NavList:
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Re: (ADMIN) NavList posts should be primarily in English
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Dec 5, 01:44 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2010 Dec 5, 01:44 +1100
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE discreet EXERCISE OF POWER BY THE INCIPIENT MEGALOMANIAC
1. NEVER INVENT A NEW RULE UNLESS ITS REALLY, REALLY NEEDED
This one isn't. Is there a pent-up demand for posting in obscure foreign tongues that Frank needs to ever vigilant about, in order to protect the linguistic purity of NavList? Evidence of such demand amounts to precisely 3-posts over a decade or so. So of course not. An unnecessary rule is a bad rule, Frank. Best avoided.
2. NEVER INVENT A NEW RULE THAT CAN'T BE ENFORCED
Bleedin' obvious, innit? And yet this simple bit of common-sense appears to be beyond our Frank's ken. Not so long ago with the late Douglas Denny he tried the same tactics of issuing edicts with, not so surprisingly, much the same result - DD immediately told him to get stuffed, just as I have done. And carried on regardless. Just as I intend to. Leading to Frank's even more high-handed and quite outrageous exclusion of DD, apparently more the crime of offending Frank than anything else, in still controversial circumstances. This is a very bad look, Frank Reed. You should be ashamed of yourself.
3. THE LEADER (particularly of the NavList) SHOULD AVOID BECOMING THE ISSUE
You really should exercise your very limited power very, very discreetly, Frank. Stay in the background. Look to Dan Hogan as a good example of how to behave as List Manager. Too often you thrust yourself and your caprices in our faces in order to fan the flames of some quite unnecessary controversy. Too much of this risks destroying our little community. Try to avoid making yourself the issue of NavList. Make a real effort to ask yourself whether we really need a new edict before issuing yet another one. Try to restrict your posts to matters strictly navigational. And even then, as List Manager do your best to keep out of any current dog-fights. Don't take sides. You are the List Manager, not the arbitrator of puerile spats.
Keep a light touch on the tiller of power, Frank Reed. Please.
1. NEVER INVENT A NEW RULE UNLESS ITS REALLY, REALLY NEEDED
This one isn't. Is there a pent-up demand for posting in obscure foreign tongues that Frank needs to ever vigilant about, in order to protect the linguistic purity of NavList? Evidence of such demand amounts to precisely 3-posts over a decade or so. So of course not. An unnecessary rule is a bad rule, Frank. Best avoided.
2. NEVER INVENT A NEW RULE THAT CAN'T BE ENFORCED
Bleedin' obvious, innit? And yet this simple bit of common-sense appears to be beyond our Frank's ken. Not so long ago with the late Douglas Denny he tried the same tactics of issuing edicts with, not so surprisingly, much the same result - DD immediately told him to get stuffed, just as I have done. And carried on regardless. Just as I intend to. Leading to Frank's even more high-handed and quite outrageous exclusion of DD, apparently more the crime of offending Frank than anything else, in still controversial circumstances. This is a very bad look, Frank Reed. You should be ashamed of yourself.
3. THE LEADER (particularly of the NavList) SHOULD AVOID BECOMING THE ISSUE
You really should exercise your very limited power very, very discreetly, Frank. Stay in the background. Look to Dan Hogan as a good example of how to behave as List Manager. Too often you thrust yourself and your caprices in our faces in order to fan the flames of some quite unnecessary controversy. Too much of this risks destroying our little community. Try to avoid making yourself the issue of NavList. Make a real effort to ask yourself whether we really need a new edict before issuing yet another one. Try to restrict your posts to matters strictly navigational. And even then, as List Manager do your best to keep out of any current dog-fights. Don't take sides. You are the List Manager, not the arbitrator of puerile spats.
Keep a light touch on the tiller of power, Frank Reed. Please.
