Xref: utzoo news.admin:3557 news.groups:5483 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff 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 Lines: 17 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)