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Re: Pruning not good for the trees
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 9 Aug 2000 03:52:29 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> [...]
> You either let everything pass through unimpeded by all who appear here, no
> matter what they do or say, or you're exercising editorial control. There
> aren't any other choices, legally. The mechanism is not relevant.
> [...]
That is in fact what happens here. Everything passes through unimpeded.
However, if, after the fact, something has to be removed for legal reasons,
how is that considered having exercised editorial control? (That is a
facetious question.)
> [...]
> I strongly prefer that you continue to do what you do (in the way that you
> do it, your chosen mechanisms are friendly and effective) rather than let
> things through unimpeded. We tried that, it's called RTL.
I agree, and don't think there's ever a reason to change the guidelines.
I just have a major beef with the phrase "editorial control" being tossed
around like that.
--Todd
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| (...) This may be a dead horse, but I'm just reading this thread now. I think part of the muddiness is that Larry is talking from the side of how the law will be applied. A word can have a very different meaning in court than in Webster's (or (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) excise (...) fashion. (...) requirement. (...) It doesn't. Enforcing the T&Cs is exercising editorial control. I've said this a bunch of times, I think almost all of us want you to do it, so it's not about whether you should do so or not, it's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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