Group: rec.ponds.moderated


Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/29/2007 5:40:42 PM
When it was originally posted, it looked like spam trying to incite arguments to me. I'm just ignoring it. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.)

Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/30/2007 10:55:01 AM
"Hal" <me@privacy.net> wrote > On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:40:42 CST, "Gareee©" > <gareee-nospammy@charter.net> wrote: > >>When it was originally posted, it looked like spam trying to incite >>arguments to me. I'm just ignoring it. > > Same here! I'm a bit surprised that so many people formerly from > rec.ponds responded. Well, things are slow, it's that time of year, and people are bored.. LOL! -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.)

Subject: Moderator announce: Ponders' discussion of global warming
From: FromStump: yes
Date: 11/30/2007 6:52:30 PM
"Phyllis and Jim" <jimandphyllisrp@gmail.com> wrote in message news:87118123-879e-4106-be1c-cfa7a89ade39@j44g2000hsj.googlegroups.com... > The moderation team has been following our discussion of global > warming. > > > When the topic arose, we considered it (marginally) related to ponds > and let it continue. We have been pleased that the general tone of > the discussion has been civil and respectful...qualities prized by so > many in this group! > > > As time has gone on, the thread has taken somewhat of a life of its > own and moved more off topic. We do not want to cut the topic off > and > we do not want to have rpm become filled with discussions of global > warming. > > > Accordingly, we are asking those making contributions to the > discussion of global warming to add their posts to the thread now > titled 'Ponders' discussion of global warming'. Civil posts about > global warming will be moderated as usual and passed on to the > thread. Uncivil posts and posts to other global warming threads will > be returned to their senders, who may modify them and add them to the > 'Ponder's discussion of global warming' thread. > > > Thank you all for handling a potentially flame-filled topic in a > respectful manner. > > > Jim Hurley > Writing as administrative moderator for the rpm moderation team > > Oddly enough you decided to reject a post from the person who started it. BTW: Peter Pan and I took the conversation to another group and had absolutely no problem. Maybe you should relax a little and wait until the conversation becomes an actual flame fest. Jim