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Re: Off-topic messages (was: Re: The Minifig Generator??)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 14 Jan 1999 06:24:05 GMT
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If this is the way that the people around here act, (i.e.: not letting
others post messages because of "off-topic" messages, then I rather not be a
part of lugnet. I wonder what would happen if you did this to a 7-10 year
old. . . Perhaps I am over exagerating, maybe because I'm only 13?
"Once upon a time, was a young man named Chris. Chris loves playing with
Lego and robotics. He loved to spend time at lugnet.robotics to talk about
the new and interesting things in Lego Robotics. Until one frightful day,
when all Chris wanted was a answer to a question (where to find a site that
he had seen that he wanted to get to), instead, he got doscontinued from the
newsgroup. Before he did, however, he tried to post the message again, but
this time with the subject "off-topic". Thinking that others who do not read
messages like the one he posted, he thought maybe only the people interested
in the off-topic post would at the very least answer his question. Instead,
it resulted in his termination.
-Chris (One very, very, very sad person( and a bit upset person))
Todd Lehman wrote in message <369c4eb0.29079951@lugnet.com>...
> cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) writes:
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> > Chris "HTMLpro" Alas <superpcer1@home.com> wrote:
> > > Look, I'm sorry for posting a "non-topic" post, but since I like tis
> > > newgroup, I posted here. Maybe I should try again?
> >
> > If trying again means posting it to an appropriate newsgroup, ie one
> > geared towards more general discussion, yes.
>
>
> Mike,
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> It looks like what Chris meant was re-posting the message to the same group
> rather than an appropriate group. He posted the following message in
> lugnet.robotics at 13:55:11 GMT today...
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.robotics:2685
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> ...after posting here at 13:54:17 GMT...
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.admin.general:767
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> ...which is the message you replied to above.
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> Chris,
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> You are no longer allowed to post to the lugnet.robotics newsgroup until • you
> can chill out a bit and learn to respect the rules and guidelines about
> postings. Although the rules are seldom 100% black and white, you were
> relieved of the burden of interpretation and specifically tasked to stop
> posting off-topic messages to lugnet.robotics:
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> http://www.lugnet.com/news/display.cgi?lugnet.robotics:2674
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> You were also given reasons why not to post off-topic, and you were
> suggested a better place to post, and you were asked if you were having
> trouble accessing the other groups.
>
> You read the message, you responded to it, and then you either ignored it,
> misinterpreted it, or disrespected its warning and suggestions. In any
> case, in order to prevent your further disrupting the robotics group, your
> privilige to post there has been suspended.
>
> You are still allowed to read lugnet.robotics and to post to other lugnet
> groups.
>
> If you can demonstrate (over some period of time) that you are willing to
> observe and respect the boundaries and subject matter of groups, your
> privileges to post to lugnet.robotics will be restored. Of course, if you
> go the other direction -- and post off-topic in other highly focused groups
> -- then it will be necessary to further limit your posting privileges.
>
> Consider yourself warned, and feel free to ask follow-up questions here so
> that you can come to a clear understanding. There are many people here who
> are willing to help answer questions.
>
> Regards,
> --Todd
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