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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: research-level only?
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 21:41:50 GMT
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- In article <COLUMBUS.93Jan8153122@strident.think.com> columbus@strident.think.com (Michael Weiss) writes:
- >
- >Do the proposed moderators for sci.physics.research regard research-level
- >questions only as appropriate, or is any "real physics" suitable, so long
- >as it is not in the FAQ?
-
- Real physics is suitable, though 'any' may be too strong a qualifier.
- After the sci.physics discussion earlier, a consensus arose along
- the lines of Matt's original posting. The feeling was that the
- barrier not be 'research' quality postings, but
- 'serious' postings about physics. This was reflected in the charter
- (along with the inclusion of various other information-type
- things).
-
- [examples deleted]
-
- All of your examples seem to me to have elements (and postings)
- that would be suitable if posted to the proposed group. The proposed
- group is not to be in competition with professional journals.
-
- >Elementary SR and thermodynamics also produce their share of questions.
- >For some reason, the SR posts to sci.physics mostly rehash stuff already in
- >the FAQ, but there are occasional exceptions.
-
- Seems to me that it depends on how elementary. Things of interest, yes.
- Barn and pole, no. Keep in mind that sci.physics still exists
- for all and sundry purposes.
-
- >Should sci.physics.research include such threads? If its goal is to serve
- >the needs of research physicists only, then I guess not.
- >(Sci.math.research does seem to have this kind of charter.)
-
- The group was not intended to be as restrictive as sci.math.research.
- I hope that the proposed sci.physics.research will be a bit more busy
- than that. The sparseness of sci.math.research was one of the
- things that shaped the proposed charter.
-
- dale bass
-
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