Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 11:09:20 11/26/00
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On November 26, 2000 at 13:34:17, Chessfun wrote: >On November 26, 2000 at 12:55:41, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>On November 26, 2000 at 04:24:46, Severi Salminen wrote: >> >>>>>Not to offed, but you could have posted your three messages of same topic into >>>>>same thread, not as three separate threads. These are not _that_ important >>>>>announcements... >>>>> >>>>>Severi >>>> >>>> >>>>Is every message posted an important announcement?. >>>>Who makes the determination....you? >>> >>>I don't get your point. Daniel posted 3 times something about his internet >>>problems. I think he should have posted them to the same thread. It would have >>>been easier to follow the progress of his problems. >>> >>>>He can post as many new threads as he sees fit some here >>>>have expressed interest in watching his games and how he >>>>decides to post is his choice. >>> >>>Well, just to inform you also, we have this thread system because we could >>>follow certain topics easier. It has nothing to do with interest to his matches. >>>It is the same if everybody wants to read them or nobody, it is just a matter of >>>makeing things clearer. Maybe this place needs some basic rules as many still >>>don't know simple basics of posting to a forum or NG... >>> >>>Severi >> >>You are right that he should have posted this to one thread, but you aren't >>going to get a lot of support for the idea of "rules". > > >Shoulda/woulda/coulda. There are no rules that state he should post >to one thread. There are people who come here and post and have fun >doing it. Daniel I think is one of them, to expect that he should follow >more rules that don't even exist, after the recent blow-up over his headers >is unfair. > >Sarah. I don't think it's "unfair" to explain basic newsgroup etiquette to a poster, especially when it's done politely, as Severi did. Maybe there is some history here that I don't understand, but I think it's strange that you would take issue with such a simple request. --Peter
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