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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Introduction to REC.HUMOR.FUNNY -- Monthly Posting
Message-ID: <317@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 89 13:02:58 GMT
References: <2712@looking.UUCP> <1449@papaya.bbn.com> <2944@stiatl.UUCP> <363@magnus.UUCP> <2724@looking.UUCP> <839@splut.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
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In article <839@splut.UUCP> jay@splut.UUCP (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes:
 >In article <2724@looking.UUCP>, Brad Templeton lays out, clearly and
 >succinctly, the problems he has faced as moderator of rec.humor.funny,
 >and the safeguards he needs to insure that another JEDR doesn't come
 >along and try to destroy his reputation and livelihood.
 >
 >Various and sundry people have flamed him for wanting to protect himself
 >in the manner he sees as necessary.
 >
 >To those who would destroy rec.humor.funny and Brad Templeton, I
 >challenge you to come up with an alternate solution that addresses his
 >problems and yours as well. I suspect that you will have a very
 >difficult time coming up with an acceptable solution.

But they have come up with a number of solutions: (a) remove Brad as moderator
of r.h.f. if he cannot take the heat that comes with the territory;
(b) rmgroup r.h.f. if a vote indicates that a majority of outspoken net users
disagree with the way the group is run.

Whether one agrees with these solutions or not (and I don't), they are proposed
solutions.

If Brad takes r.h.f. off the main hierarchy, he will have to rename it, and
it will cease to be r.h.f; this either means the demise of the group by that
name, or its change to an unmoderated (or moderated by someone else) group.

It also may mean that Brad would lose his contributors, if they feel as strongly
about the issue as those who have flamed him for his ideas. But that's for him
to decide and eventually to put up with.

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