User Feedback :: Getting Onboard



Apologies if this isn't the right slot to raise this.

I had problems getting admitted to the DSL Board - the reasons for which I fully appreciate - and now there's a guy over on the Linux Questions forum who experiencing the same problem (see http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=611192).

Perhaps one of the moderators could help him out.

Many thanks.
I am not the person that handles registrations.
The process was changed due to all the spammers out there.
John processes registrations. I cannot speak for him or his schedule.
As a moderator I limited access to forum. I was able to find this particular user and have approved him to access the board.

To contact John, his email is on the cdrom image, john@damnsmalllinux.org
Thanks for the reply. I didn't appreciate that John (Andrews) was responsible for processing registrations.

The referenced LinuxQuestions thread deals largely with problems of getting registered on this board. There is no mention on this board of whom to contact (that I could find at least) if registration delays occur. Many new users find this most frustrating in their keenness to sort out problems with their new DSL installations.

Unless there are any objections I propose to post the quoted email address to the LinuxQuestions board for the benefit of future prospective members who may find themselves in the same situation.
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Unless there are any objections I propose to post the quoted email address...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You should ask John specifically if it's okay with him before you go around posting his address all over the Internet. Don't presume it's okay with him or that he should have to tell you not to after the fact. Same rule goes for anyone else's address.
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Unless there are any objections I propose to post the quoted email address...

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You should ask John specifically if it's okay with him before you go around posting his address all over the Internet. Don't presume it's okay with him or that he should have to tell you not to after the fact. Same rule goes for anyone else's address.

Of course. In this case since John's email address a. has been posted here already and b. is on the cdrom image I didn't think I was  breaking any rules.

I was only trying to help out a fellow newbie but in the circumstances I'll take no further action.

On reflection I suppose the existing registration email system is a de facto point of contact to which a prospective board member may address a registration problem.
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