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(...) Let's clarify what's meant when that sort of thing is said. (and what was omitted when it was said) This is, at some level, a governance question (governance in the general sense of "how things are organised") It's important to distinguish (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I'll say this, I'm still hopeful that the LPRV will pick up where it left off and get back to work. Maybe now it can. I owe the LPRV a significant sized post with answers to the questions that were asked about various technical and intention (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Leonard Hoffman wrote: If Kevin felt he couldn't in good faith (...) re: your last 5 words See, this is what people mean when they say transparency. (1) I have a HUGE post to go public, but i am sitting on it. WHY, cause out of respect i am hoping (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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To Lenny, Ross, and others: I may have hastily threw the idea out there, but picture it being more like an orgization similar to ILTCO. ILTCO is comprised of many LTCs and is one voice for them all when dealing with TLC... "Leonard Hoffman" (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I don't think there is much officiality to the failures it has experienced. I don't think the Admins have called for it to be disbanded yet. I don't know. (...) I think the committee's effectiveness was seriously damaged by Kevin publically (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) To me, "abiding by the unfair ban while arguing with the committee" is a worthwhile thing to do. Since, this might happen even if the policy is submitted to the membership. TO use your example - what if you are gone on the day the ban is (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'm sorry Marc, but the idea of Admins inhibiting discussion on Lugnet is laughable. When have we ever done that or attempted to do that? Admins cannot force edits or cancels - but can only do so when requested by a member. And if the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I too had high hopes for the LPRC. Has it officially failed? (...) Well I guess there's several viewpoints on those reasons too, but I would be interested in what (in your opinion) caused it to fail. ROSCO (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) In my opinion, no, especially if the implementation directly affect those whould would discuss it. For example: The club you belong to forms a committee to review the dress code. It just so happens (by coincidenece) that everyone on the (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) No personal offense intended - have you ever run a large community forum, or managed people? There is a big difference in how people think things should be run when they have actually had to run things. (...) I think that the LPRV Committee (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I too see this as unnecessary - there is still no requirement for the administration to act on any recommendations of the LMA, in effect they can say, as they have already done several times now, "We have made the decision and will not respond (...) (21 years ago, 22-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Not if the policy being implemented has the effect of inhibiting discussion or making that discussion irrelevant. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm not sure how this would operate differently than what we have now. Members can all make suggestions to the admin.suggestions, and the Admins read them all. Right now implementation of suggestions is a bit difficult due to needed code (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Isn't it possible for people to discuss something even if it is currently being implemented? Or is it the point that something should be submitted to the community before implementation just for the sake of it? In which case, does the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Rob, I like this idea very much. I'd be happy to become a member. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) I would say that I was never "out of control" - especially since just about everything I've done, I've had the support of the other Admins. But then, we're getting into the semantics of "out of control." (...) My message was due to (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I posted this already but this is not the impression that I got from the announcement post or various other conversions with those involved. The impression I got was that the committee was going to generate the P&P and then it would be (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Thans for the cancel Kelly. (...) I was in a rush because I had to catch a plane very early this morning. I used your work address kelly@anagraphyxx.com. I realized I had made a bad choice, this the request for cancel. I'm sorry if you didn't (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hello Kevin, I didn't seem to receive that email, I'll check my settings to make sure it didn't get routed inappropriately. I've just cancelled the post per request. For my records, which email address did you send it to? kelly@anagrafyxx.com (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I don't know about all of this. People keep talking about transparency and how great it all is, but exactly what do you want to see? Do you want the Admin emails to be public? Do you want to see every draft of public pronouncements? To use the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) This morning I sent you an email asking you to cancel my post where I made the P&P visible. I'll ask again to please cancel my post. Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) An excellent post, Dave. A few things I want to touch on - the Admins' basic idea of how the P&P process would work is essentially what you described here. We write it, work on it. Share it with a few people and get their input, get the (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Yep. Read it. Please see my reply here : (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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You mentioned the efficiency of a tiered review process as a reason for not making everything about lugnet administration public. I don't buy that. I submit that efficency is irrelavent to the problem at hand and I beleive that recent events clearly (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) LUGNET historians might remember the flurry of posts about CP and cp--community policing. It was all in the open and we all chimed in and we all hashed it out (at least those of us who felt strongly about it) (...) Again, perception, even if (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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I move to form a new organization (not led by myself), that consists of members (if you aren't a member of LUGNET, what's the holdup?) of the LUGNET community. The association would govern the majority of the members needs, desires, problems, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions) !
