Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!jesup From: jesup@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc,news.stargate,news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: the USENET problems Message-ID: <6716@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 01:12:10 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.6716 Posted: Thu Jul 16 01:12:10 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Jul-87 08:21:03 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <15982@gatech.gatech.edu> Reply-To: jesup@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 28 Xref: mnetor news.groups:1249 news.misc:771 news.stargate:257 news.sysadmin:310 news.admin:707 In article <991@van-bc.UUCP> sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) writes: ... >I do think that multiple moderators is an interesting idea though and have >suggested that in the past. > >But with respect to the current moderator of comp.sources.misc, he DOES seem >to be getting things out with a minimum of delay. ... >It's been said before, but I'll say it again. Lets give comp.sources.misc a >chance. If it isn't working well in a few months then bitch and complain. > >{ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!Stuart.Lynne Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532 I have no qualms with comp.sources.misc, most of my problems are with other sources/binaries and a few talk groups. Not to denigrate him in any way, or to imply it was his fault (I don't know), but for some time comp.sources.amiga was a black hole, eventually people got fed up and started posting sources to comp.sys.amiga again. Any moderator is bound to be unable to fufill his duties at least occasionally, lose his net connection, have hardware trouble, have a deadline, etc. Also having multiple moderators helps split the burden (unless the moderator is a stickler for having COMPLETE control over everything in the group - which they could have, no one is suggesting that every group needs multiple moderators.) Randell Jesup jesup@ge-crd.arpa jesup@steinmetz.uucp