Re: The history of our newsgroup

In article
<tmjiatroepidemic-9D7551.14452511052007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
The Webby <tmjiatroepidemic@xxxxxxx> wrote:

A decade ago, our newsgroup was *very much* different that it is today
for many reasons. To those who are newcomers, those reasons are obscure
... even if the newcomers went to the great Google-god asking for
evidence that would prove that today's threads differ from threads of
years; if not decades, gone by.

I'm one of those people who identifies with "anniversaries". Whether it
was 14 years ago that smd became an official newsgroup in usenet or
whether it was eleven years ago since some other event took place ... it
might just be Webby who is the one who tallies up time.

Readers of our newsgroup might think or post the question, "why does it
matter if we mark time?" Well ... why does it take nine months
gestational time to produce a full-term newborn? (Mother's Day is on
Sunday.) Why does it take a particular curriculum to complete a
particular degree? Anyway, ... time is what proves the test of time.

I, probably just like may others reading this, ... I pay attention to
the comings and goings of the posters to sci.med.dentistry. I also keep
an eye on alt.support.jaw-disorders ("my baby") ... and I wonder when
and why people who strike out at posters, with the assumption that a
handle such as "newbie" is actually a newbie, ... I wonder when they got
onboard this cyber-expedition.

This post isn't about dentistry. But it is about how dentistry is being
discussed in usenet. Would any of our old-regulars (no age mentioned)
or new-arrivals (no age mentioned) care to discuss the value of this
particular global forum to the profession of dentistry and to the
patients (whom are also dental professionals when necessary)? It's just
an idea of mine. What do "you all" (y'all) think?

Webby

Here's an example of someone else who took notice of the passing of time:

Hello Dental Netters,

Here is the original charter from the groups formation 1 year ago. I hope you

all have found it to be helpful and informative. Tell all dentally related
people about it. And as always thanks for your support in this relatively new

area for dentistry.

Alec

The newsgroup will be constituted as follows:

sci.med.dentistry Discussion of dentally related topics
(unmoderated)

CHARTER:

The main objective of sci.med.dentistry is to allow internet users
(dentists, dental students, researchers, and patients) the opportunity
to discuss Dentistry and any dental related issues. Included in
this forum would be the issues of dental research, patient/dentist
interaction, new technology in dentistry, infection control
discussion/answers, legislation issues in dentistry, question
and answers, medico-legal issues, and any other related dentistry
discussion.

--
Alec Ellsworth a...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ellsw...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Marquette University "Medicine will cure death, and government
School of Dentistry will repeal taxes before Steve Jobs will
fail."
Milwaukee, WI --Guy Kawasaki--
"Blessed are those who engage in lively conversation with the helplessly
mute--for they shall be called dentists."

Webby
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