Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!alb From: alb@alice.UUCP (Adam L. Buchsbaum) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: restructuring and idea for group coordinators Message-ID: <2846@alice.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Jun-84 06:20:28 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.2846 Posted: Tue Jun 12 06:20:28 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jun-84 00:04:48 EDT References: <7459@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 21 Moderators for each group is a no-no. It ruins the whole purpose of USENET as a bulletin board. If you want moderators, go to the ARPAnet. We can have moderated groups, like net.announce and mod.ber, but only by special name. The software cannot currently support other moderated groups. As for renaming, people seem to be deaf to the proven problems. Renaming creates confusion; period. When the First Great Apocalypse occurred, there was over two months lead time for people to get ready. Didn't seem to help a bit. No matter how much time you give, you're in for it. The way to do this, as I said before, is to put in the hooks for organization (e.g. create net.sci and/or net.cs) and when new groups are created, put them under the hooks. The net will slowly and smoothly become organized over the years (yes, years, don't groan; it didn't become chaos overnight, and it's not going to be fixed overnight) as the new groups are put in their place and the old ones die out. Adam