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Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 17 Aug 1999 20:42:37 GMT
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I don't read most of the newsgroups that have complained, and so I don't feel
it is my place to vote in the matter. However, as a suggestion, perhaps it
would be more feasible to ban him from Lugnet and then see if he _VOLUNTARILY_
cleans up his posts to rtl. There is absolutely nothing to make him use
capital letters and not waste bandwidth there, but if he were to do so on his
own, it could be a sign that he was changing his habits. Note that so far he
has NOT bothered to improve his rtl posts, as this one from this morning shows:
> Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 07:25:49 +0800
> From: Jonathan Wilson <wilsonj@xoommail.com>
> Newsgroups: rec.toys.lego
> Subject: Re: Need pictures of parts, or suggestions
>
> > LMNtree2HS wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In the near future, I am going to have a huge new parts auction on eBay, but
> > the problem is that I don't have a way to post pictures (no scanner or
> > camera),
> > so I don't know how I will show what the pieces look like. In some of my
> > auctions, I have gotten a friend to take pictures, but I am going to hav way
> > too many pieces to ask him to do it this time. I was wondering if there
> > were
> > any pictures of different parts for sets available on the internet to use?
> > Or
> > if there is a place that has the names of all the parts, with a very
> > accurate
> > description. Or maybe someone just has a good idea on how I should go about
> > doing this. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
> > Sean
>
> you could try ldraw. there is at least 1 internet site with pictures of the
> ldraw
> parts.
> i do not have the url, sorry.
> some parts need no picture such as a 1 x 2 brick.
I think that this is one of the types of posts under scrutiny.
Naji
In lugnet.admin.general, John Neal writes:
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> Since it may be technically a problem to limit him to two messages per
> day, a better idea might be to have him self impose a 2 post limit--
> with the understanding that if he violates that agreement he will
> automatically loose privileges immediately for a month or whatever, end
> of discussion. It would also make a nasty "vote" thing unnecessary.
> Give him the rope; let him hang *himself*
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> -John
> [ Snip a couple times ]
> >
> > On 8/17/1999, at 11:37 AM, John VanZwieten wrote:
> >
> > > How about a 1 post per day limit to the cad.* heirarchy as a • probationary
> > > condition? This would force Jonathan to more carefully • consider what he posts,
> > > and would give everyone a break from the deluge of sometimes • rude or irritating
> > > posts.
> > >
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| (...) On the other hand, the other day, I saw Jonathan ask a reasonable question in a polite way. Someone else had already answered, but given the politeness of the question, I was willing to add a comment to the answer already given. I think the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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