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Re: OFF TOPIC!!!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 13 Jan 1999 13:44:38 GMT
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If others have posted "off-topic" messages before, why can't I?
-Chris
Todd Lehman wrote in message <369c556e.30805615@lugnet.com>...
> "Fred Carcanague III" <corkycarcanague@hotmail.com> writes:
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> > See lugnet.admin.build for a response. I did and it's there. Todd has • warned
> > you about posting off topic subject matter in here already. Please head • his
> > warning!!!
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> Fred,
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> It appears that Chris did read the warning, but unfortunately he ignored it
> (or maybe he misunderstood it) as you no doubt saw a few minutes later.
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> In any case, in order to prevent his further disrupting things here, his
> posting priviliges for this newsgroup have been suspended. Here is the
> documentation:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:777
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> Others,
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> I apologize for furthering this off-topic thread with another off-topic
> post. However, I wanted to make it clear to everyone on the
> lego-robotics@crynwr.com side of things that the lugnet.robotics side is
> willing (as appropriate) to limit the posting privileges of people who
> continually and visibly annoy others with off-topic or void-of-content
> postings, as Chris has repeatedly done in the past week.
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> If this sort of thing happens again in the future (someone is being an
> obvious pest or annoyance despite repeated polite attempts to get them to
> stop), there is <admin@lugnet.com> to report any lugnet problems or Russel
> Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com> to report any lego-robotics@crynwr.com problems.
> It's no fun to suspend or remove someone's posting privileges, but • sometimes
> it's the only way to get someone to stop.
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> If anyone (including Chris) feels that Chris's posting privileges were
> wrongly suspended, it's open to discussion (on lugnet.admin.general),
> although I'd be surprised to hear any objections.
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> --Todd
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>
> [Followups set to lugnet.admin.general]
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: OFF TOPIC!!!
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| Also sprach Chris \"HTMLpro\" Alas: : If others have posted "off-topic" messages before, why can't I? There is a difference from 'tangetial' messages and those that are totally off-topic to begin with. On every newsgroup, occasionally a discussion (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: OFF TOPIC!!!
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| (...) I hope this helps in addition to what others have said: If you are unsure about where to post a lego-related matter, lugnet.general is probably the most forgiving place to do so, where you could be directed to a more subject-applicable lugnet (...) (26 years ago, 14-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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