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"Lorbaat" <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> writes:
> In lugnet.admin.nntp, William R. Ward writes:
> > 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.
>
> Why allow them to spread marketing-type announcements all over Lugnet? I don't
> get it.
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
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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 | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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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)
| | | Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings
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| (...) Not necessarily. If someone in the trains group (for example) feels that something a LEGO employee posted about trains was relevant to a particular train discussion, don't worry -- you'll still hear about it. It's also a lot more genuine buzz (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.admin.nntp)
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