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| | | Todd Lehman wrote in message <3660932d.30465790@l...et.com>... (...) here, (...) If it means you can crosspost, then definitely not. People would just crosspost everything and we'd end up with all sorts of crap and flameage on Lugnet. Other than (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) It would mean the ability to crosspost to lugnet.* groups, yes -- but only for those people who have gone through the news posting setup at: (URL) other words, only the people who have succesfully crossed Larry's gate/ barrier would be allowed (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Paul Foster
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| | | | | (...) Ok, then what happens if somebody who is approved cross posts to rtl and a lugnet group and it propagates out to the web and then someone on the web who is not approved does a reply without modifying the headers, what happens when that article (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | (...) When you say "to/on the web" you mean "to/on Usenet," right? What would have to happen is that the article would come back here with the same crossposting headers, and its Newsgroups line would have to be truncated so that it only wound up in (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | (...) I'd say the possibility of cross-posting between the lugnet groups and rec.toys.lego is a _good_ thing, in terms of allowing lugnet to support RTL, rather than detracting from it. That way (for example), announcements can be cross-posted. And (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | | | On Mon, 30 Nov 1998 03:53:14 GMT, Paul Foster <pfoster@execpc.com> wrote: :Ok, then what happens if somebody who is approved cross posts to rtl and :a lugnet :group and it propagates out to the web and then someone on the web who :is not :approved (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Jesse Long
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| | | | Todd Lehman wrote in message <3661db44.25869828@l...et.com>... (...) Interesting, especially when most of the messages so far are about technology more than community. Do you think people are going to think differently about RTL if it's moved? (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) But a lot of that is simply because most lugnet'ers have been around RTL for awhile, and don't feel the need to rehash old arguments. Steve (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) That may be true. What is also true, though, is that there are specific groups here for discussing specific things. So if a nasty discussion begins those people can always be encouraged to move it to off-topic.debate and keep it out of the (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | | (...) Hey, I'M the topic police. No, seriously -- if a thread is getting out of hand and off-topic, a gentle reminder, or several, with followup-to set, should be sufficient. I don't see a need to retroactively relocate articles. (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | (...) Not that necessarily advocating the practice of moving existing messages, but it does help keep the thread intact. Which helps readers follow what's going on. It also _strongly_ encourages new followups to go where the T.P. want them to go. (...) (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) See the other response at (URL) one runs RTL -- we're just brainstorming about the merits or drawbacks of hosting it here in addition to all the other places it's currently hosted -- not about moving it to only be hosted here. --Todd (26 years ago, 30-Nov-98, to lugnet.general)
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