Xref: utzoo news.admin:3523 news.groups:5461 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups Subject: Re: Call for Discussion: Moderation of news.admin Message-ID: <2067@looking.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 88 05:07:45 GMT References:<3147@utastro.UUCP> <699@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <1581NMBCU@CUNYVM> <828@acer.stl.stc.co.uk> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 18 With nothing personal against Mr. Spafford (and no attempt to call a vote, since I think moderators should be appointed, if past voting experience is any measure) I suspect the moderator of a new admin's group should not be a backbone member. Much of the legitimate discussion on this group has related to the position of the backbone in the net. The moderator should be an admin from a midling site, with no special interests. Many people can work to act unbiased, but it's much easier to have somebody who doesn't have to work at it! Besides, I dunno about Gene, but moderating one group is plenty enough work for me! Right now I've got some jerk at linus who sends me a couple of insulting mail messages every day because I once rejected his silly pun. This sort of problem I wouldn't wish on anybody. (Anybody from Linus listening and willing to have this particular one wished on them?) -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473