Hello Fellow Admins. I'd appreciate your opinion on this: Someone posted a message looking for family connections on one of my boards in Feb. They posted the exact same message again 3 months later, in May, probably because they didn't get any replies to the first posting and they haven't received any replies to the second posting either -- at least not on the board. Is this considered a "multiple posting" and should one of the posts be deleted? I was thinking about deleting the one posted in Feb. Is it acceptable for someone to post the same message over and over again.....such as every 3 or 4 months trying to get a response? Thanks for your advice, Marilyn

I've wondered about that myself. I have people who post the same message every month or so. They treat the boards like mailing lists. I have not deleted anything but I have been very tempted. Diane Hettrick dhettrick@earthlink.net On Dec 5, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Kaesemein@aol.com wrote: > Hello Fellow Admins. > > I'd appreciate your opinion on this: > > Someone posted a message looking for family connections on one of my > boards > in Feb. They posted the exact same message again 3 months later, in > May, > probably because they didn't get any replies to the first posting and > they > haven't received any replies to the second posting either -- at least > not on the > board. > > Is this considered a "multiple posting" and should one of the posts be > deleted? I was thinking about deleting the one posted in Feb. Is > it acceptable > for someone to post the same message over and over again.....such as > every 3 > or 4 months trying to get a response? > > Thanks for your advice, > Marilyn >

ONE every 3 to 4 months is not multiple postings. I usually leave them on the Board & most of my 3mo. re-posts do have someone replying even tho not helpful to the 1st poster. I got one lady on OLD boards who re-posted every few days but she's smack in the middle of threads that can't be broken up. Now, hers I'd like to delete -- some -- but I can't. Judy On 12/5/06, Kaesemein@aol.com <Kaesemein@aol.com> wrote: > > Hello Fellow Admins. > > I'd appreciate your opinion on this: > > Someone posted a message looking for family connections on one of my > boards > in Feb. They posted the exact same message again 3 months later, in May, > probably because they didn't get any replies to the first posting > and they > haven't received any replies to the second posting either -- at least > not on the > board. > > Is this considered a "multiple posting" and should one of the posts be > deleted? I was thinking about deleting the one posted in Feb. Is it > acceptable > for someone to post the same message over and over again.....such as > every 3 > or 4 months trying to get a response? > > Thanks for your advice, > Marilyn > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- ~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/ Send mail to washington.co.pa.webmaster"AT"gmail.com Researchers of Washington County PA, join our map: http://www.frappr.com/researchingwashingtoncopa Steve Irwin Warriors please sign map at: http://www.frappr.com/steveirwinwarriors