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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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| | Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: Outside traffic [was: Another resignation]
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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 :) (20 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, (...) (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.nntp) !
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| | Re: Compromised Functionality on Lugnet and Brickshelf?
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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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 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 (20 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 (20 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 (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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