Post by Kathy on Apr 10, 2005 11:57:27 GMT -5
Since I asked for a moderator for this section many weeks ago and no one volunteered, time for me to do some moderating. Once again, if someone else wants to take this on, I'm more than happy for the help.
Westy Tarheel is just trying to make sure that the copies that get weeded out are the best possible and that is a nice and thoughtful thing to do, as is going to all the time and trouble to tape some shows himself.
He is clearly a very experienced trader and taper and was trying to share some knowledge and prevent bad copies from being distrubuted.
On the other side of the equation, it can be confusing and off-putting for newer people who think they are doing the right thing and sharing shows, to feel like they are all of a sudden getting a lot of criticism. Newbies may not realize there is a whole set of rules and expectations and that people are going to get upset if they don't follow them. Then that happens and the new person gets defensive and then...you wind up with a thread like this.
As far as shows that haven't been shared here, that's up to people who have them. Would I prefer that everyone who frequents the board share anything that they have? Of course. Can I make that happen? No. So I'm not going to worry about it. People will share when and if they chose to do so.
It would be nice if we could put this argument aside and focus on pulling together some actual facts that will help people understand things better. One thing that would be very helpful is if someone could post a list of the shows that are currently available from weeders on this site and note if any show out there is currently only available TAO. That way, people who possess TAO copies of other shows that ARE actually available DAO can get the better copy and we can get rid of the TAO versions.
Westy Tarheel is just trying to make sure that the copies that get weeded out are the best possible and that is a nice and thoughtful thing to do, as is going to all the time and trouble to tape some shows himself.
He is clearly a very experienced trader and taper and was trying to share some knowledge and prevent bad copies from being distrubuted.
On the other side of the equation, it can be confusing and off-putting for newer people who think they are doing the right thing and sharing shows, to feel like they are all of a sudden getting a lot of criticism. Newbies may not realize there is a whole set of rules and expectations and that people are going to get upset if they don't follow them. Then that happens and the new person gets defensive and then...you wind up with a thread like this.
As far as shows that haven't been shared here, that's up to people who have them. Would I prefer that everyone who frequents the board share anything that they have? Of course. Can I make that happen? No. So I'm not going to worry about it. People will share when and if they chose to do so.
It would be nice if we could put this argument aside and focus on pulling together some actual facts that will help people understand things better. One thing that would be very helpful is if someone could post a list of the shows that are currently available from weeders on this site and note if any show out there is currently only available TAO. That way, people who possess TAO copies of other shows that ARE actually available DAO can get the better copy and we can get rid of the TAO versions.