(urth) urth crackdown!

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Mon May 24 09:54:41 PDT 2010


Sorry, that was meant to go directly to Ranjit.

Darned mailer!

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> It's OK, Ranjit; I understand you aren't calling me a jerk.
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> It's very sweet of you to try not to hurt peoples feelings like this.
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> You're a nice person.
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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.
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>> 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.
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>> Acting like a jerk is always off-topic, even if the other guy started
>> it.
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>> 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.
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>> 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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