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From: llama@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: Re: moderators should be near transparent
Keywords: metadiscussion
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Date: 17 Oct 90 19:19:31 GMT
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>llama@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis) writes:
>>I also object to CLT's steady interjection of comments into others notes.

In article <9010170254.AA17130@megaron.cs.arizona.edu> bweiss writes:
>Actually, Cindy, I do agree with him here.  Some of your interjections
>are long enough to be posts in their own right.  I think they should
>be, to make it clear that _Cindy_ is posting her response to a
>legitimate post, rather than the _moderator_ suggesting the forum
>isn't appropriate.

CLT writes:
>[This is probably true.  Note, however, that I will probably get
>complaints for approving my own articles.  I'm not complaining; this
>(can't please everyone syndrome) comes with the territory.  But I do
>want you all to see where I'm coming from.

>Most of the time, if you people have comments about the running of the
>group, you can send your comments to feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu,
>which will distribute your mail to all the current moderators of
>soc.feminism.  --CLT]

There are only two times where it is appropriate for a moderator to insert
a comment into a post.

The first, and most usual, case is where the moderator needs to inform 
possible followup posters that certain aspects of the post are perhaps
best addressed in a different newsgroup.

The second, rare, case is where the post specifically requests information 
from a moderator, or specifically addresses the moderators (or a moderator)
as this one does, and might reasonably expect a reply from same.

Any other interjections from moderators are intrusive and inappropriate.
Any other comments moderators wish to make other than the above should be
made in independent followups.  

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