HIGHLA-L Digest - 15 Jul 2006 to 25 Jul 2006 (#2006-113)
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There are 10 messages totalling 327 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. moderator issues (8)
2. Forever Knight S3 DVDs (No HL)
3. re moderator
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:03:47 -0400
From: kageorge <kageorge1@verizon.net>
Subject: moderator issues
I got a response from someone at the list server, who has not directly
answered my question about whether we can force the assignment of a new
moderator, although his suggestion that we simply start a new list
certainly implies a negative answer to that question. I'm trying to get
a clearer answer.
To the question about archives, he says the default for the list server
is to keep 2 months worth of archives, although he can go back and
recreate about a year's worth, upon request. My response to him on that
was that it was a nice offer, but the interest in the archives goes back
for *years* and that the last 12 months or so are not of particular concern.
Just keeping you updated on my lack of progress on solving the
non-responsive moderator problem.
MacGeorge
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:00:37 -0400
From: kageorge <kageorge1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: moderator issues
I guess the larger question is whether, since it appears the older
archives cannot be retrieved from the moderator, which archives
represent a large part of the value of the list, does everyone prefer to:
1) Limp along the way we are (the guy at .psu says he'll be happy to
deal with occassional spamming issues or other problems.) or
2) Start a new list; or
3) Bag it and everyone leave for LJ land.
MacGeorge
BrandyKitt@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 7/25/2006 10:04:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
> kageorge1@verizon.net writes:
>
> Just keeping you updated on my lack of progress on solving the
> non-responsive moderator problem.
>
> So a moderator who isn't interested in being a moderator anymore
> cannot be forced to give up the list? Is there a way of getting the
> subscriber list and starting a new one?
>
> I guess the archives can be considered dead, then.
> I guess the list is moribund as well.
>
> Thanks so much for your efforts. You've done a lot.
>
> Evelyn Duncan
> brandykitt@aol.com
> If the kitty ain't happy, ain't nobody happy.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:13:18 -0400
From: kageorge <kageorge1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: moderator issues
(Replying to myself... sad, isn't it?)
Speaking of LJ land, there are several livejournal communities that have
a fair amount of active discussion and fiction posting going on. They
are the most active of the current HL fan lists, group, communities,
etc., that I know about.
You can bookmark the page and read and don't have to be a member of
livejournal. You may be even able to post without having an lj identity
(which doesn't cost anything, but the initial process is like any new
thing - a little confusing until you get used to it), but I'm not certain.
One community, call hl_flash, has periodic postings of summaries of
discussions, fiction, pictures, information, etc., with links to those
items.
The various links are:
HL Fiction and discussion:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_lj/
HL fic recommendations:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_rec/
More HL fic recs:
http://community.livejournal.com/hl_recs/
HL Fiction posting:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_fic/
Composite links to HL discussion, fiction, pictures, miscellaney:
http://community.livejournal.com/hl_flash/
MacGeorge
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:21:16 EDT
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: moderator issues
In a message dated 7/25/2006 12:01:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kageorge1@verizon.net writes:
>>>1) Limp along the way we are (the guy at .psu says he'll be happy to
deal with occassional spamming issues or other problems.)
Sounds ok to me
or
>>>>2) Start a new list;
Nah, lists like the HLWW with major volume among HL fans are where the
action is today, that and the Adrian Paul fan club list, both on yahoo.
>>>>3) Bag it and everyone leave for LJ land.
Nope. LJ just doesn't do anything for me. I can't get "into" it. It's way
too complicated to find out how to find anything on LJ. It seems more
"ingroup" than lists.
Really sorry about the archives. Quite a loss.
