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Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Mon, 30 Nov 1998 20:03:29 GMT
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Once upon a time, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) wrote:
> 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.
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> Hey, I'M the topic police.
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> 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.
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.
Steve
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 | | Re: Should RTL be hosted on this server?
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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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