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(...) Would that really happen? if this was the only place for them to answer questions, the mass amount of posts in this thread would be staggering. Plus, if they do answer a question there would be some follow-up in the direct thread - there would (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) This HAS to be an oversight on Todd's part. I can't imagine he did that on purpose. So I wouldn't worry about it unless it stays that way. But it seems clear to me that Todd acted in haste for some reason, it's not like him to overlook a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) No, I understand that. I guess the question was more "why do we as a community want that?" I know I don't. I'd rather see them restricted. I'm glad, for example, that Jake's Train Contest announcement did *not* go in lugnet.trains, but rather (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) They can answer the question. They just can't answer it in a fan forum. Which *is* a good thing, because when you see it there will be no doubt that it is 100% Official LEGO position. (...) No, I am saying that I would prefer to see fans only (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Some people posted that they were annoyed that they'd have to read lugnet.lego.direct in order to find announcements that had previously been in the train or legoland groups. I was trying to address those concerns. FUT: lugnet.admin.nntp (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) Todd, Are these Lego individuals members of LUGNET? (I know Jake is) And if so have you provided them with an alternate means of posting? (such as a different e-mail address through the web interface or from home) As long as you do not revoke (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Is it really a good thing if someone at TLC happens to have TLC records which allow them to answer one of the "Dear Gary" posts, and they are allowed to share that information, to not allow them to directly respond to the original question? (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) If this policy is to continue, let me make another suggestion to help with this: there's always lugnet.lego.announce - encourage LEGO employees to post there. Todd, I think it was probably a bad idea to institute this policy without discussing (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Why allow them to spread marketing-type announcements all over Lugnet? I don't get it. eric (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) How about this: allow them to post as long as it is crossposted to at least one lugnet.lego.* group. That allows the train or legoland type announcements to go there, and also appear in the lugnet.lego.direct. You could even automate it so (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) Maybe, as Frank Filz said elsewhere in this thread, it would be a good idea to keep the chatter in the lugnet.lego.* groups down. (...) It's not a matter of personal vs official posts, really. It's a matter of where LEGO is invited to (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) I agree. Keep the .loc prefix. But it might be a good idea to move all the regional "org" groups under .loc, so there's only one geographical hierarchy. And then the train.org can be org.train - the org section would only be for worldwide (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) And a ROYAL pain in the rear - are we all to wade through the posts under the lugnet.lego to find the one post we are looking for? If they are talking about trains, masks, or whatever - then they should be able to post in that thread just like (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Can you elaborate on what you mean by "sanctity"? I'm sensing that there's some problem here that you're more aware of than some of us. It may be that it's too sensitive to go into, so that's fine if that's the case. But my perception was that (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) But if someone from TLC is willing and able to answer a question in the theme areas in an official capacity, why not let them? If they are only going to be allowed to post in the lugnet.lego hierarchy, we definitely need to keep the chatter (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) According to someone who worked for Ashley at LEGOLAND California, Ashley doesn't actually work for LEGO anymore. If other LEGO employees wish to post there officially, we'll reexamine the issue. (...) Try not to think of it as a restriction (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) Some disadvantages: - On browsers which present the newsgroup list as a hierarchical tree, it's nice to just skip the whole .loc hierarchy - An alpha sort of the newsgroups won't keep the loc groups together In fact, I've actually been (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) Yea, what about LEGO employees responding to questions in other groups for official purposes? What about lugnet.announce.lsahs? What prompted this change? Frank (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.general)
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(...) hmmm... would that cause the 440 error (new users start here)? I've been getting that with slrn when I tried to post from home... and my !@#$!@ verison dhcp may or may not backwards resolve... Might that be the reason? Dan (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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(...) That could be it. IIRC, the HTTP server doesn't do reverse lookups but the NNTP server does. --Todd (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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