[DML] Re: Special rules for me (Marc Levy)
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[DML] Re: Special rules for me (Marc Levy)



I have had several posts rejected which did not allow me to follow up 
or respond to issues that are important to me in regards to the the 
Delorean community.  I haven't posted in awhile as I was discouraged 
and disheartened from this show of complacency towards my postings.   
Jim


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> With all due respect Mike, My comment (or jab) was not
> specifically at the loss (or rejection) of my messages
> because we could debate hours on the merits of why any
> particular message is accepted or rejected... (many of
> those posts can be found on the DMC Forum, for those
> who are interested)
> 
> My point (jab) was that in the many years I have been
> a member of the DML, it has been customary for the
> moderators to reject a message with some sort of short
> explanation as to why.  In my case (lately) I do not
> even get a rejection notice.  Private e-mails to the
> moderators asking for explanation have also been
> ignored.
> 
> (side note;  I remember a short time after we moved to
> E-Groups James set my account such that my messages
> were not even moderated..  Yes, I guess James even
> liked me at one time!  )
> 
> Like me or not, I think all members of this community
> deserve a little more respect than that.  I know being
> a moderator may be a time consuming and thank-less
> job, but no one is holding a gun to your head to do
> it!
> 
> If your looking for a moderator, I volunteer.
> 
> 
> --- Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Marc Levy proposed a theory that special rules apply
> > to him:
> > 
> >  > I say lost, because I did
> >  > not receive an official
> >  > rejection notice. But it
> >  > seems to be common for my
> >  > posts to be rejected with
> >  > no notification, or reason.
> > 
> > I'm not moderating this week, but I'll indulge Marc
> > Levy's vanity and 
> > respond to the thread he started with his own name
> > in the subject line.
> > 
> > The moderators generally give little latitude in
> > discussing exchanges 
> > that have not been published on the DML. Examples
> > are hearsay claims 
> > that someone said something scandalous away from the
> > DML, or claims that 
> > legions of silent supporters share a belief they've
> > never expressed on 
> > the DML.
> > 
> > If we allow this behavior, the DML could break down
> > into tabloid 
> > bedlam.  Anyone with an axe to grind could make any
> > sensationalist claim 
> > yet sidestep responsibility by attributing it to
> > events other DMLers did 
> > not witness.  Marc Levy, perhaps you should feel
> > this week's moderator 
> > has been especially lenient with you because your
> > thread about yourself 
> > was approved at all.
> > 
> <SNIP>





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