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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 19:35:01 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.{StopSpam}org
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Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote:
> discussions to another group, but that might be bordering on the kind
> of moderation Todd has to avoid for legal reasons. Maybe he could
> appoint other people to be topic police to further distance it and
> make it semi-ok, who knows.
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.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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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?
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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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