Re: Mailing list topic RE: [Epic] DUNE

From: Thane Morgan <thane_at_...>
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 18:15:19 -0600

Again, I must point out that today there were 4 OT posts about dune's timeline,
3 posts about making dune - epic conversions, and 6 about how they are irritated
by dune. I'm irritated about the thunderhawk evac mission posts, whichg as near
as i can tell have cycled through the same statements for 3 days. I just delete
them, and you can do the same to our dune posts.

Thane

Andy Skinner wrote:

> > > Can we PLEASE stop talking about Dune. It's really starting to get
> > > annoying.
> >
> > hey, from the length, enthusiasm and number of posts i think
> > people want to
> > talk about Dune. Plus there are discussions for Epic 40k versions, so it's
> > on topic. In short, ignore the thread and leave us alone
>
> Well, that's an interesting question. We don't have an active list
> administrator to enforce such things, so how should we regulate this
> newsgroup (if at all)? Tyler suggests that we do it by popularity--if
> people want to talk about it, they can. I'm not sure that's how a mailing
> list should run--that whatever people want to talk about is OK--rule by
> popularity. People sign on to talk about epic. For some people, it really
> is a pain to have many messages to sort through. (I can delete them pretty
> easily, but some people may still be using less convenient email programs.)
> Should people who subscribe to this list be able to expect that persisting
> topics on the list will be about Epic? I certainly don't mind the
> occasional off topic post, but I don't think long-running threads are
> appropriate.
>
> I just checked through a lot of deleted messages. Most of them do seem to
> have at least mention of how Dune would be represented using Epic, which
> seems to me to be on topic. I'd suggest that, if there are parts of the
> thread going on about the history and events overall, that those parts
> should be culled or brought back on topic. I wasn't sure how much, because
> I've been deleting most of that topic (not all--I saw this one:) myself.
>
> But I do think it is worth taking a look at some sort of topic policy, even
> with no administrator. The parts of the Dune thread that are about Epic
> versions may be on topic, but the other parts are not, in my opinion,
> justified for continued existence just because they are popular with those
> posting. (Of course it is popular with those who are posting--that's why
> they post. What about the many more of us who aren't, 'cause we're not
> interested?)
>
> andy
Received on Fri Jul 03 1998 - 00:15:19 UTC