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From: karl@haddock.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Newsgroup vote counting: a proposed modifacation
Message-ID: <1578@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: Mon, 2-Nov-87 15:26:18 EST
Article-I.D.: haddock.1578
Posted: Mon Nov  2 15:26:18 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 4-Nov-87 20:38:45 EST
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Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
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In article <6695@ut-ngp.UUCP> kraut@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes:
>let's just stay reasonable about this matter  - and improvise best
>as we can ... and stay friendly even towards those folks that can't
>get reply-mail through and end up posting !!!

I agree that the proposed modification is nonsense.  The current rules should
be sufficient incentive not to post votes; adding a penalty doesn't help.
(Also, it isn't always clear whether a posting is a vote or discussion.)

It should be emphasized that posted votes NEVER count.  Even if you tried a
direct reply first, and it failed, that isn't sufficient justification.