Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!coma!axel From: axel@coma.UUCP (Axel Mahler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Bad placing of Atari ST binaries Message-ID: <347@coma.UUCP> Date: 22 Feb 88 16:10:30 GMT References: <386@csvax.liv.ac.uk> Reply-To: axel@coma.UUCP (Axel Mahler) Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany (West) Lines: 41 Summary: WANTED! New moderator for comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st !!! In article <386@csvax.liv.ac.uk> sqrkl@csvax.liv.ac.uk writes: >Why, WHY, W H Y are binaries being posted into comp.sys.atari.st ??? >All other groups post to comp.binaries....there USED to be a >comp.binaries.atari.st at my site, but it expired after 60 days due to >a lack of postings... I've been waiting some time for this matter to come up. Richard, comp.{sources,binaries}.atari.st used to be moderated newsgroups, meaning that not just EVERYbody is allowed to post his junk there. However, moderated newsgroups completely rely on a MODERATOR doing his job REGULARLY. Unfortunately, in this particular case, the moderator has obviously disappeared from the net without notice. > Does this mean I have to sift through comp.sys.atari.st to find the >programs I want ? > I'm afraid this DOES mean you (and I, and many others) have to sift through this noisegroup. I see three possible solutions to the current dilemma: 1. Find someone reliable with enough time and suitable resources, and make that person the new moderator of comp.{src,bin}.st. 2. Make both newsgroups unmoderated or, 3. rm-group both groups and return to the way programs have been distributed before - through comp.sys.atari.st. Currently breaking its way is 'solution' no. 3. I hate the idea. I'd be very much in favor of no. 1, but - in case nobody volunteers - would prefer no. 2 over what's going on now. I'd like to hear about other ideas, or how you folks out there feel about the current situation, and my suggestions. cheers, Axel. -- Axel Mahler, Tech.Univ. Berlin UUCP: axel@coma.uucp (unido!coma!axel) BITNET: axel@db0tui62.bitnet