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Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:37:03 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.general, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Jude Beaudin writes:
> > > > In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott Arthur writes:
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > Now I am disappointed. I have no hate in me for anyone or anything,
> > > > although I do have a particular dislike for marmite. :-)
> > > > Marmite!?! What does marmite mean?
> > > It the Australian nationl dish:
> > > http://www.accomodata.co.uk/marmite.htm
> >
> > Hey Todd,
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> > Is there some server-side way of doing a pop-up or other warning message
> > before a post is confirmed? Like, say...
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> > "Please double-check that your post is on-topic for • lugnet.lego.direct,
> > and not about marmite or some other nonsense?"
> >
> > James
> > (who doesn't believe in subtlety today)
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> Scott, would this have helped?
Anything which keeps marmite off my screen helps. ;-)
For the record, I really am in favour of compartmentalisation and all that.
However, I am also aware that it tends to fragment threads (especially if one
read via a news reader). If I thought my post would start a long rambling
thread about marmite (or some other nonsense) I would not have posted it, or I
would have moved it elsewhere. As my post was a straight answer to a straight
question, I did not even think about it - my apologies to all read it:
http://news.lugnet.com/lego/direct/?n=733
However, to be honest I'm a little bemused as to how this has reached
admin.general & how I got e-mailed about by big brother about it. It may be
that, unbeknown to me, the "LUGNET POLICE" are back to enforce the ToU - but I
really hope not, as I do not what to see admin.general swamped with reports of
seemingly malicious off-topic posts. Before anyone quotes the group's charter
at me and tells me that Brad reads that group, I ask this - what is worse to
the casual observer: me answering a straight question or James Brown's retort?
So have we now to report all off-topic posts to admin.general?
Scott A
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| (...) The casual observer usually isn't reading adminstrivia, so won't see my retort - which, by the way, wasn't specifically targeted at you, or even at the (3 or so?) off-topic messages in the specific thread I replied. I've noticed a fair amount (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: the best laid plans of mice and men
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| (...) His retort was, at least, posted to the proper group. (...) No, nothing compels you to, but if you're annoyed by an off-topic post, this is the place to say something about it. Instead of getting all bent out of shape when someone points out (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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