Subj : Re: RIP C.G. Learn - Sysop of Valhalla BBS in Richmond, VA
To : Nigel Reed
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Mon Nov 21 2022 07:52 pm
Nigel,
NR> Well, you're the person who has mentioned writing an article twice now,
NR> so maybe you're the man for the job.
I have written multiple articles about people who once were among us and then passed away ... but other than the name I have no idea who the man was. Someone must have known him ...
NR> I believe I mentioned we should have a page for our fallen sysop brothers
NR> but I think it got shot down. How about an rip comment section in the
NR> nodelist, they'll be forever imortal then :)
I have proposed exactly the same thing several years ago but my colleague ZCs decided against it for a variety of reasons, so it was shelved. I could've done it on my own simply "because I could" but the opinion of the other ZCs is worth something, also of former ZCs who are invited guests in the ZCC-conference.
NR> Plus, it'll give the NLP something else to moan about.
The NLP is not necessarily by definition a negative entity, try looking at them as a resource instead of as the enemy.
I have been annoyed by the NLP as well but I declined to comment and observed what was going on. And really ... this is not going to make me many friends ... they have been pointing out an amount of issues which are ... errors. As a result some RCs in Z2 have indeed intervened, adapted entries, removed them, made the nodelist better ... I don't see the problem.
They are analysing a lot more than just nodelist entries, also which symbolic addresses are problematic as at some point there were entries which did not resolve for years on end. Also they're looking at the situation in Ukraine and how it affects the nodes still operating there under war-conditions.
