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Re: CFD: rec.toys.lego feed here
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 27 Oct 1998 01:13:10 GMT
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sarah@eskimo.com (Perhaps a Princess...) writes:
> > Looking for suggestions. Possible solutions off the top of my head are:
> > [...]
> > 4. Write a cancelbot which scans alt.toys.lego and rec.toys.lego looking for
> > articles mis-cross-posted to lugnet.* groups, and cancels them as soon as
> > they appear.
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> You can't do this. It's unethical to cancel someone else's post when
> it is not spam. Even if they happen to have cross-posted to
> lugnet.(something)
Heh heh, I know. :) I wouldn't do it; it was just there for completness.
> I'd say the best option is to ignore it. If you see one cross-posted,
> and you want to, send a message to the poster saying that it will
> never get here. I don't WANT to encourage cross-posting between
> rec.toys.lego and lugnet, frankly.
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> If someone is not willing to do the work to figure out how to post to
> lugnet, then why are you worried about it?
Well, I guess half for the reasons you brought up last week about what's been
happening to sff.* groups, and half because of confusions that will inevitably
arise. Maybe it's just an education/incubation period. I'm probably over-
reacting.
> Simply remind people every
> once in a while that cross-posted posts don't get there. And you have
> no reason to do anything more.
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> IMHO of course
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> > A few weeks ago, people indicated that a read-only feed of rec.toys.lego here
> > would add no value to their online experience. I agreed at the time. But I
> > see 2 advantages that a read-only feed would have over no feed at all:
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> > - Articles crossposted to lugnet.* groups could find their way to their
> > intended destination.
>
> Why should we care though?
Well, I don't know -- the author -did- try to post the message here, right?
Shouldn't it magically show up here? :)
--Todd
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| (...) But you already don't let EVERY message posted here show up here. If the person is not registered. And if they are registered, then they should know how to post, right? (Ie, go to news.lugnet.com -- or whatever the name is here.) Maybe I'm (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) You can't do this. It's unethical to cancel someone else's post when it is not spam. Even if they happen to have cross-posted to lugnet.(something) I'd say the best option is to ignore it. If you see one cross-posted, and you want to, send a (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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