Hello mark,

 ml>>> you may do that :)

 BF>> No I may not.

 ml> yes, you may... you have explicit permission to do so...

You're the expert.  In the best interest of FidoNet, you should
be the one to write it.  At least the main article, to get things
started ...

 BF>> I'm the editor not an article writer.

 ml> i'm not an article writer, either ;)

Time for you to step up to the plate.  I did.  And will do so again.
Others have also written articles.  So please, do not deny yourself
what everybody knows you are capable of doing.

 ml> nothing says you cannot be or do both...

What's your hangup, man?  Are you *chicken* to write an article
for the Fidonews?  Who'da thunk it?

 ml> especially when looking at the history and seeing how every single editor
 ml> before you wrote articles about pretty much anything they wanted to...

Editor's prerogative, not responsibility.

 ml> a prime example was one that wrote about their "love life" to an extent...

Feel free to write an article about your own "love life".
It will be your contribution to the Fidonews, and FidoNet
as a whole.  Of course, this could be done as a series,
not limited to just one article ...

 ml> i'm sure that folks would enjoy reading about what you do with your UAV
and
 ml> possibly enhancements or modifications you may have made to it...

This is the Fidonews echo, a forum where folks from around the world
can share their thoughts about just about anything under the sun.
The editor of the Fidonews has invited us all, sysops and probationary
sysops alike, to contribute to the Fidonews by writing articles,
recipes, games, or whatever else may come to mind.

If you feel that you have something worthwhile to contribute,
then type up your piece and send it in to the editor so that it
can be published.  OTOH, if you have nothing of any importance
to say, then I can understand your position.

 BF>> A very common misconception as I've found out during the almost 20
 BF>> years that I've been the Fidonews editor.

 ml> it is not a misconception...

An editor is not obliged to write an editorial.  It is his/her
prerogative, but not an obligation/responsibility.

 ml> it is a narrow view of what is or can be done when one is in that
particular
 ml> position...

It is an extremist view to think an editor *must* write an
editorial, whether once in a while or for each and every issue.

 ml> can one really be called an "editor" when there's little to nothing to
edit?

You haven't got a clue what an editor is, or what he/she is supposed
to do.  An editor, by definition, is one who edits.  Although he can
edit what he himself writes, as an editor he is under no obligation
to write anything at all.  Understand the difference?  It really is
quite simple ...

 BF>> I urge you to be the author of the message that you obviously spent a
 BF>> lot of time writing.

 ml> i already am the author with full copyright, too ;)

All authors/contributors retain copyright.  After all, it is their
creation.  As a contributor, an author is allowing Fidonews to publish
their work.  Rights still belong to the original author, who may do
with them what he/she wants.

 BF>> But rewrite it as a proper Fidonews article, or it'll be gone with the
 BF>> wind in a few weeks.

 ml> not really...

You really are *chicken*.  In a cluck-cluck kind of way.
Only clucking with no feathers.

 ml> it'll be around over here for at least three years barring any problems
that
 ml> may result in the message base being damaged or otherwise lost...

The Fidonews is archived.  I can go back decades and download each
and every issue of the Fidonews published.  Starting with Issue #1.

--Lee

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