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(...) Unfortunately, it's an option, albeit one that I don't think anyone likes. There have been many posts recently about lack of trust in the administration of LUGNET, with some justification. But it works both ways. Admins need to be able to (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) You bring up some good and valid points, especially regarding perception of opacity. It's a real issue, and it's something we're trying to improve on. In this specific example (the LPRV committee and process documentation), I do think there's (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Whoa! NDA's !? You're kidding right !? This is just getting bizarre... This is exactly the kind of thing that is souring people. This just feels heavy-handed and dictatorial. No matter the reason, this is a bad idea. It smells rotten to say that (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote: <snip lotsa goodstuff> (...) The first step, in my humble opinion, isn't accuracy, it's transparency. We're not in Kindergarten, where the teacher has to set everything up 'behind the scenes' and then (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) First, thank you for your efforts with the LPRV committee, Kevin. Even though you and others felt you could not continue the process, I still believe it's a vital component in getting LUGNET back on track, and I'm hopeful that the review (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) documents aren't ready to be released publicly at this time, and I have edited the document links at the above address. Rather than have unfinished documentation floating around, the admin staff prefers to finalize the documents and have them (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) I completely concur with everything DaveE just stated (as if that's worth anything...) Dave K (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ok, I'm going to say again what I've been saying privately-- I wholeheartedly disagree. People want to see what's going on. That's how communities work. My current view on the LTT is that they're trying to turn Lugnet into a cold-exteriored (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !!
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(...) Lenny, Please elucidate where you know factually that I was wrong. (...) This issue *is not* about me. (...) Lenny, you presume much about my motivations. I'd prefer that you speak only for yourself. The timing of the writing of the document (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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In lugnet.admin.general, Orion Pobursky wrote: Orion, Give me a call and I'll tell you the truth as I know it. Kevin (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I can understand that concern. The past few months, we have been focusing on particular issues rather than general ones - policies on how to enforce the 'no cursing' rule vs. working the Transition (from private ownership to 'public' (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Being a History major, I can tell you that there is no such thing as a 'no spin story.' Every narrative carries with it the prejudices and biases of the story teller - every story has a point-of-view. In the West, we have worked very hard (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Understandable in light of the situation. However, heat of the moment replies have typically gotten me in trouble in the past (one word: draconian) which is why I waited to reply to Kevin's post. I think this is good advice for all Lugnet (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Actually, I'm really happy to hear that - is there anything you can tell us about how the Transition is going? Because from an outsider's point of view (well, outside of the LT), it seems like it's been abandoned. :/ (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) Well, this kinda re-inforces my implied point. You spotlight it because you think it is important, but no one else has. Once again, the problem comes because people don't spotlight enough. Even if the .announce.moc added weight (+5) wasn't so (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Most of our achievements have been in the under-lying structure of Lugnet, and in the preparation for the Transition. Every time some big drama explodes, it pulls us away from that it makes it harder for us to get the spirit enough to dive (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) No. I was very upset by Kevin's post - specifically how he characterized me (aka Jacko-dmin), and the other admins. I went through five different drafts. I don't think this was the best responce possible, but I wanted to do something - rather (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, new groups. But how has the number of *active* groups changed? (...) Server load issues, technical rather than Administrative I think. (More Administration doesn't solve problem) (...) Telling us about changes. (...) Telling us about (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Looks like it was a mistake. He probably some how deleted it when he was writing his post and he didn't notice. After all he signed the post and there would be no point leaving it out since it automaticly says who its from any way. But I don't (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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You have an excellent point there. The off topic groups are an elegant solution to threads that wander away from Lego. What I find disappointing are threads that begin and end in .debate like this recent one: (URL)* And the fact that .debate alone (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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Regarding: (URL) seems this user has no posting name, is that allowable? It's not entirely clear on the posting setup screen whether it's ok or not. If it is, maybe the brief view of posts should include the email rather than nothing - click (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Peter Blencowe wrote: Some good thoughts--always nice to get fresh perspectives. (...) I'd be one of those who would disagree here. There are many times when something starts out as LEGO discussion but grows into something (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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Now, I have been lurking for a LONG time, but have known the name of Kevin L. Clague as one that has come up with many useful and interesting technologies revolving around 'Tengul'. Why is it that there is so much hatred amongst people of all ages (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) ... (...) If the feeds were in their own groups (all under subtrees, like .ext.bzp, .ext.c-s), the skip filter will take care of all that already. No need for new preferences :) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think having the *option* is a good thing. I check a bunch of other forums on a regular basis. Having a centralized place to look at them would be awesome. But I (for instance) don't read bzpower. So yes, if I saw BZP flooding everywhere, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Just a few references below. Keep in mind that growth doesn't necessarily translate to increased traffic or bandwidth usage. It also means the number of newsgroups required to support the needs and desires of the community. (14 URLs) -Duane (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Well after reading some of last nights highlights I felt I just had to post something. Kevin Clague’s witty post has forced me to at least say something about the condition here on Lugnet. The truth is that these issues are destroying us. Imho the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) This made me LOL. It's a good point. However!, you forget that we here are Compartmentalized Dorks! ;-) -Suz (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Just a short note - while working on something else, I ran into a bug I forgot about. When posting to multiple groups via SMTP, the poster would get multiple copies of the authentication message - one for every group posted to - even though any of (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp) !
