Re: Trivia Challenge Online - And a Note of Civility

• From: Ben Stewart <dakatbox2000_at_stewunit.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 19:46:55 -0000
• Message-ID: <b6fenf+sskd_at_...>

Although I have absolutely no intention of starting another useless, 
space-wasting flamewar on this board, which most certainly is better 
used for discussion of upcoming quizbowl events, the blatant 
offensiveness, obtrusiveness and sarcasm begged a reply so much that 
I had to indulge.  I will try to keep my post shorter than yours, 
which - if I may note, was far longer and more obtrusive than my 
original "oblivious spamming".

This issue was actually settled long ago, when moderator Dom Ricci 
stated: "An unobtrusive advertisement for an online trivia 
competition is within the conceivable realm of interest for 
quizbowlers and will be treated as such." (Message #10868)  I do not 
feel that one small post for an absolutely free trivia game on a non-
profit site with no advertisements is enough to be considered 
obtrusive.  I was not planning to post reminders for the game, nor 
will I in the future.  Your respose was, while admittedly humorous 
and admirably eloquent at times, both obtrusive and a waste of 
everyone's bandwidth, as the issue is currently a moot point.

I will not waste any more of the space on this board for this issue, 
which as I have said is dead in the water, but I will apologize to 
anyone who is offended by my posts.  I only wish to help by 
providing a free forum of practice for quiz-bowlers.  I apologize as 
I object, and hope that in the future we can maintain a better level 
of civility on this board.

Best Regards,
Ben Stewart

P.S.  I have not enclosed qbtunagirl's message (#12004), which I am 
replying to, as it was so long it would have been a major waste of 
space.  I also will not post any more on this topic, as enough time 
and space has been wasted already doing so.