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Re: GRAND OPENING!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 7 Feb 1999 06:46:38 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
> Gene Rodriguez III <gr3@superlink.net> wrote:
> > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * >
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> > Announcing the GRAND OPENING of The Brick Yard!
> > http://www.dtrh.com/brickyard
> >
> > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * > < * >
> >
> > "This is it... the big one... the one you've all been waiting for."
> > 'Pop Goes the World', Men Without Hats
> >
> > The fast paced, easy to use Lego parts auction is open for business.
>
> Perhaps you failed to read the charter for lugnet.announce:
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> lugnet.announce
> General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about
> products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also,
> important LUGNET information (new features, services, scheduled
> downtime, etc.); NOTE: the following are not appropriate: auction
> announcements, new-user introductions, questions, and test-postings
>
> Note the NOTE. That announcement would have been just as effective to
> the people who WANT to see auction/sale announcements in
> lugnet.market.auction and it wouldn't disturb anyone who does NOT want
> to see them but does want to see appropriate announcements in
> lugnet.announce.
This announcement caught my skeptical eye as well. I think this one is a
toss-up... A reasonable case could be made that what's being announced is
not the auction itself but the grand opening of a new web site (which just
happens to feature auctions).
Be that as it may, Gene should take care to limit subsequent auction
announcements to the .auction group.
--Todd
[cc'ing Gene]
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| (...) Well, I wouldn't really call it a web site that "just happens to feature auctions" because it looks (right now anyway) like it only hosts auctions. A nit, to be sure, but it isn't like it's a multi-layered site featuring models, pictures, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: GRAND OPENING!
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| (...) Perhaps you failed to read the charter for lugnet.announce: lugnet.announce General-interest announcements to the community (breaking news about products, releases, contests, events, and sites, etc.); also, important LUGNET information (new (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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