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Originally Posted by ToSeek
Well, the consensus among the moderators with regard to a related issue was that if someone asks an ATM-related question, it's okay to give an ATM response so long as:
- It's clearly indicated as an ATM response.
- No attempt is made to promote the ATMer's own hypothesis.
I'm not sure what else to do under the circumstances, but then I have a much longer fuse than a lot of people about the ATM stuff because I avoid that forum like the plague.
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Thanks for reporting the thinking that's been done. I can understand that policy, sort of, but I still think it's abusable. We'll see.
Heck, I sort of did give an ATM response myself in the... exemplary thread, early, when I listed many other preceding Expanding Earth threads, though I didn't go so far as tagging them ATM; I just let them speak on their own. I didn't promote ATM. Just pointed at it.
As Fraser urged, I sure will report what doesn't seem to conform to that above, or even borderline cases. I urge everyone to do so. I'm not very flexible on ATM-outside-of-ATM -- hint to those that may think they want to test the bounds.
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Originally Posted by ToSeek
I figure that if anyone comes up with something worthwhile I'll eventually hear about it from Stockholm.  |
I figure I'll hear about it very soon thereafter from ToSeek -- and some other members who were probably ToSeeked by ToSeek.
Oops.
The thread moved on over to ATM. By... ToSeek. Gosh, hope I had something to do with that.
Funny. Hey, now go for it, folks. Have your ATM fun! Mainstream answers are no longer expected there.
I didn't want this thread to be about one other thread, but I think I got Fraser's answer early, and that was really all I was after. It wasn't clear. Bears repeating.
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Originally Posted by Fraser
Report the threads going ATM and we'll deal with them.
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But, it's good to know about that new moderator consensus, too. Thanks.