Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:00:58 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Friday moderation discussion - Starting point
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I second what Joy said -- I feel the same way.
And I would vote to keep the language "G" rated. Not because I'm
prudish, have virgin ears, or ever hid that kind of language from my
kids (Kids, those are grownup words. Don't let me ever hear you using
them until you're grown up.) but because there are some who would push
it, making the tone of the posts less than polite and rougher than they
need to be. It's simpler just to keep it at the level one would use with
one's teacher -- after all, everyone here gets to play student and play
teacher at one time or another.
On Sat, 2011-03-26 at 22:07 -0230, Joy Hecht wrote:
> I'm indifferent about whether "Fryeday" discussions can continue over the
> weekend - I haven't seen any objection, though, so that seems fine. If
> there were really some objection, it could be useful to shift NVC posts from
> Friday to Saturday, so folks who don't want to get online after work could
> still participate.
>
> But I do want to say that I REALLY appreciate being able to post NVC
> comments to this list (my latest having to do with halogen lamps). In my
> f2f life I don't know people who would have any idea about an array of
> low-grade technical questions that come up from time to time. Every time
> I've posted one in this forum, I've gotten very useful replies. I always
> ask people to reply off-line (unless I forget), since my questions wouldn't
> generate list discussion. I find it really handy to be able to tap into the
> broad knowledge of people on this list. I wouldn't want to lose that.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > ---- John Reynolds <transporterjr@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > > Since we have put this through Sat, since BenT is sick (so am I)
> > > I'll pipe in on a couple of things. When I arrived on this list from the
> > type 2 list, I found the amount of non-technical discussions startling. I am
> > used of it now, but still find that questions about computers, etc, even on
> > a Friday irrelevant. Just about anything dealing with VW, autos, camping,
> > tools, national parks I do find relevant.
> > > I think extending Friday through sat or entire weekend is worth a try.
> > Then get some feedback from the list whether to continue.
> > > Lately, I saw a couple of posts, not "directly" related to Vanagons that
> > the moderators asked to save until Friday and the original posters were
> > upset. Come'on people, wasn't a big request, now was it?
> > > Finally, thanks to the moderators. The language and attitudes on other
> > forums can be a real drag- so I truly appreciate your efforts to keep this a
> > civilized place
> > > John
> >
> > I just want to add my concurrence to John's comments. I would, however, be
> > a little upset (but will not yell about it, I have a choice of whether to
> > open the post or not) if the weekend starts to be taken up with pictures of
> > airplanes, questions about cameras, forwards of advertisements for concerts
> > (all of which I have seen here on Fridays). You get the idea, and there are
> > myriads more such things.
> >
> > So far as things like campsites, tools, the quality of a given highway, and
> > numerous other things that are not particularly vanagon related per se but
> > relate to our use of them, I personally deem those things to be appropriate
> > any day of the week. The moderators may differ, but I think they have
> > explicitly concurred concerning anything camping related.
> >
> > mcneely
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
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