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Advertising on Usenet: How to do it, How not to do it. - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/advertising/how-to/part1/
Explains some Usenet conventions regarding advertising to new users.

Anti Troll FAQ - http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm
Explains what a troll is, how to deal with trolling and discusses why people post trolls to the Usenet.

Arcane Archive FAQ Directory - http://www.luckymojo.com/faqs.html#usenetfaqs
FAQs for groups in alt.magick, alt.religion, and other related groups. Covers Occultism, Mysticism, Religion, and Magic.

FAQ you - http://home.snafu.de/~tilman/faq-you/
A small collection of various FAQs.

Godwin's Law FAQ - http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/
How to post about Nazis and get away with it -- explains "Godwin's Law".

Internet FAQ Consortium - http://www.faqs.org/
This searchable archive contains Usenet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) postings in hypertext format and in FTP archive textual format. Also includes information about FAQ authoring and FAQ maintenance.

Moderated Newsgroups FAQ - http://www.swcp.com/~dmckeon/mod-faq.html
Newsgroup moderation methods and concepts described for new users, prospective moderators, newsgroup moderation proponents and opponents.

net.legends FAQ - http://www.killfile.org/~tskirvin/faqs/legends/
Noticeable phenomena of Usenet. Not completely factual, but as close as can be, given that in some cases the facts are known only to one person or have been lost in the mists of time.

news.announce.newusers FAQ list - ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.announce.newusers/
Important information for all new Usenet users.

newzguide - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/leslie.goodship/616/html/index_flash.html
Introduction to Usenet with tutorials for selected news readers and file formats.

The Bincancel FAQ - http://www.geniac.net/bincancel/
Explains in detail why posting huge binaries to non-binary newsgroups is inappropriate.

The Cancel FAQ - http://killfile.org/~tskirvin/faqs/cancel.html
Discusses what cancellation is, how it works, and the implications of cancelling messages.

The Subtle Art of Trolling - http://www.urban75.com/Mag/troll.html
A guide to recreational trolling that defines a troll on Usenet and explains how to create entertaining trolls using many examples.

The Ultimate Learn and Resource Center - http://stason.org/TULARC/index.html
A directory of Usenet FAQs classified by theme rather than by newsgroup.

Usenet Death Penalty FAQ - http://www.pacifier.com/~stopspam/faqs/udp.html
Detailed explanation of Usenet Death Penalties, also known as UDPs. Apparently not updated anymore, but the basics of UDPs have not changed.

Usenet References - http://www.faqs.org/usenet/
Collection of FAQs and other introductory documents about Usenet. Somewhat dated but still of interest.

Utrecht CS News.Answers FAQ Access Methods - http://www.cs.uu.nl/
A searchable directory of Usenet FAQs and other periodic, informative articles, posted in the Usenet newsgroup news.answers.

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