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(...) Mark - While I happen to personally agree with the point you are trying to make (to an extent), from an administrative perspective, I don't agree with the way you're trying to make it. Being combative with Lenny isn't going to get you any (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Again Leonard - I never said it was off topic for the group it was in. Why you keep going back to this point is truly beyond me. Please understand this simple point. My point, again, was the group ITSELF is in the wrong place. As anal as some (...) (22 years ago, 30-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) John, I cant help but point out that you are describing your opinions. It seems to me obvious that each individual parent must be able to decide what is appropriate and safe for their children, and that the parents themselves must enforce this (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) If it is built out of LEGO-- yes. (...) Do you suppose that I'd be so pedantic to suggest otherwise? Seems like .admin might be a good exception. And .test might fit under that hierarchy as well... (...) Ha, you weaken your argument by your (...) (22 years ago, 29-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) But what about when someone shows their wedding cake topper? Is that on-topic? If so, it is ok that it presents sexual content? Do the admin groups remain adult only because they're off-topic also? You have not provided a good reason why (...) (22 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) Yes, I agree that everybody has different thresholds of what they consider to be appropriate and inappropriate. That is precisely why I would stay away from those type of arguments and simply categorize everything off-topic as being "adult". (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) What do you mean by "sexual" content? Is mentioning that you have a wife sexual? Is a guy mentioning that he has a boyfriend sexual? Is you mentioning that you have a kid sexual? Is a woman mentioning tha she is pregnant sexual? Is mentioning (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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(...) There are problems with Partsref. The counts on the keywords list are, at best, approximate. The search is inaccurate. The biggest problem is that it hasn't been updated in over 2 years. To address your direct concern: the most stable way to (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions, FTX)
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(...) Mark, You replied to a User's post[1] with a rationale for why the particular newsgroup belongs on another part of LUGNET. The post in question is perfectly on-topic for the newsgroup it is placed in, fully within the Charter of that group (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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OK. Today I was looking for the 4x4 turntable in the parts ref. So I type in "turntable" thinking its a fairly uncommon word in LEGO parts, and his enter. I get 1 part in the result: (URL) think "Hmmmm thats strange", so I go look up the part (...) (22 years ago, 27-Sep-04, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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