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(...) OK, here is one: (URL) is about 36 hours old. When it was about 6 hours old and with several replys I spotlighted it. It still has just one spotlight, but there are now 14 messages in the thread which shows quite a bit of interest. And the (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sorry to respond to myself (I wish there was some "edit post" function here). If I could clarify what I meant--speaking only as a member of various forums, not as an admin on one of those: I think streaming all of these various forum posts (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne Rich Green wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> (...) Hey! I resemble that remark!! :p ((URL) good news is that Suz is posting more! Dave K (21 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, some good thoughts. Can we move this discussion to lugnet.admin.suggestions, and could someone start a new thread there, capturing the discussion so far? Frank FUT: lugnet.admin.suggestions (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Indeed. However, you may be missing the point of my request. I'm not saying that lugnet needs to increase its posting numbers, or active posters, I'm questioning the 'growth' which is claimed to require more zealous Administration. Is there (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I know the ToS caused some smaller groups to go elsewhere. (it's worth mentioning that some of 'em -really- miss the LUGNET interface/mechanics.) For such a case, I was imagining visual indicator of activity - like a meter or (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hey, Figured I'd throw some random thoughts out on this area. I probably should make clear that I am not speaking here as a C-C admin, and have not discussed this with other C-C admins. Just speaking as an AFOL with memberships in multiple (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Are you saying these are Auth requests that I've never replied to? I've never intentinaly left an Auth request hanging. If this is the case this would represent at least some of the messages I sent and never recieved the Auth request for. The (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Um, it was kind of varied. I started off checking out the high peaks, and investigating them so I could denote what "major event" was going on to cause high posting frequency. It worked great with my first attempt (Brad announcing Lego (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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Form 1D-10T Request for moving thread form LUGNET Administration The party of the first, one sheepish David Koudys, respectfully requests that the party of the second, one LUGNET administration team, move the previous post from the first (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This is pretty much exactly what I was thinking. The calculation of the "top 50", without weightings, shouldn't be much more expensive than the current calculation of the "top 10". This is because you've got to calculate a score for every (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How's about this: Instead of a 10 item list of spotlighted threads, why not two 5 (or however many) item lists? One of spotlighted MOCs, and the other spotlighted non-MOC topics. Shouldn't be too hard to code, and seems to solve the problem (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Tsk. You forgot to properly cross-post (XPOST) and set the followup-To (FUT), neglecting to include the proper group for suggestions, namely lugnet.admin.general. Please get a new form and try again. You'll have to return to the back of the (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) rtlToronto posting sprees... as if it could be anything else... Dave K (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sorry, maybe I misunderstood. I thought you meant that (for instance) lugnet.space.C-S would be outgoing, and lugnet.external.C-S would be incoming. Of course, if the outgoing messages end up being echoed to the incoming feed, then everything (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) (snip) (...) Dave... great job on the chart. I just wondering...about the 'major high peaks' on the chart. In other words what topics/posts made or cause the high peaks? If there is a general way to know. -Abner (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Dan Boger wrote: <snip> (...) Form 22-31.A Request of Extended Service LUGNET Administration The party of the first, one David Koudys, respectfully requests that the party of the second, one LUGNET administration/enhancement (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) How come? If the CS forums gets pulled into lugnet.space.C-S, how is it any more difficult to follow than if it's pulled into lugnet.external.C-S? (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That would make threaded conversations hard to follow, wouldn't it? Steve (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) This kinda got me curious. So I did some statting: (URL) Some of the data was tweaked slightly because groups were shuffled around or added with pre-existing content. Like when the handyboard group was added that already contained 6000+ posts, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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(...) Right - have a top level group to host outside feeds. (...) Oh - I meant for each feed do one or the other, not both. (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Instead of a number of top-level, one-ng trees, how about clustering these feeds under a single 'external sources' group. Something like lugnet.external-feed...sic-space? Or lugnet.loc.external....ass-space? (...) I'm not sure about pulling a (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) A couple of issues come to mind. First, some of these LUGNET-expatriate groups allow behavior not in-line with LUGNET's ToS. So pulling their traffic into LUGNET would result in LUGNET hosting posts that might violate ToS. Second, the existing (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Now if only someone filled out the form to have it added to the suggestion list :) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think this is a brilliant idea. I don't get over to Classic Castle, Classic Space, BZ, FBTB, etc. Recentralizing posts would be wonderful Dave K (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It shouldn't be hard to imlpement, from a technical point of view. Need to keep in mind though, that posts coming in won't be authenticated like LUGNET posts are - but we could just mark them like we do the robotics list... I think it would (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Outside traffic [was: Another resignation]
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(...) Growth can be defined many ways. One way is number of posts (which -has- dropped from what it was four years ago). But then, those posters may have become more concise in their messages. And perhaps individual groups, like robotics, have (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Another resignation: I'm stepping down.
