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From: guest@bigtuna.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sources.misc
Subject: Administrivia
Message-ID: <52@bigtuna.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 9-Jun-87 14:05:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: bigtuna.52
Posted: Tue Jun  9 14:05:20 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jun-87 04:45:08 EDT
Organization: U. of Hawaii, Bekesy Lab of Neurobiology
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Approved: self-moderated

[This is a self-moderated posting]

Just a short time ago a small group of self-serving net participants
took it upon themselves to eliminate the long-time unmoderated
net.sources newsgroup and replace it with the new comp.sources.misc,
which they decided should be moderated.

These people simply ignored the accepted rules on newgroup creation.
They apparently feel they have some kind of authority to mandate the
shape and direction of the net.

So now, those of us that prefer to have an unmoderated sources group 
(probably the majority of net.sources users) will have to follow the
wishes of this forceful few or take steps to overcome their attacks.

The easiest approach is to post directly to this group (comp.sources.misc)
by adding a line like this:

Approved: self-moderated

to the header of the article with your editor (just like this article).

The concerns of the pro-moderation faction about non-sources being
posted to the sources groups don't seem unreasonable (though their
approach to eliminating them certainly does).  Please post non-sources
to a more appropriate group.

Thanks very much.

[remember "Approved: by you" is all it takes.]