In article <[log in to unmask]>, Robert Guralnick
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> In electronic media, the place where information resides
> can jump around readily.
Yes. I think it's important that the author have a good understanding
of the system he's looking at. For example, in discussing Usenet
people sometimes refer to something like "Article 250 in newsgroup
bit.listserv.museum-l," without understanding that the article numbers
are purely local, assigned by their newsfeed node.
I think the truly unique thing about a mailing list article or Usenet
article is the "Message-ID:" field. It would be better to ask a
*real* network guru, or perhaps peek in Arpanet RFC 822, than to take
*my* word for it, though!
> Given that, I would cite in the
> following unusual matter...
>
> Guralnick, R. P. Sept. 25 1994. Irreverent Idea About Citations.
> Museum-L Listserver. Maintained John Chadwick
> ([log in to unmask]). Archived ucmp1.berkeley.edu.
> Accessible via gopher as of 1994.
Hmm... I guess including information about how to access the archive
may be useful, though I would leave John Chadwick out of it.
I'd be inclined to say something like:
Guralnick, R. P. Sept. 25 1994. "Irreverent Idea About Citations,"
posting to [log in to unmask] mailing list, message-ID
<[log in to unmask]>.
Or (since the list is now gatewayed to Usenet):
Guralnick, R. P. Sept. 25 1994. "Irreverent Idea About Citations,"
posting to Usenet newsgroup bit.listserv.museum-l, message-ID
<[log in to unmask]>.
(Very strictly, I think, bit.* newsgroups are not properly a part of
Usenet, since bit.* is not one of the Big Seven Hierarchy (sci.*,
comp.*, etc... so I probably STILL don't have this right.)
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