[TheList] Central Otago Police Frequency

Wed Mar 10 18:43:17 AEDT 2010

Mike has it in one.  Here's some of my thinking...

- Folks posting to this list asking for information such as this would be
well to explicitly state that they've checked the wiki already; thus
removing the obvious 'have you looked on the wiki' question.

- Failing to do so will invite a 'is it on the wiki?' question from
someone.  This may or may not be somewhat rhetorical...

- If folks have checked on the wiki and not found the answer to a question,
and subsequently post a question to the list and get an answer, it's not
unfair to ask for the material to at least be considered for the wiki; the
whole point being to save someone else having to go through the same process
days/weeks/months later.

- I did throw a smiley into my post deliberatley.  My comment was slightly
tongue in cheek, a somewhat subtle hint to folks to both check the wiki
first, and to contribute material to it.  Going off half cocked doesn't help
anyone.

Shit like this reminds me why I left the NZScanners mailing list in the
first place. Sigh.

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Mike Bailey <tahiini at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Now just hold on, this is getting a bit silly!
>
> All that was suggested was that if people have information to share, the
> Wiki is there for that information. Why email it to only a few when everyone
> can have it in one central location?
>
> There was no "holy attitude". If there is a holy attitude, it certainly
> isn't coming from Mark...
>
> Would someone be willing to please put this information onto the wiki if
> they have it? There would be great appreciation for someone if they did.
>
> Mike.
>
> RayC wrote:
>
> your holy attitude pissed me off and still does.
>
> if i want to put info on wiki it s my business, you will not tell me what i
> should do.
>
> what makes you presume wiki was not consulted  1st
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Mark Foster <blakjak at gmail.com>
> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> *Sent:* Sunday, March 07, 2010 4:25 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [TheList] Central Otago Police Frequency
>
>  I'm not in Central Otago and have no plans to visit and/or a desire to
> listen to my receiver while i'm there, so personally, I don't care about the
> specifics of the information you've gathered.
>
> However I do believe in the concept of, well, sharing; the wiki records a
> bunch of information that I'm sure was hard-won (or just hard-recorded) by
> _someone_ (or several someones) who decided that it was nicer to share that
> information, rather than hoard it, for the benefit of all interested.
>
> I'm happy for you that you are enjoying the fruits of your labour, but if
> everyone adopted your attitude we'd hardly have a community at all, and
> websites like radiowiki.org.nz wouldn't exist.
>
> In the end the Police freq's folks are listening to around the place are
> going to become largely redundant with the introduction of
> Digital+Encryption, so somewhat surprised at your miserly approach.
> *shrug*.
>
> Mark.
>
> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM, RayC <rcolvill at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>
>>  Because I have located the info from using one of my two Yuppie MVT9000
>> m3.5 scanners in my car on search over the last 10 years while on
>> holidays.
>>
>> Mark,what make you think you should automatically get a FULL copy.
>>
>> Modernist approach of what's yours is mine also, is not in my repertoire.
>>
>> Ask nicely next time like others already have asked for the info.
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Mark Foster <blakjak at gmail.com>
>> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
>>  *Sent:* Saturday, March 06, 2010 10:11 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [TheList] Central Otago Police Frequency
>>
>>  If it's not yet on radiowiki.org.nz, why not?
>>
>> if it is, why don't folks look there? ;-)
>>
>>
>>
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