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Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 17:54:57 -0500
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Subject: Re: Redaction request
From: Robert Pendell <shinji AT elite-systems DOT org>
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On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 3:14 PM, mike marchywka wrote:
> What?You guys did an edit? I think I can speak as
> the leader for "people who post stupid things" and
> normally you just look back and cringe or laugh.
> That is what learning is all about.
> IF you posted deep questions, people would charge to provide
> answers. Simple questions often help others with similar
> misunderstandings. Revisionism just for the heck
> of it seems to create all kinds of problems.
>
>


The policy affects the contents of the archive mostly.  It basically
says that anything in the archive stays there and can't be edited or
removed once it gets there.  In other words there are no redactions
made after the post is committed.

Generally speaking though wanting to or actually removing/modifying
statements already made public draws extra attention and tends to
cause the opposite of what is intended.

Robert Pendell
shinji AT elite-systems DOT org
CAcert Assurer
"A perfect world is one of chaos."

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