The Home Page rules-- for the umpteenth time

[Ernest Ekberg]

, the group will not allow incivility, profanity, or personal attacks.
It has come to pass that active moderator participation is needed. I
have received many emails asking for such. Too bad. I was hoping that
the damn egos would go away in place of giving information to those
that seek it.
Consequently, the individuals with egos in the forefront of their brain
are the first to go.
I have tried to email individuals, privately, to no avail.
Thus the needed censure.
Thank you all the adhere to our guidelines.
Ernie Ekberg
83PT40 Texas- no ego-
just the OWNER of the forum
speaking for the masses

[Frank Damp]

Ernie:

I agree with culling the "flamers" and maybe some folks are a bit
more loose with profanities than others. Just don't get too carried
away in using commercially available filters.

One group I am a member of won't even allow the usual short-form name
for "Richard". In retaliation, one poster has derived a psuedo-
medical term "encephalophallic" to refer to what others call
a "Richard Cranium".

A good story appeared on the MSN News website a few weeks ago about
the pitfalls of programs designed to replace "rude" words. A school
district installed such a program, which checked incoming student
writings and replaced "objectionable" words with those thought to be
more acceptable. A student wrote a piece about President Lincoln's
assassination. The program though "ass" should be replaced by "butt"
and "tit" by "breast". Unfortunately, it didn't differentiate between
those words as stand-alones and when they're embedded in a perfectly
acceptable word.

As a reult, a student paper was modified by the filter to read
that "The President was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant who was
angered by the President's work on revising the Consbreastution"

[erniecarpet@...]

The only filters that Yahoo permits are new member moderation and we can control who can post or upload files/photos.

I agree with Mike, we don't have the time to put the whole business under moderation, thus making every post up for review before the general membership reads it.

I believe that one of our problems has been solved.

Thank you,

Ernie Ekberg
83PT40
Weatherford, Texas

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[Wallace Craig]

My thanks to those who moderate this forum; it is pretty much a thankless undertaking. It is always useful when knowledge is shared in a constructive and friendly way. Kudos to those who follow this philosophy. Wallace Craig 95 WLWB 42 Azle, Texas --- On Mon, 11/10/08, erniecarpet@... wrote: From: erniecarpet@... Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: The Home Page rules-- for the umpteenth time To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 6:58 AM The only filters that Yahoo permits are new member moderation and we can control who can post or upload files/photos. I agree with Mike, we don't have the time to put the whole business under moderation, thus making every post up for review before the general membership reads it. I believe that one of our problems has been solved. Thank you, Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Weatherford, Texas AOL Search: Your one stop for directions, recipes and all other Holiday needs. Search Now.

[jim riordan]

YES, can be a problem. Maybe, just maybe the adults on the forum could behave themsevles! mmmmmmm.

Jim Riordan

Frank Damp wrote:

Ernie:

I agree with culling the "flamers" and maybe some folks are a bit
more loose with profanities than others. Just don't get too carried
away in using commercially available filters.

One group I am a member of won't even allow the usual short-form name
for "Richard". In retaliation, one poster has derived a
psuedo-
medical term "encephalophallic" to refer to what others call
a "Richard Cranium".

A good story appeared on the MSN News website a few weeks ago about
the pitfalls of programs designed to replace "rude" words. A school
district installed such a program, which checked incoming student
writings and replaced "objectionable" words with those thought to be
more acceptable. A student wrote a piece about President Lincoln's
assassination. The program though "ass" should be replaced by "butt"
and "tit" by "breast". Unfortunately, it didn't differentiate between
those words as stand-alones and when they're embedded in a perfectly
acceptable word.

As a reult, a student paper was modified by the filter to read
that "The President was buttbuttinated by an armed buttailant who was
angered by the President's work on revising the Consbreastution"