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Reply #13 - 06/04/06 at 13:32:04
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What percentage of registered users here are subscribers to Chess Publishing proper?

I would hope it is 100 per cent.

What's the point of guests anyway?


Actually I think the discussion at the moment is just about registering to the forum (with a valid email address) as opposed to just being able to post on the forum (and not about requiring subscription), or did I misunderstand that?

It certainly would be a shame if measures were necessary that drove book authors like Palliser, Cox, Semkov, Dearing and any others away, but I'm sure that just having to register would not be too bad.
  
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Reply #12 - 05/25/06 at 14:25:14
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I can't help feeling that guest authors will be very happy to register if they think they might get a few more sales - I certainly would!  Smiley
  
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Reply #11 - 05/25/06 at 10:39:55
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GMTonyKosten wrote on 05/23/06 at 15:46:22:
Thanks, I seem to spend half of my day deleting spam on this site at the moment! I think I may have to take the Members-only posting route very soon! Cry


I can sure understand the problem, but it would be a shame to lose the interaction with book authors who enter as guests Undecided
  
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Reply #10 - 05/25/06 at 10:25:25
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What percentage of registered users here are subscribers to Chess Publishing proper?

I would hope it is 100 per cent.

What's the point of guests anyway?

Why should there be an open door policy where guests come in and freely feed off the scraps which fall from the Masters' tables?

I feel that guests coming on with most likely no intention of ever paying a subscription yet thinking they have carte blanche with respect to participating in discussions or siphoning off ideas is totally unacceptable.

Why should people be able to come on anonymously and then proceed to post "free" "advertisements" for other rival or non chess sites?

I see some people complaining that certain sections of the site proper are late yet Tony Kosten is expected to waste his time cleaning up this sh**.

What irony!






  
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Reply #9 - 05/25/06 at 09:16:08
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I have always defended guest posting. But, the nuisance has become a bit too much. It’s not about band width. Bingo, casino and porno sites seem to have taken a special liking for this forum. I wouldn’t want to just ignore it. My 11 year old son is a frequent visitor here. It may be dangerous. Unless the first post approval becomes mandatory, (Like Mig’s site) the only other option left is to make registration compulsory. I don’t like it one bit. But, I guess, there is no other option left.
  

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Reply #8 - 05/25/06 at 06:03:42
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Just a query: 

As a per cent of usable space, how much do these adverts really take up?  In other words, does Chesspub really have to go to such draconian measures as to limit the members who can post here?
  
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Reply #7 - 05/24/06 at 09:46:17
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No, just the stuff where someone comes onto the Forum with the express purpose of making some free adverts.
  
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Reply #6 - 05/24/06 at 09:31:59
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GM Kosten,

I once referred a poster to Zsuza Polgar's blog since he was looking for a place where he coluld get some chess puzzles. Would that also be considered  advertising?
  

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Reply #5 - 05/23/06 at 15:46:22
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Thanks, I seem to spend half of my day deleting spam on this site at the moment! I think I may have to take the Members-only posting route very soon! Cry
  
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Reply #4 - 05/23/06 at 01:32:07
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In the Jänisch-Schliemann thread (Open Section) you will find something really worth deleting. If that is not an advertisement, than what is?
  

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Reply #3 - 05/22/06 at 10:56:17
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Yes, really I was a bit concerned at the way some people seem to think that other Forums are not for sensible discussion, but places to get free publicity. I hadn't realised there was such a major problem with Dutch newspapers, but from now on I will be keeping a close watch on them! Grin
  
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Reply #2 - 05/22/06 at 02:34:12
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I imagine that Kosten is more concerned with advertisements for other chess sites :P
  
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Reply #1 - 05/22/06 at 02:10:19
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Here I go. In my last post in the WCh football thread I have given a link to a Dutch newspaper. It is about having too many Ajax players in the Orange team. May I? If not, go ahead and delete the post. I would be grateful for an explanation.
  

The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged.
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05/22/06 at 00:07:34
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Would anyone who wishes to advertise content on another site or Forum please have the courtesy to ask me first, otherwise your missive risks being deleted! Cry
  
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