vennero raccolti senza problemi.
- (Fra l'altro, un numero maggiore di hosts in Italia potevano ora leggere
- le news rispetto al momento in cui era partito il trial group.) Ed il
- resto lo sapete.
-
- ==Q1.2= Who is known as 'mamma' of s.c.i?
-
- Last modified: July 3 1993
-
- This title belongs to Barbara Di Eugenio as she was the first
- to vote for the creation of this newsgroup.
-
- ==Q1.3= What are the rules for writing a posting on s.c.i?
-
- Last modified: June 30 1993
-
- Nessuna ovviamente perche' s.c.i. e' un gruppo non moderato, e questo
- significa che ti devi far carico personalmente di decidere se cio'
- che vuoi scrivere e' appropriato. Un po' di Netiquette non guasta.
- La lingua italiana o quella inglese sono entrambe accettabili,
- ma in un follow-up e' preferibile continuare nella lingua
- del posting originario. A volte espressini dialettali sono
- usate, e sembra che siano tollerate, ma ovviamente danneggiano
- la leggibilita' del posting e percio' sono controproducenti
- al fine della comunicazione.
- Se leggi un posting e vuoi semplicemente complimentare o insultare
- l'autore e' preferibile usare e-mail e non s.c.i.
- Ricordati che molti pagano per collegarsi e leggere le news, hai
- proprio bisogno di quella riproduzione della Monna Lisa in caratteri
- ASCII nella tua 'signature'?
- Per il resto si puo' far riferimento a news.newusers.questions
- ed in particolare al documento "Emily Postnews Answers Your
- Questions on Netiquette" (che e' ironico, e dice tutto cio' che
- non va fatto).
-
- ==Q1.4= Can I start a discussion about soccer ("calcio") on s.c.i?
-
- Last modified: June 17 1993
-
- To talk about soccer is not forbidden. There have been flame
- wars in the past and many netters think that although soccer is
- part of the Italian culture long discussions of the topic belong
- to rec.sport.soccer. Somebody of course thinks that soccer is
- not culture and that it is even degrading to talk about it but
- they are not forced to listen to you if you decide to post
- something about soccer. There are kill files that allow any
- user to filter out specific topics. It is important then
- to remember that a meaningful subject for your posting is
- always useful both for those looking for that information and
- for those looking to avoid that information.
-
- ==Q1.5= How many people read s.c.i?
-
- Last modified: June 7 1993
-
- This is an excerpt from "USENET readership report" for May 1993.
- The compete document, as well as the explanation of how they got these
- numbers is posted periodically on news.groups and news.lists.
-
- +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
- | +--- Actual number of readers in sampled population
- | | +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
- | | | +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
- | | | | +-- Crossposting percentage
- | | | | | +-- Share: % of newsrders
- | | | | | | who read this group.
- V V V V V V
- 1 230000 4611 92% 1 100% 10.0% news.announce.newusers
- 2 230000 4447 88% 1 100% 9.7% news.answers
- . . . . . . . .
- 429 35000 693 67% 1641 1% 1.5% soc.culture.italian
-
-
- ==Q1.6= Are there other ways to talk in Italian with people on
- ======= Internet?
-
- Last modified: June 10 1993
-
- There are no other Usenet newsgroups where the Italian language
- is appropriate. However there are mailing lists in Italian.
-
- MARIO is a MAiling list "Ragionevolmente Italiana d'Oltreconfine"
- To get more information write to LISTSERV@SEARN.SUNET.SE with the following
- text in the message:
- GET MARIO INFO
-
- LANGIT "Discussione centri linguistici Italiani" is another mailing list
- in Italian. It originates in Italy from LISTSERV@ICINECA.BITNET.
- I do not know much about it.
-
- If you just want to have a chat with a group of people, then
- irc is an international network servicing 20 or more countries.
- irc is a multi-user, multi-channel chatting network. It allows
- people all over the Internet to talk to one another in real-time.
- Each irc user has a nickname. All communication with other users
- is either by nickname or by the channel that they or you are on.
- If you have a server that runs irc, then look for a channel
- called Italia, it is almost always active!
- On May 23 1993 there was a large reunion of irc chatters in Parma,
- and it was a great success.
-