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Re: Possible problem/bug
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 30 Aug 2001 03:31:37 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> I canceled my original post about Fibblesnork because, in it, I had typed the
> URL, causing a link to the site, which I did not want.
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> All within a short amount of time: there was one follow up, I e-mailed the
> poster notifying him I wanted to cancel and restart the thread and suggested he
> follow up my revised announcement. I canceled my and his posts, reposted mine
> with no URL in text and highlighted it, and he reposted his as a follow up.
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> People who subscribe to the lists via e-mail received both versions of my
> announcement, for which I apologize.
This is an unfortunate side effect of the "no edit, only cancel" policy
here... but this side effect is, I think, massively drowned out by the
positive effects of not being able to revise your words in a way that makes
replies inconsistent.
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| (...) I used to be able to use Supersedes to change my articles, but I haven't been able to do that anymore. I don't know if it is a policy change or a bug. Superseding is more or less the same as canceling an article and posting a new one, but it (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) I canceled my original post about Fibblesnork because, in it, I had typed the URL, causing a link to the site, which I did not want. All within a short amount of time: there was one follow up, I e-mailed the poster notifying him I wanted to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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