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Subject: Re: Nominees, Let Me Start the Ball Rolling...

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 16:28:10 06/04/99

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On June 04, 1999 at 19:03:51, Steven Schwartz wrote:

>Nominees...
>A while back, there was a thread started called
>"Kasparov is a GOD". It ostensibly dealt with the
>world champion and not, necessarily, computer
>chess. How would you handle such a thread? And
>did it need handling?
>
>- Steve (ICD/Your Move)
>P.S. I recommend that other threads directed
>toward nominees have the word "nominee" in the
>subject heading.

I think the entire thread was basically a waste of time.

After about 15 or 20 posts, I would have probably done what Harold did. Post a
message at the top of the thread telling people to desist and that future posts
would be deleted (I would not have used CAPITAL letters in the heading though).

If I would have received a few Emails asking for the thread to be removed, I
probably would have removed it.

I feel that such off topic threads are not necessary (and yes, I do post such
off topic messages myself), but they usually die out on their own, so the
problem only has to be handled if it bothers people enough for them to Email a
moderator, or if the thread gets too large and has no real computer chess
content.

KarinsDad :)



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