Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site baylor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!sunybcs!kitty!baylor!peter From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group,net.politics Subject: Re: Newsgroup creations and deletions Message-ID: <329@baylor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 07:01:27 EDT Article-I.D.: baylor.329 Posted: Mon Aug 5 07:01:27 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:42:01 EDT References: <725@vortex.UUCP> Followup-To: net.politics Organization: Ancient Illuminated Seers of Bavaria Lines: 17 Xref: linus net.news:2984 net.news.group:2756 net.politics:9642 > I'm not necessarily suggesting that the moderators aren't in a > position to make some useful suggestions regarding newsgroup > creations, deletions, and modifications. But I do suggest > that they seem to have assumed an authority that I, frankly, don't > recall the net offering them! If there is a desire for the > moderators to become the net newsgroup authorities, I strongly > urge them to bring their desire for this authority to the attention > of the network and allow the benefits and potential problems > of such actions to be discussed. It's the unilateral nature of > what I'm seeing that I find most troublesome. If only there had been this reaction when a good many governments (not naming any names) acted in just this way. -- Peter da Silva (the mad Australian) UUCP: ...!shell!neuro1!{hyd-ptd,baylor,datafac}!peter MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076