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In lugnet.general, Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> writes:
> Mark, If you got a "smack on the hand" by Todd, don't worry about it. We
> all get smacked occasionally. He is most often correct. We should stay
> focused, as hard as it sometimes is.
I don't think I said anything except a brief note via email to about 5 or 6
people (at once) and said,
TSL> ok guys, time to take this off-topic thread out of .general"
TSL>
TSL> --Todd
I don't have any problem with movie lists being discussed in .adventurers as
long as the discussion is still with LEGO in mind -- i.e., toward the
"greater good" of inspiring creativity, learning about history, or anything
which enhances people's enjoyment of the Adventurers product line,
especially anything which helps give people building ideas. I'll edit the
themed-group charters on the webpages to make this more explicit.
The problem was that the movie-list thread doesn't belong in .general --
especially when it spins away from building ideas and gets into the finer
points of the movies themselves...then it belongs in .off-topic.fun or
something.
(For that matter, this thread doesn't belong in .general, either -- it
belongs in .admin.general because it's about LUGNET and not about general
LEGO topics.)
> If I sometimes go off on a tangent (as
> I sometimes do), I always try to remember to relate the topic to LEGO before
> finishing the post. If I can't relate it to anything in LEGO, then I
> shouldn't be posting it there. That's why Adventure shows are not OK, but
> minifigs with Boobs are OK. (Go figure!)
>
> But if you want to go off on any general tangent, then you should be posting
> it to RTL.
Well, no, that's not right. RTL is for LEGO and compatible building
systems, it's not for going off on any general tangents. There are plenty
of other groups out on Usenet designed for general tangents.
> The whole reason for having LUGNET is to get away from the mayhem
> and nastiness that often occurs in RTL. I guess that RTL is sort of a mature
> refuge for LEGO topics. And occasionally we get reminded of that by Todd (and
> others). And yeah we all get into a huff when that occurs. But you get
> over it.
Here, there's the .off-topic.* hierarchy for things non-LEGO:
lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
lugnet.off-topic.debate
lugnet.off-topic.fun
lugnet.off-topic.pun
lugnet.off-topic.geek
--Todd
[followups to lugnet.admin.general]
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