(urth) OT urth crackdown!

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Mon May 24 10:26:11 PDT 2010


Pax Romana

On 5/24/2010 11:52 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> Rome has spoken, and there is an end of the matter.
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> On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Ranjit Bhatnagar<ranjit at moonmilk.com>  wrote:
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>> Here comes the Argument From Authority!  As list owner, I hereby decree:
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>> Mark Twain's forthcoming memoirs are a reasonable topic of discussion here,
>> but don't go overboard.
>>
>> It's a good idea to edit the subject line of a discussion to reflect the
>> topic being discussed, particularly if the discussion is drifting away from
>> the main point of the list, which is Gene Wolfe's work.  It's not mandatory,
>> though, and it's not in itself a good topic of discussion on this list.
>>
>> Acting like a jerk is always off-topic, even if the other guy started it.
>>
>> This list has been around for almost 15 years with almost no moderation, and
>> this has almost always worked out just fine.  Sometimes bickering has broken
>> out, and some valuable members have left because of the noise.  I'd prefer
>> to keep that to a minimum.
>>
>> If you have any complaints or comments about this decree, email me
>> directly.  Note that I wasn't calling YOU a jerk-- I was talking about that
>> other guy.
>> - Ranjit
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