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From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: Call for Discussion: Moderation of news.admin
Message-ID: <6662@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 88 21:40:34 GMT
References:  <3147@utastro.UUCP> <699@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Organization: Independent Users Guild
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One reason news.admin should not be moderated is this: Problems with
newsgroup moderation, both mechanical and policy-wise, are appropriate
news.admin topics.  It would be a fine irony if we were unable to
discuss the disadvantages of relying on a moderator just because the
moderator had a big work load that week! :-), or if we could not
compare notes on just how sick some East Coast mail hubs were lately
because they were holding up the newsgroup.

There is certainly a lot of dreck in here, but it seems to me we mostly
need some stern reminders.  The net.consensus on what's appropriate
behavior is NOT a self-sustaining thing.  It must be refreshed at
regular intervals, and this is the responsibility of both site admins
and users.
-- 
Tom Neff			UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff
	"None of your toys	CIS: 76556,2536	       MCI: TNEFF
	 will function..."	GEnie: TOMNEFF	       BIX: t.neff (no kidding)