Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
DavidH, Perhaps I went overboard on my description of your email. I thought your response was a tongue-in-cheek response. If that is not the case I apologize for assuming it was. I am not trying to set new rules, just cut down on posts by eliminating non discussion-related posts. An occasional bit of levity or insight is not unreasonable. Let common sense be your guide. Perry the Moderator From: Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:59:54 -0700 Charles Perry Locke wrote: Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the FW from the header and give some attribution, like From my cousin Buford in Idaho... or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead. I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. DAVEH: Give me a break, Perry. How am I to know who/what you are /shooting for/? If anybody is playing games, it seems to be you. I responded to your posted rules with a couple examples that I thought you may not have considered. But in case you had been thinking of such things I had posted in the past..I did not want to continue posting them in the future in order to comply with your desire to reduce the clutter. I have previously (by your standards) been an offender of posting such non thread related posts, and did not intend to ridicule your suggestions. You have been critical of my postings in the past, and I'm simply trying to avoid causing you more grief by posting trivial stuff that might annoy you. -- ~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
DAVEH: Thank you for the clarification, Perry. Unless anybody objects, I will resume posting things I feel other TTers may find interesting as I have in the past. If you (or any other TTers) ever feel I cross the line of becoming boorish.let me know. BTW...I did realize your intentions. Restricting my non discussion-related posts would have helped reach your goal.which is why I thought your original post may have been aimed at me as well as others. Also..I do not want you to think I am avoiding our quick/dead discussion. I have been a bit busy, and out of town over the weekend. I have been doing a little study (the sources I've reviewed so far agree with you on the definition of quick = alive) and will hopefully do more in the next week. (I'm shipping my family off tomorrow for a week's vacation.) So Perry..please don't get impatient.I haven't forgotten you on this. Charles Perry Locke wrote: DavidH, Perhaps I went overboard on my description of your email. I thought your response was a tongue-in-cheek response. If that is not the case I apologize for assuming it was. I am not trying to set new rules, just cut down on posts by eliminating non discussion-related posts. An occasional bit of levity or insight is not unreasonable. Let common sense be your guide. Perry the Moderator Charles Perry Locke wrote: Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the "FW" from the header and give some attribution, like "From my cousin Buford in Idaho..." or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, "Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead." I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. DAVEH: Give me a break, Perry. How am I to know who/what you are /shooting for/? If anybody is playing games, it seems to be you. I responded to your posted rules with a couple examples that I thought you may not have considered. But in case you had been thinking of such things I had posted in the past..I did not want to continue posting them in the future in order to comply with your desire to reduce the clutter. I have previously (by your standards) been an offender of posting such non thread related posts, and did not intend to ridicule your suggestions. You have been critical of my postings in the past, and I'm simply trying to avoid causing you more grief by posting trivial stuff that might annoy you. -- ~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE.
Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
Charles Perry Locke wrote: Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the "FW" from the header and give some attribution, like "From my cousin Buford in Idaho..." or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, "Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead." I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. DAVEH: Give me a break, Perry. How am I to know who/what you are shooting for? If anybody is playing games, it seems to be you. I responded to your posted rules with a couple examples that I thought you may not have considered. But in case you had been thinking of such things I had posted in the past..I did not want to continue posting them in the future in order to comply with your desire to reduce the clutter. I have previously (by your standards) been an offender of posting such non thread related posts, and did not intend to ridicule your suggestions. You have been critical of my postings in the past, and I'm simply trying to avoid causing you more grief by posting trivial stuff that might annoy you. -- ~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE.
Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
PTM:Fair enough. - Original Message - From: Charles Perry Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 12, 2004 00:25 Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Lance, you may have missed my point...it is not to reduce each individual post by 75%, but the suggestion was for Izzy, and some others who post over about 5 posts a day, to reduce the number of individual posts PER DAY by 75%. Some have a tendency to treat TT like a chat room, quickly firing one-liners back and forth, many of which do not pertain to a discussion, and some of which are nonsensical or intended to be cute comments. If this kind of exchange is desired, then perhaps the involved parties should go to a chat room or email each other privately. TT's purpose is not to support this type of chatty activity, but to provide a forum for discussions. Have you ever read the guidelines for TT: http://innglory.org/discussions.htm ? The idea on TT is, when a discussion topic is posted, to take some time, give the issue some thought, collect some references (links are ojkay i this context), then post a response with some pertinent dialog that addresses a point in the discussion, or refutes a point, or adds to the discussion. And, it is best to address all of the points one intends to address in a single post. Some TT'rs like to respond to each point of a discussion in a separate email. This creates a lot more traffic than necessary and makes it almost impossible to follow a thread or discussion. I am just asking those on TT to try to cut down on posts that are not directly addressing points in a current discussion or starting a new discussion topic. These are guidelines and suggestions for making TT an easy and informative forum to use, and for staying on course for TT's intended purpose. And, I am only suggesting that posters use common sense when posting and not tie up bandwidth with more posts than necessary, personal anecdotes, uncommented links to web pages, and chatty type posts. Perry the Moderate From: Lance Muir [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:17:56 -0400 PTM:By 75%??What's the deal with that?? PS:I deleted four more paragraphs or, this post would have been much longer. - Original Message - From: Charles Perry Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 11, 2004 09:05 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the FW from the header and give some attribution, like From my cousin Buford in Idaho... or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead. I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. But, common sense should rule all posts, Izzy. If you really can't resist posting the latest web page you ran across without any comments about why you posted it or what you found interesting in it, or you want to post a story about your relatives, or a relevant one-liner like Dogs never could handle the cats (or whatever it was), then go for it. I will censor only two things, ad-hominem attacks and profanity. And, if you are really concerned about being brief, try cutting your daily posts by about 75%. Perry From: ShieldsFamily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just trying to be brief! And I don't want DaveH to stop sending his cuties--do you want that? Izzy -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send
RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
Just trying to be brief! And I don't want DaveH to stop sending his cuties--do you want that? Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator No problem, Izzy, but at least a little introducory note and perhaps your comments on the article, or your impression of why the article applies to the topic would be helpful rather than just a raw link by itself. Perry the Moderator From: ShieldsFamily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:03:38 -0500 Perry, I realize I sent 3 website articles, but I think each one is very pertinent to our discussions of the past couple of days. Thanks. Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator This is just a reminder that TT is a discussion group. It's purpose is to facillitate the discussion of truth (whatever that is). With this in mind, please limit yourself to posts that discuss the topics presented by members. Yesterday one poster had 24 posts, another just under 20, most of which were one liners with little or no discussion content. Here are some types of posts that come across the TT forum that do not pertain to discussions, and that needlessly increase the traffic that one must wade through to find the discussion material: 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting. 2. A one-liner that does not further a discussion, or multiple one-liners that each address only one point of a larger discussion. Try to respond to an entire post with a single response of your own. Occasionally, if you leave out an important point you intended to make, or want to change or correct a previous post, then a second post is warranted. 3. One-line responses back and forth between two posters for an extended period. This is a discussion group, not an immediate message board. If you go one to two quick one-liner posts with another member, why not take it to an IM board, chat room, or to private email. 4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough FW: email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT. 5. ANYTHING that ends with Send this to xxx friends, or If you love Jesus you will forward this to I would guess that Jesus could care less about your email, and doubt that not forwarding such will affect your state of redemption. 6. Personal discussions between two members. Most probably don't care that Bobby is in graduate school at the same place the other member's brother's son went. If it becomes personal please use private email. Thanks, Perry the Moderator -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the FW from the header and give some attribution, like From my cousin Buford in Idaho... or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead. I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. But, common sense should rule all posts, Izzy. If you really can't resist posting the latest web page you ran across without any comments about why you posted it or what you found interesting in it, or you want to post a story about your relatives, or a relevant one-liner like Dogs never could handle the cats (or whatever it was), then go for it. I will censor only two things, ad-hominem attacks and profanity. And, if you are really concerned about being brief, try cutting your daily posts by about 75%. Perry From: ShieldsFamily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just trying to be brief! And I don't want DaveH to stop sending his cuties--do you want that? Izzy -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
