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Path: num2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!num1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!number.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!aotearoa.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!feed.xsnews.nl!border-1.ams.xsnews.nl!tudelft.nl!txtfeed1.tudelft.nl!dedekind.zen.co.uk!zen.net.uk!hamilton.zen.co.uk!reader02.news.zen.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: Guy Cuthbertson  Newsgroups: uk.net.news.moderation Subject: URCM: The Bullying Continues Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 19:24:14 +0100 Lines: 122 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.9.14 Organization: Zen Internet NNTP-Posting-Host: 78229fe0.news.zen.co.uk X-Trace: DXC=j6nd\K3f[TdinCmPbdZEocYjZGX^207Pk`<MJMoM3PFmN<<2;9bCO5iBH4535cfTO`=h[3X2DI\`m^m523mfc22a X-Complaints-To: abuse@zen.co.uk Bytes: 6341 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.net.news.moderation:30612

Predictably enough, Matt B has just had several posts delayed and rejected for typically spurious "reasons". So the moderators are still bullying him and refusing point blank to accept, learn from or adapt to the slightest criticism that they receive, however constructive. I think it's safe to say that no matter how many sensible people point out the same, serious issues with how URCM is currently being moderated, the current lot simply don't give a rat's, and won't change their approach in the slightest.

The rejected post below is such a blatant example of an inconvenient truth that I think it (and the pathetic excuse for rejecting it) needs preserving. The high priests of the anti-car religion are determined to grossly exaggerate the dangers caused by cars (in order to call for more and more restrictions), so they *hate* facts like the below being pointed out.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~webstump/g.urcm/messages/nr- 127496872822935.txt

From webstump at ..iark.greenend.org.uk Thu May 27 18:35:03 2010 Return-path:  To: matt.bourke at ..ndon.com Subject: Re: Please contribute to a draft FAQ for this group References: <7649212b-b1d6-4580-99a3-38aa592c8e42 @r9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com> <867c4hFafU1@mid.individual.net> In-Reply-To: <867c4hFafU1@mid.individual.net> Reply-To: urcm-moderators at ..iark.greenend.org.uk Errors-To: webstump+urcm-bounces at ..iark.greenend.org.uk X-Webstump-Event: [127496872822935] reject unconstructive Message-Id:  From: webstump+urcm-bounces at ..iark.greenend.org.uk Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 18:35:03 +0100

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To rate as a FAQ a question must have been frequently asked. This has not.

Thank you for your submission to uk.rec.cycling.moderated.

However, we regret to inform you that your message has been rejected. We feel that it misses the point of, or fails to properly address, the previous posting(s) in this controversial thread, and/or does not constructively advance the discussion.

Please refer to the group charter and moderation policy at http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/urcm/ and direct your queries to urcm-moderators@chiark.greenend.org.uk

If you have difficulty reaching the moderators (eg due to spamfiltering) please tell postmaster@chiark.greenend.org.uk.

Thank you, - Moderator.

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=============================== Full text of your message follows > From webstump@chiark.greenend.org.uk Thu May 27 14:58:48 2010 > Return-path:  > Envelope-to: webstump+?@slimy.greenend.org.uk > X-Gradwell-Mailfilter: SpamAssassin hits were BAYES_00 [Thu, 27 May 2010 14:58:47 +0100] [rule id 203 (default-spam)] > X-Gradwell-Mailfilter: Not Spam, SpamAssassin [] hits of -2.6 (5 required) [Thu, 27 May 2010 14:58:47 +0100] [rule id 203 (default-spam)] > X-Envelope-To: uk-rec-cycling-moderated@usenet.org.uk > X-Forwarding-To: uk-rec-cycling-moderated@usenet.org.uk > Delivered-To: forwarding-uk-rec-cycling-moderated@usenet.org.uk > X-Spam-Level: * > X-Spam-Check-By: spam-2.mail.thdo.gradwell.net > To: uk-rec-cycling-moderated@usenet.org.uk > From: Matt B  > Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling.moderated > Subject: Re: Please contribute to a draft FAQ for this group > Message-ID: <867c4hFafU1@mid.individual.net> > References: <7649212b-b1d6-4580-99a3-38aa592c8e42@r9g2000vbk.googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: matt.bourke@london.com > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Orig-X-Trace: individual.net pTz7B36o5Axu3Cl451CKZQbg2IRS4sKSoriXxRuALqsvIAk+is > Cancel-Lock: sha1:COQeFt0qE4V5/6DbeWZoSDcBnRI= > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 > X-Originating-IP: 130.133.4.5 > X-Gradwell-Message-ID: 43853895 > X-Gradwell-Forwarding-Rule: 1220684 > X-Gradwell-Edge-Server: inbound-edge-9.mail.thdo.gradwell.net > X-Gwh-Spam-Score: -2.6 > X-Gwh-Spam-Flags: BAYES_00 > > On 27/05/2010 11:48, Simon Brooke wrote: > > I'm proposing to assemble a list of Frequently Asked Questions which > > will be hosted on a readily accessible web site and posted > > periodically but infrequently to this group (i.e. not more than > > monthly, not less than three monthly). > > > > Please help by contributing in this thread proposed questions, ideally > > with proposed answers. > > ... > > Q. What proportion of crashes resulting in serious injury to a cyclist > involved a motor vehicle? > > A. 24% of all serious cyclist casualties (those requiring hospital > admission) resulted from a collision with a car or HGV. 67% resulted > from incidents involving no other vehicle at all (TRL PPR445 Dec 2009). > > -- > Matt B > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

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