To MER webmaster & Posters
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Barb
2/17/2002 (16:02)
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Did anyone else get an 'automatic' e-mail about posts being removed if they are 'excessive?' and something about 'misuse' of articles? I certainly understand what the former means, but what does the latter mean? Thanks.
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John Calvin
2/17/2002 (17:05)
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Didn't recieve anything like this but I would definately have some reservations about some of the stuff Totenkopf verbande has posted- not properly attributed with the use of quotation marks, and concealing their source.

Another matter which I actually got some action on from the webmaster a couple of months ago was the habit some posters got into of posting basically the same message over and over again as a 'new message'.
Another needless redundancy is posting the different parts of the same article as 'new posts'. For instance, 'The Roots of Muslim Rage' could have been posted as No. 20,the entire article completed as replies to No. 20, instead of taking up all 12-20 positions.

Also, I think posters here should be familiar with the reports sent to subscribers by MER,not waste space by posting stuff that we already recieved from that source. The point of this forum is to discuss, illuminate, suppliment, clarify, and debate the work of MER, not so much to be used as a personal chat-room. By the way, MER has graciously established its own CHAT room which it promises has a decidely international clientele.