Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!sgi!gsk
From: gsk@khaki
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: please moderate moderately -> comp.binaries.ibm.pc
Summary: turn-around delays are going to be substantial.
	 we're going to need an alternate, unmoderated binary group.
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Date: 18 Dec 87 21:58:55 GMT
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i expect that Harry Skelton will render valuable service
as moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc;  however his proposed
editorial policies seem excessively paranoid and cumbersome to me.

the "advertise it for a month" policy puts a hard lower bound
of a month on all submissions. add to that the required phone calls,
*US mail* exchange, testing, book-keeping, etc., and i expect that
average turn-around time will be more like 2 months.

i'm skeptical that all this heavy-handed security will be effective,
anyway, since pirates can easily post pirated stuff to other
newsgroups, and anybody who wanted to could defeat Harry's
measures with little trouble.

and what do people do if they don't want to wait more than a month
and go through rounds of telephone and USmail contacts?
for example, we often see exchanges like:
	"anybody have a program that does XXX?"
	"yes, i'll post it to newsgroup YYY."
it seems that there will have to be an alternate, unmoderated place
for binaries - maybe comp.sys.ibm.pc (but others might find that
objectionable). this would not be necessary if comp.binaries.ibm.pc
offered quick turn-around.

please don't construe this as a flame. i will undoubtedly appreciate
Harry's contribution. i value the packaging, testing, and archiving
that a moderator can provide. i also am aware of the magnitude
of the job and wish to commend Harry for volunteering.

i only request that moderating be practiced in moderation.

George S. Kong,  Silicon Graphics, Inc.,  (415)962-3281
gsk@sgi.com
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