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- From: bcapps@agora.rain.com (Brent Capps)
- Newsgroups: news.groups,soc.motss
- Subject: Re: Soc.Motss.* (was Re: new newsgroup proposal:talk.politics.motss)
- Message-ID: <BzF7os.Ap4@agora.rain.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 20:31:39 GMT
- Article-I.D.: agora.BzF7os.Ap4
- References: <1992Dec14.85156.27689@ms.uky.edu> <1992Dec15.012442.27914@macc.wisc.edu> <1992Dec15.161939.27056@osf.org> <1992Dec15.190827.24034@spdcc.com>
- Organization: Open Communications Forum
- Lines: 31
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- rdonahue@spdcc.com (Bob Donahue) writes:
- > One idea I had a long time ago was to make soc.motss.*
- >moderated insofar as ANY, *ANY* cross-posted articles got
- >bounced, and other stuff went thru unchecked. The moderations,
- >as such would be done auto-magically. (Soc.bi and the other *.motss
- >groups would probably be an exception to this...)
-
- I like this idea.
-
- > Were I to suggest this now, I'd also suggest a
- >group KILL file the contents of which would be voted upon
- >in some soc.motss.d subgroup created for this sort of drary
- >admministrivia. Some time-limit on the contents would probably
- >be there, say 6 months.
-
- I like this idea even better. A solution for situations in which
- people flagrantly violate the newsgroup's charter and their sysadmin
- refuses to act despite repeated complaints (i.e., Clayton Cramer).
-
- > soc.motss.misc - "classic" soc.motss
- > soc.motss.info (moderated) - news/reprints/etc.
- > soc.motss.d - who gets to moderate, content arbitration, etc.
-
- > One might argue for soc.motss.current as well.
-
- soc.motss.info -- would discussion take place here? If it's just
- an archive would soc.motss.announce would be a better title?
- --
- Brent Capps | "It's just a phase you're going
- bcapps@agora.rain.com (gay stuff) | through. Last year it was
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