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Re: Mr. Jeeves
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Date: 
Mon, 19 Dec 2005 16:15:17 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, John Neal wrote:
   In lugnet.announce.moc, Eric Sophie wrote:

   Dude, as much as I don’t like to see profanity creeping into LUGNET, I also don’t want to see LUGNET turned into a smorgasbord of “for sale” posts. You are on thin ice with this post, and clearly violating the .announce.MOC TOS: “NOTE: the following are not appropriate: auction announcements, commercial advertisements...” The same holds true for .build.mecha, .space, and .technic.

John-

Are these “for sale” posts to be forbidden too?
  • Every time someone posts a description of a new LEGO set including its price and specifying the first day of sale and even saying where to buy it? (Hmmm, let’s also eliminate those Shop @ Home specials and all annoucements of sales at Target!)

  • Every time Eric H. reports on his latest amazing project (by implication, a sales announcement)?

  • Every time an LTC announces an event and lists the admission price?
-Ted



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(...) Perhaps a determining factor is who potentially stands to profit from the announcement-- the poster or the reader. (...) The key word is "implication". In this instance, his solicitation was in no uncertain terms-- the very reason for the (...) (19 years ago, 19-Dec-05, to lugnet.admin.terms, FTX)

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