In a message dated 6/11/2004 6:10:16 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And, if you are really concerned about being brief, try cutting your daily posts by about 75%. Sometinmes civil disobedience is a proper response. J
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PTM:By 75%??What's the deal with that?? PS:I deleted four more paragraphs or, this post would have been much longer. - Original Message - From: Charles Perry Locke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: June 11, 2004 09:05 Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Izzy, David's funnies are not often enough to be considered a problem, and he is careful to remove the FW from the header and give some attribution, like From my cousin Buford in Idaho... or some such. It was not those that I was shootiing for. He is playing with me by feigning martyrdom by posting a cute little quip by our favorite George Burns, then making me out to be out to be an ogre, and himself a compliant victim...sort of like holding a kitten up in front of the group and saying, Perry, if you want to kill this cute little kitten, go ahead. I didn't respond to him because if he wants to play the martyr game it's fine with me. But, common sense should rule all posts, Izzy. If you really can't resist posting the latest web page you ran across without any comments about why you posted it or what you found interesting in it, or you want to post a story about your relatives, or a relevant one-liner like Dogs never could handle the cats (or whatever it was), then go for it. I will censor only two things, ad-hominem attacks and profanity. And, if you are really concerned about being brief, try cutting your daily posts by about 75%. Perry From: ShieldsFamily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just trying to be brief! And I don't want DaveH to stop sending his cuties--do you want that? Izzy -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
In a message dated 6/10/2004 11:13:22 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree with most of what you said but I do think we should include prayer requests. I am sometimes overwhelmed with the number of posts but if someone thinks it is urgent or something that might get a thread going then I think you should allow it. Maybe we should send these things to you and you can decide if it benefits the whole group. Just my opinion. Laura 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting.2. A one-liner that does not further a discussion, or multiple one-liners that each address only one point of a larger discussion. Try to respond to an entire post with a single response of your own. Occasionally, if you leave out an important point you intended to make, or want to change or correct a previous post, then a second post is warranted.3. One-line responses back and forth between two posters for an extended period. This is a discussion group, not an immediate message board. If you go one to two quick one-liner posts with another member, why not take it to an IM board, chat room, or to private email.4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough "FW:" email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT.5. ANYTHING that ends with "Send this to xxx friends", or "If you love Jesus you will forward this to...". I would guess that Jesus could care less about your email, and doubt that not forwarding such will affect your state of redemption.6. Personal discussions between two members. Most probably don't care that Bobby is in graduate school at the same place the other member's brother's son went. If it becomes personal please use private email.Thanks,Perry the Moderator
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Laura, I am glad you brought that up. In the post I was listing specific things that should be excluded from posts, sort of a 'negative' list. I added prayer requests as item 7 as something that are okay to post because, after all, we are Christians (for the most part) and that is something we do. But, I removed it when I realized that the entire list was negatives, and felt that by NOT mentioning, it would imply that it was not excluded. Personally, I do not want to have to approve anything to be posted and hope that by reminding members of the purpose of TT it will help it to be self-monitoring. Thanks Perry From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:26:37 EDT In a message dated 6/10/2004 11:13:22 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I agree with most of what you said but I do think we should include prayer requests. I am sometimes overwhelmed with the number of posts but if someone thinks it is urgent or something that might get a thread going then I think you should allow it. Maybe we should send these things to you and you can decide if it benefits the whole group. Just my opinion. Laura 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting. 2. A one-liner that does not further a discussion, or multiple one-liners that each address only one point of a larger discussion. Try to respond to an entire post with a single response of your own. Occasionally, if you leave out an important point you intended to make, or want to change or correct a previous post, then a second post is warranted. 3. One-line responses back and forth between two posters for an extended period. This is a discussion group, not an immediate message board. If you go one to two quick one-liner posts with another member, why not take it to an IM board, chat room, or to private email. 4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough FW: email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT. 5. ANYTHING that ends with Send this to xxx friends, or If you love Jesus you will forward this to I would guess that Jesus could care less about your email, and doubt that not forwarding such will affect your state of redemption. 6. Personal discussions between two members. Most probably don't care that Bobby is in graduate school at the same place the other member's brother's son went. If it becomes personal please use private email. Thanks, Perry the Moderator -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
