Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!bionet!lear From: lear@NET.BIO.NET (Eliot Lear) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Cennsorship? was Re: disgusting slime Message-ID:Date: 25 Sep 88 00:29:26 GMT References: <7250@gryphon.CTS.COM> Organization: Natl Computer Resource for Mol. Biologists Lines: 25 To: oleg@gryphon.CTS.COM Apparently, Oleg, you missed my other message. I am calling for the moderation of a particular group - this one. I have asked for discussion on the subject. I think you should get a copy of that message and get back to me before I reply. Kill files are nice when it comes to individuals who are offended by particular people. There are two arguments, still to use moderation. One is mentioned in my other article, the other is that not all news readers have facilities to handle kill files. Would you believe me if I told you that not all those people out there read these groups using UNIX? This is a lesser argument, however, as in the long run, better software should be developed, so again, go read my first article. I do not argue for stringent moderation. That is - I want to see articles not posted that are CLEARLY out of place in this news group. Specifically: I would like to see messages that are NOT abusive and somewhat germane to the subject of news administration. I think we can come up with a set of rules for a moderator. The other idea that was posted which I think is interesting is the monthly posting of such rules. I am not sure how effective that solution is, however, so I hesitate to endorse it completely. -- Eliot Lear [lear@net.bio.net]