> Halfast of Rowley
>
> I have removed your link, spam is not tolerated on this board.
>
> Please find below a quote of our FAQ
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> quote:
> B. Spam
> No spam is allowed. This includes, but is not limited to:
> *Newcomers asking for attention for their website/cause/book/etc. > We expect posters to come to contribute not to use us . .
> *Self-promotion. For newcomers, it is generally not tolerated.
> We feel like we're being used. For old-timers, it is more
> tolerated as it's more about sharing your life. If you don't know
> if something should be posted, please contact the mods.
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> Consider this a first warning.
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> However, please read the FAQ and join the board as a full member,
>you will be quite welcome.

Smaug, my post was not spam. It was not self-promotion; I have
no connection with British researchers in Antarctica, nor with the
Live Earth concert.

"If you don't know if something should be posted . ."--I was sure
my bit of news should be posted. That the name of a British scientist
and musician in Antarctica should be the same as one of the central
characters in Neil's book _Stardust_, struck me as just the sort of
coincidence that would delight Neil Gaiman, as it delighted me. I
had hoped it would delight others who enjoy Neil Gaiman's work as
well.

". . asking for attention for their website . . We expect posters to
come to contribute . . "--the website of the British science station
in Antarctica is certainly not my web-site; I live in the United
States. I posted the URL so that anyone who was curious about my
bit of news could read about it.

I consider my post to be a positive contribution.

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Halfast

We have had considerable problems with spam over the last few weeks.

I will review your post shortly.

So, since your spam was removed, you decide to protest it by . . . reposting the spam back in a public forum rather than actually taking it up with one of the moderators? We have a "Contact Us" button and you can PM us, the two standard ways you can contact mods directly on most message boards.

Spam content removed.

And, yes, it is spam. I realize that the word "spam" has the same contextual impact as "child molestation" in some 'Net circles, but 'round here it's just what we call people who use their first post to pimp something that costs money; for the most part, we don't mind if people who are known quantities pimp stuff that costs money, though it's still not a bad idea to check. As for newbies, often as not we'll allow it (and probably would've in this case, incidentally), but we have to vet it first.

Them's the rules. In this case, literally.

If Smaug decides to open your thread back up, that's absolutely fine with me, incidentally, but as a first post it's kinda sketchy.

> So, since your spam was removed, you decide to protest it by
> reposting the spam back in a public forum rather than actually
> taking it up with one of the moderators? We have a "Contact Us"
> button and you can PM us, the two standard ways you can contact
> mods directly on most message boards.

I'm sorry I'm not very familiar with Internet forums. What is
"PM"?

I considered the "repost" to be a quote, to illustrate the
points I was making in my . . mmm . . protest.

I didn't reply privately, because I thought the topic of
administrators inaccurately judging something to be spam should be
seen in this forum, publicly.

I was not trying to urge anyone to buy anything. My link was to
the British Antarctic Survey, where it is impossible to buy anything.
I was simply trying to point out to other Gaiman fans a very
interesting coincidence between real life (a member of the staff of
the British Antarctic Survey) and art (the central character of Neil
Gaiman's book _Stardust_). That's why I titled the thread
"Art v. Life" . Please read Smaug's latest post to that thread.

I don't understand what you mean when you say the post is "sketchy".
Can you be less idiomatic, please?