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Perry, I realize I sent 3 website articles, but I think each one is very pertinent to our discussions of the past couple of days. Thanks. Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator This is just a reminder that TT is a discussion group. It's purpose is to facillitate the discussion of truth (whatever that is). With this in mind, please limit yourself to posts that discuss the topics presented by members. Yesterday one poster had 24 posts, another just under 20, most of which were one liners with little or no discussion content. Here are some types of posts that come across the TT forum that do not pertain to discussions, and that needlessly increase the traffic that one must wade through to find the discussion material: 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting. 2. A one-liner that does not further a discussion, or multiple one-liners that each address only one point of a larger discussion. Try to respond to an entire post with a single response of your own. Occasionally, if you leave out an important point you intended to make, or want to change or correct a previous post, then a second post is warranted. 3. One-line responses back and forth between two posters for an extended period. This is a discussion group, not an immediate message board. If you go one to two quick one-liner posts with another member, why not take it to an IM board, chat room, or to private email. 4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough FW: email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT. 5. ANYTHING that ends with Send this to xxx friends, or If you love Jesus you will forward this to I would guess that Jesus could care less about your email, and doubt that not forwarding such will affect your state of redemption. 6. Personal discussions between two members. Most probably don't care that Bobby is in graduate school at the same place the other member's brother's son went. If it becomes personal please use private email. Thanks, Perry the Moderator -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
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Charles Perry Locke wrote: Yesterday one poster had 24 posts, another just under 20, most of which were one liners with little or no discussion content. Here are some types of posts that come across the TT forum that do not pertain to discussions, and that needlessly increase the traffic that one must wade through to find the discussion material: 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting. DAVEH: FWIW..The advantage of posting a link it that it does not conflict with copyrights, which is a common trespass of many folks who mistakenly believe it is OK to copy and post material wherever/whenever it is found on the net or is emailed to them by others. 4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough "FW:" email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT. DAVEH: I assume that means you prefer I do not further post things like this... The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible. ~George Burns I have been the chief offender, and will refrain from doing so in the future. Thanks, Perry the Moderator -- ~~~ Dave Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.langlitz.com ~~~ If you wish to receive things I find interesting, I maintain Five email lists... JOKESTER, OPINIONS, LDS, STUFF and MOTORCYCLE.
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lol! On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 18:27:52 -0700 Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible. ~George Burns
RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator
No problem, Izzy, but at least a little introducory note and perhaps your comments on the article, or your impression of why the article applies to the topic would be helpful rather than just a raw link by itself. Perry the Moderator From: ShieldsFamily [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:03:38 -0500 Perry, I realize I sent 3 website articles, but I think each one is very pertinent to our discussions of the past couple of days. Thanks. Izzy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Perry Locke Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [TruthTalk] Reminder from the Moderator This is just a reminder that TT is a discussion group. It's purpose is to facillitate the discussion of truth (whatever that is). With this in mind, please limit yourself to posts that discuss the topics presented by members. Yesterday one poster had 24 posts, another just under 20, most of which were one liners with little or no discussion content. Here are some types of posts that come across the TT forum that do not pertain to discussions, and that needlessly increase the traffic that one must wade through to find the discussion material: 1. Posts containing a link to an interesting web page you found. If a link helps to progress an argument, make a point, or directly relates to a topic of discussion, then use it. But, please avoid just sending a link that pertains to something you think is interesting. 2. A one-liner that does not further a discussion, or multiple one-liners that each address only one point of a larger discussion. Try to respond to an entire post with a single response of your own. Occasionally, if you leave out an important point you intended to make, or want to change or correct a previous post, then a second post is warranted. 3. One-line responses back and forth between two posters for an extended period. This is a discussion group, not an immediate message board. If you go one to two quick one-liner posts with another member, why not take it to an IM board, chat room, or to private email. 4. A cute joke or anecdote that you found on the internet, or that a friend or relative sent you. I am sure we each get enough FW: email every day that we do not need to wade through it on TT. 5. ANYTHING that ends with Send this to xxx friends, or If you love Jesus you will forward this to I would guess that Jesus could care less about your email, and doubt that not forwarding such will affect your state of redemption. 6. Personal discussions between two members. Most probably don't care that Bobby is in graduate school at the same place the other member's brother's son went. If it becomes personal please use private email. Thanks, Perry the Moderator -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed. -- Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
