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Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

> There are apparently lots of Gnus variables that have doc strings that
> do not start with "*" that are customizable.  Is that inconsistent
> with how things are supposed to be?  

No, it is quite right. 

>>From the emacs lisp manual:

	A variable's documentation string should start with `*' if the
	variable is one that users would often want to set
	interactively. If the value is a long list, or a function, or
	if the variable would only be set in init files, then don't
	start the documentation string with `*'.

The quick test is: 

	Would the user ever set this with `M-x set-variable RET'?