On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 21:27:44 -0400, jr wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> ...
>> Calling me a liar, however, when I haven't engaged in telling
>> falsehoods....That's a question of integrity.  You specifically called
>> me a liar for saying I wasn't a part of TAG, ...
> 
> </sigh>
> 
> # jr 21.7 2145 you have admin privilege for the news server, and the
> wiki, afaik, and, guessing here, for the main website.
> 
> # JH 21.7 2208 I don't have admin privileges for the news server or the
> wiki (any more).
> 
> # jr 21.7 2340 can you even point to any ng post in the last, uh, four
> years or so, where you, or a member of the mysterious TAG, has asked for
> help with anything?
> 
> # jr 22.7 1630 so my understanding of NNTP is that once a post has "gone
> through", ... therefore, without admin privileges (or an indebted djinn)
> you, as "another end user", ought not to have been able to withdraw your
> post (with haste :-)).

Yep, here's where you said that I had privileges and standing in the 
project that I didn't have.

> # JH 22.7 1727 Your understanding of NNTP is incorrect.  No admin
> privileges are needed  to cancel your own posts or supersede them.  It's
> a common thing to do in the USENET world.

And here's where I explained that no, I don't have admin privileges.  I 
am just "another end user".

Jim


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