Fall Clean-up - Delays for the Moderated & A Few Thoughts

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Hey there - 

Saw a post go through the queue this morning that said the person had been trying to get messages onto the board for a while.  That led me to heave open the doors to the root cellar of the google SPAM folder, where I found about a dozen requests to be unmoderated  had been living.  These extended back to July which kind of embarrassed the heck out of me. 

I've passed everyone through who still had a valid email address and have contacted everyone whose status got updated.  

If you had contacted me to change your status AND I did NOT do here's what may have happened. 

- I may have missed your request. My error. A lot of icky stuff lives in the SPAM folder and I did do a fair amount of bulk deleting. Please email me one more time as I'm now aware of the SPAM folder conundrum. 

- Your email address is bouncing (according to the google group bots) or inactive.

- You were only trying to sell equipment to the list.  I'm happy to pass those types of posts through (I do go through the queue at least every 48 hours) if they are RBW-influenced gear, but as stated, this group is about discussing topics of interest - not being a FS/FT venue.  Please join in the discussion at large and I'm happy to change your status. 

Just as a reminder - this group works because folks keep it focused.  "OT" posts don't really belong here, so I'll tend to delete those as I find them.  Also - the quality of the discussion depends upon you adding to it.   We don't have to all agree on everything, but the tone and quality of the comments is much more important in a "faceless" venue than when we interact directly.  

Thanks to everyone who has continued to keep the high quality of this group intact - I look forward to many more miles together.

- Jim / RBW Owners Bunch moderator

[WETH]

Jim,
Thank you for all your efforts. This group is a gem, and I feel fortunate to be a part of it.
All the best,
Erl

[Ray Varella]

Just out of curiosity Jim,
How does one go about requesting to be taken off moderation?


Thank you,
Ray

[Jim Edgar]

Just out of curiosity Jim,
How does one go about requesting to be taken off moderation?

Simplest way is to contact me via email. That instruction is in the group message that should appear when you view the list online. 

The less precise way is to contribute good quality stuff.  Usually after I see two or three such posts flow through the moderation queue from the same person, it finally dawns on me to update their status.  

- Jim

[Austin ^]

I try to post stuff and it just goes straight into the void - sits in "waiting for moderation" then I can only assume has been deleted. No idea why, doesn't happen on other groups, can only assume this one is a little more grouchy and stand offish? 

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Hi Austin - 

I've only seen three attempted posts from you so far (at least if you were using this email account.)

There was a comment in a B17 thread which got passed through, this one - also passed through - and another one right afterwards lamenting that your posts weren't going through.

As I post on the main page of the group - all new members are moderated, and the quickest way is to email me directly.  

Hope that answers your concerns.

- Jim

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[reynoldslugs]

Jim,

I join others in thanking you for your efforts.  

BTW, I spent some time this morning on your old Cyclofiend site - - the flu has me working from home today, and I needed to improve my morale -  so I spent some time looking at the treasures you've collected on that site.  Great work, and thanks again.

Max Beach

Santa Rosa CA  

[Cyclofiend Jim]

Hey there Max - 

Thanks for the kind words - always great to hear from you.

I keep looking at that and thinking about ways to evolve it.  Haven't hit on the right idea yet.  

- J

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[Ryan Fleming]

Yes, Jim...I still like your old site too...and really enjoyed your posts as well. And people like you make the owners bunch the mostly (99%) polite and civilised group that it is where I think we all try hard not to hurt anyone's feelings

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 11:20:42 AM UTC-6, Cyclofiend Jim wrote:

Hey there Max - 

Thanks for the kind words - always great to hear from you.

I keep looking at that and thinking about ways to evolve it.  Haven't hit on the right idea yet.  

- J

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 9:36 AM, reynoldslugs <be...@perrylaw.net> wrote:

Jim,

I join others in thanking you for your efforts.  

BTW, I spent some time this morning on your old Cyclofiend site - - the flu has me working from home today, and I needed to improve my morale -  so I spent some time looking at the treasures you've collected on that site.  Great work, and thanks again.

Max Beach

Santa Rosa CA  

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