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Well?
(It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail. newsgroups on this
server).
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"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlu co uk> wrote in message news:3a49b723@news.povray.org...
> Well?
>
> (It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail. newsgroups on this
> server).
off-topic was removed due to consistent abuse.
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Chris C wrote:
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> "Tom Melly" wrote:
> > Well?
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> > (It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail.
> > newsgroups on this server).
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> off-topic was removed due to consistent abuse.
Good thing, too. I was getting distracted from working on Rusty!
Regards,
John
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2000 09:32:18 -0000, Tom Melly wrote:
>Well?
>
>(It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail. newsgroups on this
>server).
I've got the last four months worth on disk. That'll be an antique now.
It's sad that a very small minority spoiled it for everyone.
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John VanSickle wrote:
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> Chris C wrote:
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> > "Tom Melly" wrote:
> > > Well?
> > >
> > > (It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail.
> > > newsgroups on this server).
> >
> > off-topic was removed due to consistent abuse.
>
> Good thing, too. I was getting distracted from working on Rusty!
That's a very valid reason (and probably the only one) for removing
p.o-t. from this server!
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"Steve" <ste### [at] zeropps uklinux net> wrote :
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> It's sad that a very small minority spoiled it for everyone.
That's what happens when a few people complain loudly and insistently
instead of just killfiling what they don't like to read.
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Chris C wrote:
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> off-topic was removed due to consistent abuse.
Wouldn't it have been better to warn users of off-topic group before
removing it and only if this didn't help, then close that group? (Sorry,
if this was done already, I quit reading off-topic group couple of month
ago and don't know, what happened there).
My only concern with this group removing is the possible increase of
off-topic messages in other groups now. Hopefully TAG and POV-Ray team
members will follow new administration rules and avoid this...
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wonderful tactic, remove the whole group just to silence one individual who
you allowed to get up your nose - because that's what he does given half the
chance.
lets all take a moment to remember why p-ot was deemed necessary in the
first place, and then remember how the group had become almost a focal point
for the many in this little online community. It wasn't just POV'ers sharing
there knowledge anymore, it was POV'ers enjoying a real sense of belonging
in a group where almost no subject was taboo.
Sure your bound to get inflammatory statements, trolls, flame wars,
religion,
politics and all the rest, but better in p-ot than in p.g!, you didn't have
to read it. if people didn't care for a particular thread they could just
ignore it (exactly what I did through the whole trig wars), and to top it
off a 14 day spool.
nice one guys, just great.
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> My only concern with this group removing is the possible increase of
> off-topic messages in other groups now. Hopefully TAG and POV-Ray team
> members will follow new administration rules and avoid this...
There is no doubt that it will, and it will be very difficult to police, as
most off-topic's start as a result of comments in a perfectly legit post.
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I am sad and glad to see it go. When it started it was a very good idea, and I
enjoyed it. As of late it has been abused. I hope that after a cooling off
period Chris Cason will consider bringing it back.
Tom Melly wrote:
> Well?
>
> (It's not showing up and has been removed from the avail. newsgroups on this
> server).
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