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Open source and admin.suggestions
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.admin.general
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Date:
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Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:45:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I would have no problem
with an admin moving a post with the posters’ consent (which would take
care of anything mistakenly posted to the wrong newsgroup).
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Technical reasons make that difficult to achieve. I wish there was a way to
do it. Forcing the FUT (but not moving the original post) to default to
something else, some other location, is the best we have.
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Is Lugnet going to become open source? If so, I think the answer to this and
many other technical issues lies there. If not, then it would be interesting to
know the reasons.
On a personal note, I would most likely contribute in some manner under an open
source arrangement. I think the quasi invitation only arrangement that we have
now is precluding a number of qualified people from making a contribution. IMO.
And, everything that is submitted under open source doesn’t need to be put into
production. A committee could be responsible for picking and choosing those
submissions that are in line with the Lugnet vision (if you will).
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This specific case is especially objectionable because the force-FUT was
used to hide the discussion in a dark corner of LUGNET, where it will go
unread by everyone who uses the default skip-filter settings.
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The default skip filter settings are the way they are after long discussion,
because it has been determined that most people do NOT want to read about
administrative issues. I am not sure that your characterisation of
admin.general as a dark corner is valid, or useful.
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I think admin.suggestions is in the wrong spot considering the default
skip-filter settings block out everything in the .admin hierarchy. I think the
discussion of things that may potentially affect how everyone uses Lugnet on an
everyday basis should, by default, be visible to all. Please consider adding
“+.suggestions” to the default skip-filter settings.
Mark
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: Can we help?
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| (...) It is my view (and that of other admins) that discussion of whether it is appropriate to mock someone is OFF topic for .general. Hopelessly off topic. Do you agree? If not, why not? It is my view (and that of other admins) that discussion of (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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