I do have some of the more classic posts stashed somewhere but on discs my
computer no longer reads. Sigh. I could, technically get some of it restored,
but life's other priorities don't really give me an option of spending my time
hunting for them.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:24:59 EDT
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: moderator issues
In a message dated 7/25/2006 12:14:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kageorge1@verizon.net writes:
>>>HL Fiction and discussion:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_lj/
HL fic recommendations:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_rec/
More HL fic recs:
http://community.livejournal.com/hl_recs/
HL Fiction posting:
http://community.livejournal.com/highlander_fic/
Composite links to HL discussion, fiction, pictures, miscellaney:
http://community.livejournal.com/hl_flash/
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Not into fiction at *all* ,
So none of those sites are things I would frequent.
Sorry. Maybe it is because I am a writer by profession.
But don't write fan fic. And don't even care to read it.
Don't hold it against me, ok?
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:30:57 +0200
From: T'Mar <tmar@polka.co.za>
Subject: Re: moderator issues
>1) Limp along the way we are (the guy at .psu says he'll be happy to
deal with occassional spamming issues or other problems.) or
>2) Start a new list; or
>3) Bag it and everyone leave for LJ land.
I would go with starting a new list. I'd happily join, but I won't unsub
from
this one because I promised Debbie I wouldn't leave until she closed it
down.
I dislike LJ as they are so graphics intensive and all the "squee!!"
kind of thing
drives me crazy. Everybody else is welcome to go off to LJ but I won't be
joining them.
What do others think?
- Marina, on HIGHLA-L since 1993(?). It's been so long I'm not even sure
of the year!!
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
- Londo; BABYLON 5
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:09:31 -0400
From: kageorge <kageorge1@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: moderator issues
Dotiran@aol.com wrote:
>
>Not into fiction at *all* ,
>So none of those sites are things I would frequent.
>Sorry. Maybe it is because I am a writer by profession.
>But don't write fan fic. And don't even care to read it.
>Don't hold it against me, ok?
>
>
I'm not sure why you felt compelled to respond to my email at all, since
it was merely intended as informational, not coersion. Much of the
highlander_lj conversation is about episode discussion and has nothing
to do with fanfic.
MacG
NOTE: As an aside, there are numerous fan fics that are substantially
superior to any "professionally" written fictional efforts (especially
the published HL novels, which range from mediocre to plain bad), but I
would never presume to hold anyone's personal preferences against them.
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:57:04 -0400
From: Heidi <heidi@bronze.lcs.mit.edu>
Subject: Forever Knight S3 DVDs (No HL)
Since there are a fair number of Forever Knight fans on the list, if
you didn't know, the Season 3 dvd set has actually been announced.
According to TVshowsOnDvD it will be out in October. The info is at-
www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6118
(And since I know there are Pretender fans on the list, the Season 4
set came out last week, now we just have to wait for them to release
the tv movies.)
=}{=
(heidi@bronze.lcs.mit.edu)
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:39:25 GMT
From: "toujoursenbluejeans@juno.com" <toujoursenbluejeans@juno.com>
Subject: re moderator
I'm staying here, altho I don't post much - been here since 1995ish, I r=
emember it was after Kip was gone but still referred to quite often - al=
ong with cows and suchlike things....
I even remember my first fuzzy pink newbie question, which had to do wit=
h Kalas' throat cut ( I hope I got the name right, it's been a long time=
ago and the current heatwave is having a very bad effect on my brain.)
=
Dawn
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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:57:19 -0700
From: Sherri C <sherric@clearwire.net>
Subject: Re: moderator issues
I said I'd stay until it shut down, so that would be a 'me too', I
doubt highly I would be looking at a LJ, and doubt I'd join a new list...
I've been enjoying this list for a long time (I don't know how long,
but it was just before Kip left, I think...), it's been fun.
At 09:30 AM 7/25/2006, you wrote:
> >1) Limp along the way we are (the guy at .psu says he'll be happy
> to deal with occassional spamming issues or other problems.) or
> >2) Start a new list; or
> >3) Bag it and everyone leave for LJ land.
>
>I would go with starting a new list. I'd happily join, but I won't unsub from
>this one because I promised Debbie I wouldn't leave until she closed it
>down.
Sherri
sherric@clearwire.net
"The game's afoot!"
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