Yes, further segmenting the community.
My point is not that it is bad, per say, but that it IS exclusive.

-Michael


On Jun 26, 2009, at 6:53 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> Michael,
>
> I find that there are a myriad of forums in many languages.
>
> JoeG
> Michael
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Haggard 何麥可 <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 9:22 pm
> Subject: [Papermodels II 37557] Re: Another distraction build ...
>
> I have ESL students that follow some links and download models.   
> They are TOO shy in english to post.  So, the list promotes the  
> hobby to them, the forum excludes them... not totally, but to some  
> degree.  Some people love to listen and follow but not post.  Here  
> is a limitation of forums.  You may not agree with their reasons,  
> but there they are.
>
> Now... I am not against exclusivity!  But to argue that forums are  
> more open and community driven than lists is not really defendable  
> when considering EVERY group dynamic.  But there are needs for some  
> exclusive groups to avoid the so called leachers, forums are better  
> for that.
>
> -Michael
>
>
> On Jun 26, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Rick Steffers wrote:
>
>> Actually Joy,
>>
>> You will be able to download the files, once you post a small  
>> introduction post, and the download sectio n and the rest of the  
>> forum opens up for you.
>>
>> We have that in place to limit just people joining to just get the  
>> files, it does eat up bandwidth.
>> Just a small check on our part to save us some money.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Joy Cohn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately, I've never been able to figure out how to actually  
>> download
>> something.
>>
>> When I click on the 'Download' button, I am sent to a page which  
>> tells me
>>
>> <snippet>
>>
>> jtalle, you do not have permission to access this page. This could  
>> be due to
>> one of several reasons:
>>
>>   1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access  
>> this
>> page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access  
>> administrative
>> features or some other privileged system?
>>   2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled  
>> your
>> account, or it may be awaiting activation.
>>
>> <teppins>
>>
>> I can read the posts fine. It's just downloading that is impossible.
>>
>> This is not one of the better paper model forums around,  
>> unfortunately.
>>
>> Joy
>>
>> > From: Mike Hungerford <[email protected]>
>> > Reply-To: Paper Models <[email protected]>
>> > Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:38:05 -0700
>> > To: Paper Models <[email protected]>
>> > Subject: [Papermodels II 37526] Another distraction build ...
>> >
>> > Gary Pilsworth's "Land of the Giants" 'Spindrift.'
>> >
>> > Available in the downloads section at Papermodelers.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
> Paying hundreds for more mobile than you need? Take a Peek at the  
> answer.
>
> >


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