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