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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:55:51 EST
- From: <MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93006.145551MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: proposed panel of moderators
- References: <MATT.93Jan6101442@physics2.berkeley.edu>
- <MERRITT.93Jan6142225@macro.bu.edu>
- Lines: 29
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- In article <MERRITT.93Jan6142225@macro.bu.edu>, merritt@macro.bu.edu (Sean
- Merritt) says:
- >...
- >
- >$ Dale Bass (crb7q@virginia.edu)
- >
- >I reject DB as a moderator I suggest another should be chosen.
- >My reason is that based on Mr. Bass' contribution to this group
- >I find that his posts are more noise than signal.
- > ----------------------------------------
- >
- >I find Mr. Bass' credentials unreproachable and I don't object
- >to his moderation on that basis. My objection is that in as much as
- >a moderator's function is to improve the S/N I fundementally disagree
- >with his views (based on his past post) as to what is signal and
- >what is noise.
- >
- Well, I accept Dale Base as a moderator. I think he has reponded
- appropriately to posts with and without content, as well as to
- personal attacks. He has demonstrated a broad base of
- knowledge. (I was actually surprised to learn that he was not
- a tenured faculty member :>). I also value his posts
- for their entertainment value (perhaps because I have not been
- a target).
-
- Surely there will be a (limited) appeal process for rejected articles
- in the new newsgroup. That should satisfy any concerns about a
- particular moderator's predispositions.
- -mike gallis
-