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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Sat 27 Nov 2004 04:31 Post subject: New Members, Please Read This |
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New Members, Please Read This.
You need not join the group in order to read the discussions. All forums are open to the public. But if you want to contribute then you must first join the group and be granted posting privileges. This entails four steps:
1. First, you must register. Click on the link Register, which can be found at the top center of any screen. Affirm that you are at least 13 years old, and then fill in the requested userID, password, and e-mail address. Be sure to fill in a valid e-mail address. This will cause an e-mail to be sent to you for your membership activation. Until you click on the activation link in the e-mail sent to you, your membership will remain inactive for 7 days, after which it will be erased.
2. Second, click on the activation link in the email sent to you. This will activate your membership, allowing you to post into this forum (Site Management) but no other.
(Obviously, this step cannot happen if you wrote in an invalid e-mail address when you registered, or if your email server rejects mail from this discussion group. In such a case, you will never receive the activation e-mail, and your inactive membership will be erased 7 days later. It is important to understand this. If we cannot reach you by email, for any reason, even if through no fault of your own, you cannot become a member.
3. Third, introduce yourself by posting a message at the bottom of this very thread. You need not reveal personal information. This step is simply to ensure that you are a human being, and not an automated board-joining computer program.
Incidentally, if you never submit a first message introducing yourself, your membership will be automatically deleted after one month. Again, if you never post a self-introduction message, your membership will be automatically deleted after one month.
4. Finally, wait until you are notified that you have automatically been granted posting privileges. This will let you post to every forum except "Women Only." Normally this step takes only a few hours. If it takes longer, or if you get impatient, please send a private message to fwsweet or email postmaster@thestudyofracialism.org.
For a pleasant and informative experience, you should read the following link before posting to any of the discussion forums except this one.
Posting Rules
We strongly recommend that you read the above link before you start posting. You may skip it if you only lurk. It tells:
- What you must do in order to preserve your posting privilege.
- What content will cause your message to be challenged by a moderator.
- What behavior will cause your posting privilege to be suspended.
- What you should do when your posting privilege is suspended.
Here is an interesting link showing some site statistics.
Frank W. Sweet
Administrator
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sweetsister Guest
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Posted: Mon 10 Apr 2006 06:00 Post subject: |
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| De-register me, if you please. And if possible, remove any and all posts under the name "sweetsister". |
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Mon 10 Apr 2006 10:38 Post subject: |
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| sweetsister wrote: | | De-register me, if you please. And if possible, remove any and all posts under the name "sweetsister". |
You are now "de-registered." Thanks for visiting. If you wish to return, simply register yourself again. I cannot remove all of your posts, because many of them started or contributed to threads that would thereby become unintelligible. |
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Nikki Probationary
Joined: 11 Aug 2006 {Posts: 5 }
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Posted: Sat 12 Aug 2006 05:22 Post subject: request to join women only . . . |
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Hello,
I am Nikki and I am new. I would like to joing women only.
Many thanks. |
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mixedmom Moderator

Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 789 }
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Posted: Sat 12 Aug 2006 17:31 Post subject: Re: request to join women only . . . |
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| Nikki wrote: | Hello,
I am Nikki and I am new. I would like to joing women only.
Many thanks. |
Hi Nikki! I've added you to the women's only group. Welcome aboard. I look forward to your posts. |
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girlwhowantstoknow Probationary
Joined: 19 Sep 2006 {Posts: 1 }
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Posted: Tue 19 Sep 2006 14:29 Post subject: Hello |
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Hello,
My name's Marie and I am new here. I came upon the site while doing research for an English 102 class. I am writing a paper on Indian pre-history. I found the posts on this topic very interesting, and they also seemed knowledgable and fair. I'm not sure that I am able to contribute much to the discussions. I got my GED back in 2000, I entered college this year and I am in my 3rd semester. I have almost no knowledge of history, as I dropped out of high school in the ninth grade. I am not only interested in this site for the discussion on the Dravidian-Aryan conflict, I also found it to be a great way to get familiar with the "proper" way to present opinions and evidence. I will most likely be asking some questions, and once in a while attempt to participate in discussions when I feel capable. I hope to be able to learn here.
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DChapman Moderator

Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 1752 } Location: Hudson Valley, NY
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Posted: Tue 19 Sep 2006 16:25 Post subject: Re: Hello |
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| girlwhowantstoknow wrote: | Hello,
My name's Marie and I am new here. I came upon the site while doing research for an English 102 class. I am writing a paper on Indian pre-history. I found the posts on this topic very interesting, and they also seemed knowledgable and fair. I'm not sure that I am able to contribute much to the discussions. I got my GED back in 2000, I entered college this year and I am in my 3rd semester. I have almost no knowledge of history, as I dropped out of high school in the ninth grade. I am not only interested in this site for the discussion on the Dravidian-Aryan conflict, I also found it to be a great way to get familiar with the "proper" way to present opinions and evidence. I will most likely be asking some questions, and once in a while attempt to participate in discussions when I feel capable. I hope to be able to learn here.
Marie |
Hi Marie and welcome!!! I see you really have a desire to learn. This is one of the most educated, technical discussion boards on the internet in my opinion. Do not be intimidated. Please ask questions, I know you will be able to contribute. You will be treated with respect.
Again, welcome, and best of luck in your educational endeavors!!! |
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kalima Experienced User

Joined: 10 May 2007 {Posts: 138 } Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Thu 10 May 2007 22:50 Post subject: |
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Hi,
I'd like to join the women only site too. I'm a middle aged mother of three who found out about fifteen years ago that my mother passed for white. I'm also a writer and have been doing research into prejudice and racial bigotry and ran across this site.
I started a LiveJournal community (of one so far) about my experiences at http://community.livejournal.com/vanilla_oreos/
Thanks for your time. |
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Andrew Waters Mentor

Joined: 20 Oct 2006 {Posts: 283 } Location: Akron, Ohio
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Posted: Thu 10 May 2007 23:15 Post subject: |
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| Talking and sharing is good therapy Kalima. Welcome. |
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Thu 10 May 2007 23:26 Post subject: |
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Hi, Kalima. I authorized you all the forums except MixedMom's private group. She should be along shortly to add you to her forum. If you do not get in by tomorrow (if she is out of town or something), just let me know and I will override the setting to let you in. In the meantime, feel free to post in the other forums.
Again, welcome. |
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2007 18:28 Post subject: |
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| Apparently, she's not around, so I added you to her list. |
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mixedmom Moderator

Joined: 27 Nov 2004 {Posts: 789 }
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2007 19:09 Post subject: |
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| Sorry about that Kalima, I didn't spend a lot of time online yesterday (5/10/07). Welcome to the Women's Only forum! Happy posting. |
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Richard Miller Wizard

Joined: 26 May 2007 {Posts: 421 } Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 19:14 Post subject: "Warbird" here. |
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| Although I don't use that handle anymore, I'm here. I'm ready to begin posting. |
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Andrew Waters Mentor

Joined: 20 Oct 2006 {Posts: 283 } Location: Akron, Ohio
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Posted: Sat 26 May 2007 19:21 Post subject: |
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| Frank, what if you deleted my account and I re-apply using the same name, would that cure this? I went to ''security'' and dealt with a ''cookie'' issue but nothing works. |
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2007 05:10 Post subject: Re: "Warbird" here. |
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| Yggdrasil wrote: | | Although I don't use that handle anymore, I'm here. I'm ready to begin posting. |
You're in as "Yggdrasil". Let me know if you prefer to use the "DickMiller" user-id instead. I would be happy to enable that one instead, if you wish.
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2007 05:12 Post subject: |
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| Andrew Waters wrote: | | Frank, what if you deleted my account and I re-apply using the same name, would that cure this? I went to ''security'' and dealt with a ''cookie'' issue but nothing works. |
Well, anything is worth trying, but I would also suggest trying a different computer, if you can borrow one just for the experiment. |
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Andrew Waters Mentor

Joined: 20 Oct 2006 {Posts: 283 } Location: Akron, Ohio
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Posted: Sun 27 May 2007 14:36 Post subject: |
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That's a toughie. What I will continue to do, after discovering another problem yesterday, is just cut-and-paste the intended post then submit. This way I'll know I have a backup in case the computer demon decides to delete when I hit the submit button. Deletion happened yesterday, but not this morning. An inconvenience yes, but not a deterrent.
This pc had been acting strange recently. Maybe six years old is too much for it. |
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Americano Probationary
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 {Posts: 3 } Location: California
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Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2007 04:24 Post subject: posting |
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Hello,
Please advise as to when I'm able to begin posting. It may be too soon as I only registered about an hour ago.
Thanks!
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fwsweet Administrator

Joined: 26 Nov 2004 {Posts: 5213 } Location: Palm Coast, FL
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Posted: Wed 07 Nov 2007 11:02 Post subject: Re: posting |
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| Americano wrote: | | Please advise as to when I'm able to begin posting. It may be too soon as I only registered about an hour ago. |
You can now post. |
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SF Writer Probationary
Joined: 21 Nov 2007 {Posts: 2 } Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Wed 21 Nov 2007 01:24 Post subject: File me under "impatient" |
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Hi there Mods,
Looking forward to contributing to discussions and asking questions. Any way we can speed the process along?
Thanks so much!!!
-CB |
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