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From: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Semi-moderated newsgroups
Message-ID: <1989Nov24.164929.2987@maths.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 24 Nov 89 16:49:29 GMT
References: <1989Nov19.223239.26100@algor2.algorists.com>
Reply-To: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Organization: Maths Dept., Nott'm Univ., UK.
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In article <1989Nov19.223239.26100@algor2.algorists.com>
jeffrey@algor2.ALGORISTS.COM (Jeffrey Kegler) writes:

	[Proposal for automatic pass-through of known experts, moderation
	 of other postings in certain groups.]

	This is not so different from the proposal I made a while back
(and which raised just one, rather sniffy, ripple), which I therefore
repeat.  Basically, my idea was that in the "certain groups", articles
whose subject began "Re: " but which lacked an "Expert: " header would
be bounced.  For "Expert" read "Approved" if you like, and for "bounced"
read "sent to a moderator" if you like.  Unlike present-day "Approved"
headers, "Expert" headers would be retained, by default.

	Consequences:

   a)	New topics arise freely, as at present.
   b)	Chris, Henry, Doug, Guy, Jeffrey, Andy [:-)], etc., who know what
	they are doing, can reply easily.
   c)	Once [CHDGJA]* has replied, anyone can follow-up that reply easily.
   d)	Any net.neophyte who leaps in before [CH...]* gets diverted.  Thus,
	a successful reply must either be expert or at least be in response
	to an expert.
   e)	The software mods are easy, and only need to be made by backbone
	sites for the scheme to work adequately.
   f)	Anyone could self-proclaim expert status, but those who did so and
	then messed up would rightly look very foolish.

-- 
Andy Walker, Maths Dept., Nott'm Univ., UK.
anw@maths.nott.ac.uk