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Re: Jonathan Wilson's posting privileges on LUGNET
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999 01:15:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Naji Norder wrote:
> >
> > 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.
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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 question even had capitalization.
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> --
> Frank Filz
Agreed. Since I spoke up against him, here I'll speak up for him. He did ask
nicely about the different Lego retailers in the United States, which has
spawned a nice little discussion on rtl. It's improved my knowledge of some of
the stores.
Naji
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