Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!pcsbst!mike
From: mike@pcsbst.UUCP (Mike Schroeder)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: comp.sources.unix
Message-ID: <686@pcsbst.UUCP>
Date: 7 Nov 88 18:42:14 GMT
References: <2565@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <7541@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: cochise!mike@pcsbst.UUCP (Mike Schroeder)
Organization: PCS GmbH, Pfaelzer-Wald-Str. 36, 8000 Muenchen; West-Germany
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In article <7541@well.UUCP> Jef Poskanzer <jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov> writes:
>In the referenced message, cs313s34@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Cs313s34) wrote:
>>If the group is really dead, can't we give it a decent
>>burial and get it off the net ?                   
>
>Don't be silly, you don't nuke a valuable net resource just because one
>moderator goes on vacation.
>

very right!

>Still, these vacations do seem to be rather frequent lately, and not just
>for this one group.  Suggestion: every moderated group should be required
>to have at least two moderators.

hmm, that could lead to coordination problems.

Next suggestion: how about the moderator informing us poor
unknowing net-people that he/she will be gone for x
days/weeks/(years ;-) so that at least we know what's happening?

Mike Schroeder
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