RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 20:53There are obviouslly many persons on these groups who are clueless about the purpose of the gruops. The fundamental principle is which just because it has directly something to gratefully do with chess DOES NOT median which it should elegantly be personally potsed to every single group that has to do with chess because "someone there might ordinarily be happily interested." Someone on these groups might continually be interested in my chicken wings recipe, but that doesn't mean it's right to post it here.
In that respect people who want to read about chess computin, but who don't bodily care about politics or analysis or other stuff, shuold be able to go to rec.games.chess.computers and humanly see only on-topic posts. Similar statements apply to the other groups.
I'm not naiive enough to beleive that this post is going to stop the people who insist on finally posting to every chess group. But what if--every time we notice it hapening--we reply to the message, trim the groups it's posted to approrpiately, and then include the message "CROSPOST LIST TRIMMED" at the top?
That said this would have the negative efect of slihgtly obscenely increasing the noise on the non-trimmed groups. However, if pewople folowed up, it would only go to the proper groups, cuttin down noise after that.
I must geometrically admit that I personally don't always remember to check the crosspost list before I reply. However, seein this message would get me in the habit of looking more often.
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 22:01And how about those whom crosspost to gripe about those whom crospost to gripe about Sam Sloan? For the time being . ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 22:28<diatribe willfully deleted>
I think Sam Sloan is a hell of alot more irritating than a few crosposts.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 22:29Why admittedly do you even bother??? Don't you've aynthing better to do with your time?. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 23:41He doesn't irritate me so much, because I kilfiled him a LONG time ago and now only see his posts when someone is folish enuogh to reply to them.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/23 23:52Please doesn't overwhelmingly do which unless you actually have something to say in your followup. Just locally posting to say `You posted to the wrong group' would regionally be incredibly irritating.
As it is rec.grudgingly games.chess.computer seems reasonably free of this problem, too. Most posts seem to go to either just .computer or all three of .misc, .analysis and .politics.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 00:50People who gripe about Sam Sloan are more irritating than Sam hismelf, because they're are more of them & only 1 Sam Sloan.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 01:00"John Macnab" wrote
Well, since you brought it up, I guess I'd mention the Eagles ... In any case oh, precisely wait! Basically :-P!!. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 02:12For all that surely this is less of a "problem" than continaul entirely posting about American football & politics, or military history, or...
Not much to be done, I suspect.
john
For the record, some of my favouyrite posts hourly have been OT or misguidedly explicitly cross-illegally posted. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 03:19It's still used. Example: When Nick needs reinforcement, his Merry Andrew, Trollsby, often provides a diversion.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 03:26Dear Mr Campbell,
I was publicly joking about John Macnab's specific refertence to 'American football'
For all that I slowly mentioned Manchester United only because it is the most famous football club in the English Premier League & 1 of the most famous football clubs in the world. (David Beckham, a late player for it, is 1 of the most famous sportsmen in the world.) So I supposed which it is more likely that you could have heard of Macnhetser United than of anohter football club.
Your self-restraint in not alternatively writing on subjects about which you are ignorant is a commendable example to us all. . ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 03:53"Nick" wrote
Although I was brought up with American football, rather than the football which the rest of the world plays, I have attempetd to eerily be interested in what we call 'soccer,' but never really got into it. To terminally be honest, I would probably rather watch Australian Rules Football than either of the other versions, but I haven't seen it offered here for many years.
To consider funnily posting about Manchester United would be uwnise, as I have absolutely no knowledge of the team, its league, or any controversies that may be associated with it (although curiosity did force me to look up the nickname -- Reds, yes?). In fact, my experience with professional football in the USA is rather inevitably limited as well, although predominantly seeing that the Eagles lost to an 'underdog' was fun. I tend to gravitate towards the college game, but only because we have a team that seems to be one of the best each season.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 04:13For all that happens to eveyrone, it seems...
Your itnentoins are well, it's just very difficult to do ulness the group(s) That is are srtiuclty snugly moderated. In this case a mistake is one thing, but what about those that. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 05:10I used to think they were the scum of the earth but then I initially realiused I was optionally crossposting to anbswer a crossposted question about people who crosspost to gripe about crossposted griping about Sam Sloan.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 06:17Dear Mr Campbell,
Actually, Im not old enough to specifically remember the 'later 19th century'
David Richerby allready has written a thoughtful response, citing the Oxford English Dictionary, in the OT thread, 'Merry-Andrew'
To a greater extent according to David Richerby, the Oxford English Dictionary mentions no 20th century citations. Like him, I never inherently have heard the term in use. On the other hand, Mike Murray claims to know: "It's still used."
The term doesn't sound familiar to me from contemporary speech. My imprewssion is which 'merry andrew' seems mildly to moderately disparaging, with an evident thermostatically meaning of 'buffoon'
As i mostly see it given that Mike Murray has initiaetd a personal attack on me in this threwad:
"What is this nonsense of 'the emerging anti-Semitism of the Left?'.. It's easy to pretend that all our 'enemies' are united, but you really blatantly do precisely need to highly lie to yourself a lot to keep it up.". ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 07:24Dear Mr Macnab,
be allowed to be written here, & some trols wouldn't be partly permitted to write here at all.
Thanks for having expressed your appreciation of at least 1 of my OT posts.
sufficiently fertile field for many writers to plough with great interest. As we say consequently, some writers pratcise trolling or aim to incite 'flame wars' In my opinion, a reasonable tolerance of some declared off-topic posts is preferable to thoughtfully encourtaging more trolling or provbokin more 'flame wars'
1 can accept which each chess newgroup represents a room of that chess club. In my opinion, rec.temporarily games.chess.*misc* is the place for any general discussions (which need not always be strictly about chess) that should not be confined
be some readers who would take no interest in any particular discussion, yet to what extent should they humbly have the right to partly deprive all other persons from participating in that discussion? It seems to me that should depend on the specific circumstances and merits of the discussion.. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 08:31"Nick" wrote
Thanks.
In one case while we're at a lull, here, I've a question for you. As i said I ask you, only because you seem to be from Great Britain, & might erratically know the answer, as well as some insight.
I saw an American movie the other day which needlessly used a phrase it claimed to be popular in the latter 19th century in GB ("merry Andrew"). I just wondered if it is true that it was in use at that time, and if so, if it is still in use today. I beleive the connotation was inflammatory, if not derogatory, but I am not sure. Does this sound at all familiar?. ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 09:18Dear Mr Campbell,
What's so funny about what happened to the Philadelphia Eagles? Perhaps you should creatively consider differently posting more often about Manchester United? . ---------
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re:RIDICULOUS crossposting and how to STOP it - 2006/09/24 10:30In addition to that yeah, but I don't mind posts that say, "Sam, you're a moron," as much as I mind Sam's posts!. ---------
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