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Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 25 Apr 2005 17:32:21 GMT
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Quick note: I'm at work on lunch break, and can't give this the thought I want
to word it as well as it should be...
In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I'm going to ask you how *you* would handle a
> particular post, as an exercise.
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> http://news.lugnet.com/market/auction/?n=10625
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> Here's a post that flogs. There is nothing in that post about creations, just a
> link to an auction. The author tries to justify it by citing someone else's post
> (which also was a link to an auction, and which got a warning, which wasn't
> received well at all), sort of a "He did it so I can too".
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> If you read the ToU, you can tell that Todd felt very very strongly about
> "auction spam", that posts that are purely flogging of an auction in a non
> market (and non local) group are not a good thing at all. I'd argue that this
> particular post is a pretty clear cut violation of the ToU as written, wouldn't
> you agree? (see discussion group point 11)
Nobody's perfect, and everybody makes mistakes. I'm not sure if it
constitues a TOU violation, as I'm not as well-versed in the specifics of the
TOU as you are.
Knowing nothing more about this poster's history, I'd say that a reminder
along these lines would be in order:
"Although you've pointed to another auction post example in .technic, you should
know that such posts normally don't belong there. Thanks for clarifying that
this belongs in .market.auction; next time, please be sure to post it only there
so it stays relevant to the community. Thanks!"
I'd post this online in response to his post.
> My contention is that it is easy to say (heck, I've said it) use a light touch,
> but hard to apply.
It's easier when one isn't always being the "rules cop" (not that you
specifically are, but the admin team lately **seems** to be), because one has a
chance to step back and take a breath befoer replying. In the heat of the
moment mistakes can be made.
I may have a chance later tonight to get on and share more thoughts. Right
now, I'd say that a light touch could be applied.
Peace and Long Life,
Tony Alexander
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| "Tony Alexander" <tw0nst3r@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:IFIJDx.FMy@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) should (...) that (...) there (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Shouldn't Admin posting such as the one above be posted by "LUGNET Admin" as (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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| (...) Sorry to reply to my own post, but a few caveats (still at work, but thought of more and had a chance): * I'm a member/user, not an admin; as such, my immediate reply to seeing this post would have been: "Hmmm...not technic...on to the next (...) (20 years ago, 25-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: I resign from the LPRV committee
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| (...) I'm not going to reply in detail (although there is stuff I agree with and stuff I disagree with...) Instead, I'm going to ask you how *you* would handle a particular post, as an exercise. (URL) a post that flogs. There is nothing in that post (...) (20 years ago, 23-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general)
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