Re: [CR] Help identifying Rene Herse/Alex Singer

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From: <gpvb1@comcast.net>
To: Phil Sieg <triodelover@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Help identifying Rene Herse/Alex Singer
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:41:34 +0000
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Read the rules. No aliases, no pseudonyms, sign off with full name and location, we don't value your bike for you. Maybe it was partly inexperience, but that was classic trolling.

Greg Parker

Dexter, Michigan


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Greg,

I'll probably regret this, but I don't think it's fair to call the gentleman a troll because he signed off with only his first name. The CR list is the *only* mailing list in which I've ever participated that requires a full name sign-off with place of residence. Most mailing lists don't even require the use of your real name. Forgetting the complete sign-off is an easy mistake - even after you've read the rules. It happens all the time here and affects even long-standing members.

I agree with Bob. Lighten up, folks.

Phil, who knows he's supposed to sign off "Phil Sieg Knoxville, Tennessee" but really gets kinda sick of doing it ad nauseum.

Bob: Rule #1 is don't feed the trolls. Anyone that calls himself some generic name and doesn't sign off is a troll by definition. Rule #2 is this list doesn't exist to value folks' bikes for them - eBay and other venues are just fine for that. Ted's point is well-taken, complies with the rules of the list, and I agree with him 100%. And I am unanimous in that.... ;-)
Greg Parker
Dexter, Michigan