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[Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski]

On Saturday, 06 November 2004 at 23:39, Arpi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > > > So mark it as "warning, potentially offensive content, do not read if
> > > > you're easily offended" or something. Just an idea.
> > > 
> > > those pages were online there for 4 years, and nobody was offended,
> > > at least they didnt tell it us. i wonder what has changed now?
> > 
> > Would that be because:
> > 
> > 1. virtually nobody has ever read it
> > 2. hardly anybody understood it
> > 3. nobody gives a damn
> > 
> > Pick your answer. :P
> 
> read the question again: "what has changed now?" !

Diego's maintainting it.

> i agree with all 1-3, but they are still the same, since ages.
> if the pages didnt offend anyone (because they didnt read, didnt understand,
> didnt care) they won't care in future too, so why to remove these pages?

Simple: clean-up.

> btw, as a side-note: this removal generated a lot more attention to
> these pages (many ppl read them now, thanks to the big flame :)) than
> it would have if you left them alone... did you really want this? :)

As I said, I don't really care, as I find faq2 somewhat offensive if
humourous, and bestofmplayer humour is lost on me. But if more people
say it's worth keeping, then why not.

> you know: negative advertisement is advertisement too.
> (the main rule of Gabu's PR)

:)

All right, let's end this topic.

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