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Re: Question for Todd Regarding Mark Harrison
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lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Thu, 1 Jun 2000 04:40:07 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.au, Todd Lehman writes:
> 
> This comes back to an issue I raised a while ago.
> http://www.lugnet.com/admin/terms/?n=86 (and follow the thread through)
> 
> > > Write me when you've (collectively) decided that you (as a group) feel
> > > assured that Mark can and will play fair (by the rules) and I'll turn his
> > > posting privileges back on, based on your good word as a group.

It's difficult to vouch for someone who lives 1000km away (lots of miles!)
Surely a stiffer penalty would have been to ban him from everywhere except
loc.au or even just Brisbane.

> However, to get back on-topic (or where I want to take this topic), my initial
> comments a month ago were that the most frequent users of loc.au (largely, but
> not necessarily only, Australians) don't mind these sorts of posts in the
> loc.au group. I personally welcome them as I tend not to frequent the market
> groups due to lack of relevance, since they are mainly dominated by US-related
> market issues, and you could argue that a post about sales/auctions in
> Australia are relevant to the loc.au group.
> 
> As a regular contributor to the loc.au group I would rather we petition Todd
> to alter the T&C's to allow market posts in the loc.au group rather than
> collectively vouch for MarkH not violating these same T&C's again.

This is the key issue here. Not what Mark will/will not do, let's just move
the goalposts.
Here's the wedding ceremony clause: anyone from loc.au who is averse to
market-related posts should speak now or forever...

> If things got out of hand we could always revert back, but I doubt this would
> happen given the distinct lack of market activity in Australia (but that's
> another issue ;-)
> 
> I don't want to see a loc.au.market group created as we already have too many
> groups under loc.au for the number of regular contributors (although we are
> growing :-). If Todd feels it is necessary to create this group, then I would
> suggest closing a few of the other sub-groups and maintaining only the
> state/territory groups.

One ng per state is definitely enough, otherwise most will be talking to
themselves.
> 
> Comments, anyone???

Mark's not the messiah(he's just...),he does have the no.2 collection in Oz.
I cant see the sandgroper optometrist siblings posting in the future.

pete.w <aquanaut@optusnet.com.au>



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  Re: Question for Todd Regarding Mark Harrison
 
(...) I would also like to see offers to buy, sell, trade or auction Lego within Australia okayed for .loc.au -- Pete C makes the point well. Where else Mark is allowed to post is up to .admin and Todd: any posts within .loc.au are fine by me (as a (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Question for Todd Regarding Mark Harrison
 
(...) I don't think you can do that, as it is unfair to future generations of Aussie users who aren't here yet(1). But - can't you create org.au.* and move all your discussion there? I *think* organisations have more authority over the type of (...) (26 years ago, 2-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Question for Todd Regarding Mark Harrison
 
(...) This comes back to an issue I raised a while ago. (URL) (and follow the thread through) (...) You're right. No one else should take a fall for his transgressions. (...) Then as the boy who cried wolf one too many times, he'd be out for good. (...) (26 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.admin.general)

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