Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread Jerry Hastings
At 01:57 PM 8/7/2001 -0400, Mike Sangrey wrote: >...allow any subscriber to post without moderation with the >exception of the first post or two. I like that suggestion. Even this list could use some kind of spam blocking. >...and then there is the occasional...well...you know. After running a

RE: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread Jerry Hastings
I agree about avoiding it at all cost. Even so, it would probably come and it would be good to be ready. Jerry >... >Ideology should be avoided at all costs, and posts that have no value >outside of ideological debate should be transferred to the /dev/null >forum. And development stuff should

RE: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread Chris Little
> It's OK to have moderation on these forums, as long as the > moderation is soft (i.e. posts go up to the board immediately > and then the moderator swoops in to correct grievous errors). > I don't see a need to hold up everyone's posts just because > some people are party poopers. I agree

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread Mike Sangrey
First, a short intro: I co-moderate two Bible translation lists, one public, the other private for those involved professionally in Bible translation (people like SIL/Wcyliffe, New Tribes Mission, etc). Also, I've had Linux up and running since the .98 days in '93-'94 (or there abouts), I know

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread dtrotzjr
> It's OK to have moderation on these forums, as long as the moderation is > soft (i.e. posts go up to the board immediately and then the moderator > swoops in to correct grievous errors). I don't see a need to hold up > everyone's posts just because some people are party poopers. I agree. In C

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread John Keiser
On 07 Aug 2001 09:13:59 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Yes, but with some caution. These forums can become battle grounds for > > translation wars and other worthless disputes. Tempers get heated and > > people get slandered. You should know what you will do when trouble comes, > > before it

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread dtrotzjr
> Yes, but with some caution. These forums can become battle grounds for > translation wars and other worthless disputes. Tempers get heated and > people get slandered. You should know what you will do when trouble comes, > before it comes. First let me say I like the idea of a forum very much. I

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread James Gross
>Another idea... Does anyone else think we should add discussion forums >to the new website? They would alleviate a lot of the traffic on the >support list and would allow us to quit repeatedly answering the same >questions by allowing users to read previous responses. And users could >help ea

Re: [sword-devel] PR

2001-08-07 Thread Tsoloane Moahloli
Hi All, I like the idea of forums. We use jive, available from www.jivesoftware.com. Version 1.2.4 is quite feature rich and installation is a breeze, I did my last one in about two hours while constantly being disturbed... On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 10:30:40PM -0700, Jerry Hastings hath proclai

Re: [sword-devel] Windows: Problems with german umlauts in booknames

2001-08-07 Thread Joachim Ansorg
I think I explained it wrong. The umlauts were present but after choosing a book with umlauts in it "1. Mose 1:1" (this is Genesis 1:1) is displayed. Joachim > I just checked all the German modules in 1.5.2 and they all show > umlauts. What did they report was in the location of the umlauted