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(...) (Richie's crude analysis snipped) I wonder how much of the drop in traffic here is due to the theme-specific boards like FBTB, classic-castle, classic-space, and bzpower siphoning posters away from here? I suspect that the influence of these (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Email Postings being swallowed
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(...) It would be an inbound message that gets lost. But, it gets interesting... ... (...) 'Derek Raycraft' are from these dates: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:54:11 GMT Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:54:11 GMT Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:46:27 GMT Date: Mon, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well definitly a random problem. Maybe I'm just hitting a high point in the random incident generator. Every message I email I BCC myself on. I've never missed one of those. I don't believe my ISP is filtering outbound email. It does filter in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The problem is, that when I look at your held posts, they all say that the notification email was sent to you. Is there any possibility that they're not delivered for some reason? ISP spam filtering, etc? FWIW, I post via email, and haven't (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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If my spelling is off, it's because I'm posting through the web interface. :-) The problem of email postings just disappearing into the ether has been around for quite a while. Basically I write a post, mail it in, and get no auth responce. So I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Another resignation: I'm stepping down.
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(...) This is often claimed, but I'm not sure if there's evidence to support it... it seems to me that there are less posts and posters than there were two years ago. Perhaps one of the Admins could provide some statistics to support the alleged (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(snip) (...) Duane, Well said...I think you've captured things beautifully here... and I think everybody needs to read your comments, and think about what it means. Scott Lyttle (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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| | Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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In lugnet.admin.general, Kevin L. Clague wrote: [snip] Having cut my internet teeth on USENET, I generally try to stay out of such discussions, but the wonderful prose did spawn one thing I wanted to make publicly know... Certainly me, and likely (...) (21 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I remember that, since I was time-out with Chris... (...) Thank you very much for your explanation. I wish Kevin would have explained it that clearly, although I salute his imagination and his style. Now, here's my opinion about all this. (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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(...) Sure - but I thought technical development stuff belongs in .admin.general? Eventually, we'll really need an admin.dev though. (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: Another resignation: I'm stepping down.
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(...) Sorry, I don't build for (URL). e (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) We could have a Smack bot, a TOU bot, a Draconian bot and a banish to .duplo bot. my fav? the go post to someone's MOC and get out of off-topic debate bot. Comes with big stick and uses Technic Turntables. e (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Can't wait to see the little JLUG admin-a-bot ;) ROSCO (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) The subject of Kevin's message is in regards to Chris Magno's timeout specifically (along with some other heated debates at the time), and the LPRV committee that was established not long ago who were asked to assist Lugnet in smoothing out (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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D@$#n it! Where is my big stick, WHO is ticking off Kevin! You got to deal with me! Sad Sad Sad, Kevin is the progenetor of many useful technologies, somebody had better show him some respect! I have power of banishment to .duplo! Who wants some? (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Sophie wrote: Good post. (...) Sounds like a perfect job for you. You could do a whole series--a la the little blue bot, little red bot etc--but one could have a brick for a head (little lugnet admin-a-bot), one with a (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Hey, Just wanted to add my two cents that I'm saddened by both of these resignations. It's really too bad that accusations fly and people get upset over something that's supposed to be fun for all of us. I know that both of you are very active (...) (21 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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