>> WD> Malcolm has a very solid case here and I'm backing him up for
>> WD> as long as he, or another possible future ZC3, maintains it is
>> WD> necessary.

>> pray tell, that solid case and point is what, exactly? surely not the 000
>> is an operator number in Z3 argument? that has been totally shot to hell
>> with the 911 stuff in the US and new dehli having a 91 country code and a
>> 1 city code giving 911 as a number that required special care way way
>> back...

 WD> If the ZC/1 would have considered it a problem, he certainly
 WD> would've highlighted it. Since he didn't do it at that time,
 WD> he didn't perceive it as a potential problem or said ZC was
 WD> not in a position to sufficiently evaluate the potential
 WD> consequences of his lack of action.

my educated guess/theory is that it wasn't considered a problem becuase of
the international dialing code requirement to dial a number outside of
one's country...

 WD> ZC/3 on the other hand does consider the "000"-matter
 WD> potentially disastrous and does not support its usage in the
 WD> nodelist. As fellow ZC's the least what we can do is to
 WD> respect such a wish of a colleague-ZC.

seems to me that those in Z3 who raised this argument did not consider the
international dialing code that must be dialed before getting to that part
of the number that might cause this percieved problem...

 WD> The day that Malcolm or any other ZC/3 decides that the
 WD> "000"-matter has lost its critical status, the ban will
 WD> equally be lifted here. Until that day it stays where it is.

seems to me that the problem only applies to Z3 and Z3 listings... those
outside of Z3 are negated by the international dialing code requirements!
hello??

 WD> Please do not bugger Malcolm over this, he is an excellent ZC
 WD> and colleague. I do not want to see him throw the towel over
 WD> this.

i don't care to bugger malcolm over this... he is free to di as he sees fit
within his zone... however, that particular problem is not a problem for
listings _outside_ his zone...

ok, so all zones may have to make allowances or do as you, Z2C, and he,
Z3C, do and run preprocessors over your versions of the (so called)
international nodelist... yeah?

)\/(ark