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Please, No More Posting of the French Email Story!!!
Posted on 07/18/2003 1:01:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Edited on 07/19/2003 6:53:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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For the love of God, please, I beg you- no more postings of the 'French Government Bans The Term E-Mail' story. There are already several copies up, and we've pulled many more in the past day.
Have mercy on us. I beg thee.
The same goes for the Google WMD story. Uncle!!!
Only you can prevent duplicates- please search before posting
TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic
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To: cincinnati65
RE: American Cheese
Arnold N. Nawrocki, Cheese Innovator, Dies at 78 [INVENTOR OF INDIVUALLY WRAPPED CHEESE SLICES]
RIP. (7/12/03)
To: TomServo
C'mon. Search for an article. Ya gotta be kiddin'... I'm too busy double and triple posting things to worry about searching existing threads.
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posted on
07/18/2003 1:47:38 PM PDT
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: Admin Moderator
Sorry, I just did it again. I did a search and didn't hit it so, away I went. Sorry.
83
posted on
07/18/2003 1:48:35 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Understand the root causes of American Anger.)
To: johnb838
Sorry, I just did it again. I did a search and didn't hit it so, away I went. Sorry. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have this thread.
84
posted on
07/18/2003 1:49:58 PM PDT
by
jriemer
(We are a Republic not a Democracy)
To: InvisibleChurch
mercy is french for 'thank you'So when the Hun or a terrorist has there boot on a Frenchman neck ...
and he cries for “mercy” ....
he really saying “Thank You”!?......
I'm staring to understand the French they really do like to bend over.... there like... "Thank You Sir may I have another"
To: jriemer
I'm too busy double and triple posting things to worry about searching existing threads.LOL!!!
86
posted on
07/18/2003 1:59:06 PM PDT
by
TomServo
("We've secretly replaced the Pacific Ocean with Folgers crystals ...")
To: Admin Moderator
A friend's response to my suggestion we now call SPAM - Frenchmail:
WAIT ONE MINUTE!!!!!!!!!! I would never allow the French to be associated with SPAM....a savory american made delicacy!!!!!!!
87
posted on
07/18/2003 2:05:12 PM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(If everything you experienced, believed, lived was a lie, would you want to know the truth?)
To: Only1choice____Freedom
I would never allow the French to be associated with SPAM On the other hand, they small about the same. Especially if the Spam has been sitting out for a couple of days...
88
posted on
07/18/2003 2:13:05 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(If you can't say something nice, well, then you're probably talking about a Clinton)
To: kevkrom
small smell
89
posted on
07/18/2003 2:13:46 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
(If you can't say something nice, well, then you're probably talking about a Clinton)
To: Admin Moderator; Jim Robinson; John Robinson
A bunch of us FReepers are having fun with this email story. Admin, I feel sorry for you.
But I do have a suggestion that may reduce multiple postings. I hate multiple postings as much as anybody. That's why I always do a search before posting (unless it's a vanity, and I hold those to an absolute minimum). But it's obvious there are FReepers that don't search. So, how 'bout a mandatory search?
I can think of several ways of implementing this.
1. You could have a notice on the posting form page to encourage searching.
2. You could force a search before allowing a post (sort of like Topics work now).
3. You could do an automatic search when the FReeper decides to post (like you do now for WP/LAT articles).
Just some ideas.
90
posted on
07/18/2003 2:19:49 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Contribute to "Republicans for Al Sharpton for President in 2004." Dial 1-800-SLAPTHADONKEY :)
To: Admin Moderator
Only you can prevent duplicates- please search before posting Oh, but You (powers-that-be) can help, with any or all of these:
- Put a warning about the need to Search for duplicates on the Post Article page.
- Put the Search function on the Post Article page.
- (Only if you really want to squash it) During the Post Article process, put the title of the new article through the default Search (Quick, match any word, order by relevance). Present the results to the user.
- Similar to #3, take a 50-character string from the second 100 characters of the article text and see if any article posted in the past 24 hours contains the same string anywhere in its first 300 characters. Present the results to the user.
If you couldn't tell, I'm a programmer who's convinced it's
only 99.44% the users' fault. We user-interface folks have to take some of the blame.
Chances are, if you implement #3 and/or #4, those users who tend to post duplicates today would also tend to ignore the results of all that extra programming effort. ;O)
91
posted on
07/18/2003 2:31:49 PM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: upchuck
Wow. Great minds...
92
posted on
07/18/2003 2:32:12 PM PDT
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: Admin Moderator
We figured if we posted it enough, the French would surrender. You beat them to it!
Maybe put a thread of "How to use the search function on FR" in Breaking News for a few days?
To: Admin Moderator
What French email story? Did I miss something?
94
posted on
07/18/2003 2:35:00 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(The word 'yellow' wandered around his mind looking for something to connect with.)
To: Only1choice____Freedom
95
posted on
07/18/2003 2:52:38 PM PDT
by
4mycountry
(Over-achiever extraordinare!)
To: Admin Moderator
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! You are evil, moderator! You hear me?!? Evil! EVIL!!
96
posted on
07/18/2003 3:03:43 PM PDT
by
Houmatt
("Best that we can do is alert people there to LP and the truth that FR has fallen."--TLBSHOW)
To: chance33_98
97
posted on
07/18/2003 3:58:14 PM PDT
by
jaz.357
(The beatings will continue until morale improves!)
To: jaz.357
From the movie "Johnny English." "The only thing the French are good at hosting is an invasion."
98
posted on
07/18/2003 3:59:32 PM PDT
by
breakem
To: SoDak; TheBigB
99
posted on
07/18/2003 4:04:25 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Peace through Strength)
To: Admin Moderator
But it's such a hugh story. It's vey series.
100
posted on
07/18/2003 4:14:16 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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