I think the subject has nearly been beaten to death.
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 4, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Pieter Roos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Bill; > > No, your posts will not disappear (unless they get nasty - disagreement is, > of course, allowed; not calling names or impugning someone's character). I > don't generally hold a grudge, and tend to lean the other way, giving you > more leeway if we have had a disagreement. > > Some list members think there should be little or no moderation of the list, > others complain frequently of anything off-topic or even if on-topic threads > go on past a dozen or so posts. We (Bill and I) will never please everyone, > so we aim for a middle ground. Posts I delete are those which have nothing to > do with S scale and/or which fall to the level of personal attacks. In truth, > I generally do not bother deleting posts at all unless there has been a > blow-up on the list. Those posts are a permanent record, and I think a > deterrent to anyone checking out the list before joining. I'm sorry if you > feel removing those posts detracts from the value of the list. > > Pieter E. Roos, S Scale List Co-owner > > --- On Sat, 8/4/12, Bill Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Bill Nielsen <[email protected]> > > Subject: {S-Scale List} Admin: ??? was Re: Another Update From Sergent - > > Enough is enough! > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Saturday, August 4, 2012, 12:34 AM > > Hello Pieter, > > > > I'm sorry you seem to have a problem with my post coming two > > weeks after John's last update, but since the discussion and > > empty promises of "soon to be available" Sergent couplers > > has been going on for several years, I don't think criticism > > of my post being two weeks late is very valid. > > > > As far as whether or not you think my post "adds value" to > > the group, quite honestly, the closing down of topics and > > subsequent censorship and after-the-fact removal of other > > posts that you, as a moderator, have decided "don't add > > value" has, in fact, reduced the value of this group to the > > point where I simply don't check in as often as I used to. > > > > I suppose now that I have said that, all of my posts will > > mysteriously disappear as well, but that's OK, I've already > > said all I intend to say. > > > > Bill in FtL > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > > > > > Ok, this thread caught me by surprise. Seeing it, I was > > wondering if John had somehow "carpet bombed" us with a > > bunch of updates I somehow missed. Nope, it seems this is a > > "response" to a one time message back in mid July. > > > > > > I'm not sure if Bill is just catching up, or found the > > more current threads in need of "spicing up" by giving John > > a tweak. Either way, I'd rather people thought a bit about a > > post they are about to make. Does it "add value" to list, or > > just bytes? Opinions are fine, but to announce that you are > > not interested in a product isn't really informative to > > anyone else, especially two weeks after the original post. > > There are a lot of products I am not buying, for a variety > > of reasons. I feel no compulsion to follow any announcement > > of such a product with my own declaration that "Nope, I'm > > not gonna buy that." > > > > > > Thanks to John and all for keeping it civil. Please > > call an end now, while I can still say that! > > > > > > Pieter E. Roos, Yahoo S Scale List co-owner. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > >
