(urth) urth crackdown!

[brunians at brunians.org]

It's OK, Ranjit; I understand you aren't calling me a jerk.

It's very sweet of you to try not to hurt peoples feelings like this.

You're a nice person.

.




> Here comes the Argument From Authority!  As list owner, I hereby decree:
>
> 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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