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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
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Subject: Re: net.sources -> ?
Message-ID: <696@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 9-May-87 03:31:53 EDT
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Posted: Sat May  9 03:31:53 1987
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In article <237@sandia.UUCP> marms@sandia.UUCP (Mike Arms) writes:
>In article <332@wolf.UUCP> billw@wolf.UUCP (Bill Wisner) writes:
>>Yes, all sources groups are moderated. There was quite an uproar about this
>>a while ago, I am quite surprised you missed it.
>
>
>I, too, have been disturbed that the unmoderated net.sources group was
>being replaced by the moderated comp.sources.misc group. As has been
>pointed out, the moderator of the misc sources group will often not be
>able to execute the packages and even do a rudimentary test for functionality,
>completeness, or detection of "trojan horses".
>
>So what do we get with this moderated misc sources group? One positive
>aspect is that we only get code and maybe some bug fixes. We don't get
>those stupid "request for Part n of m that didn't get to my part of the net"
>
>On the other hand, we get none of the other usual benefits of moderation
>while accepting the normal delays involved in going thru a moderator.
 

I would like to throw my support behind moderation. 

However I am also concerned with the possible delays in postings due to
moderation. 

But, there seems to be a possible solution. 

		How about multiple moderators.
				  ********


The stated principles of moderation for comp.sources.misc is simply to
divert anything other sources to sources.d, sources.bugs or sources.wanted
as appropriate.

Given this, lets get a number of moderators scattered about the net.
Hopefully so that almost everyone is no more than one or two short and
reliable hops away from a moderator. This would give people more confidence 
in being able to quickly get their sources onto the net.

Heck, maybe Eugene Miya could sponsor a contest in comp.ai.digest to get
an expert system developed to do the job :-)


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Stuart Lynne	ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532