The administrator is in charge. You cannot criticize other people or any thing on the Rootsweb system. If you want to do that you must do it privately between yourself and the person you have a problem with, not publicly. I'd tell you the same thing on any one of my 100 + boards and lists. Just because you are subscribed to a board or list, does not give you the right to set your own rules. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: <jeffchip9@hotmail.com> To: <BOARDS-ADMINS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:54 PM Subject: [BAd] administrator of the Bradford board > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BF.2ADIAE/1199 > > Message Board Post: > > I have been told by this administrator that I cannot criticize a public > website on his board; he says I must privately email the operator of the > board. > > I want to know who this is, and how do I lodge a complaint. Evidently > posters to the Bradford board do not enjoy freedom of speech. > > Jeffrey T. Chipman > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You cannot criticize other people or any > thing on the Rootsweb system. I need to ask where in Acceptable Use it says a user cannot criticise Rootsweb or Ancestry? This was brought up by a List Owner a ways back and I thought it was possibly a personal ideaology that made her demand that there be no complaining about Ancestry. But, since I'm seeing this for a second time, I thought I'd ask. Personally, I feel any person using any service (even free) or product (even free) has the free speech right to comment about what they don't like about the service / product. IF the post was nothing but complaint, I'd suggest the Suggestion Board. Usually on Lists, the conversation is self-limiting, so IF I was a List-Owner, it wouldn't bother me. Typical complaints are about errors in Ancestry indexing or with their images. Anyway, could you enlighten me Joan? Judy -- ~PRIMARY NAMES: ANTHONY, BAKER, FLOWERS, LANE, SEPTER~ Washington Co PA free Websites: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~florian http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian County Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/ Researchers of Washington County PA, join our map: http://www.frappr.com/researchingwashingtoncopa