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From: heiby@falkor.UUCP (Ron Heiby)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Yet Another Swipe At Moderation
Message-ID: <182@falkor.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 89 14:57:15 GMT
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Reply-To: heiby@mcdchg.chi.il.us (Ron Heiby)
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Jeff Boeing (abcscagz@csuna.csun.edu) writes:
> (1) Delay time.  One lousy disk crash -- which was certainly not Rahul's
>     fault -- caused the entire backlog of binaries to be set back several
>     weeks.
Right.  It was unfortunate.  But, what did it *really* hurt.  Some neat
programs arrived a few weeks later than they otherwise would have.
Big deal.

> (2) Moderator preference.
Right.  It would be nice to get an occasional game.  But, if the moderator
has machine problems or extra heavy demands from his/her *REAL JOB*, then
I would much rather get half a dozen small utilities than half a moria.
If there's someone filling in while a moderator is on vacation, I think
it's perfectly acceptable for him/her to delay posting games.  Some neat
games arrived a few weeks later than they otherwise would have.
Big deal.

> The moderated newsgroup is still a good idea, but I ask you, fellow netters,
> should binaries postings be restricted to the moderated group ONLY?  An
> unmoderated forum (such as this one) seems to me like a good place to vent
> those binaries that didn't make it (or are delayed up the wazoo) to c.b.i.p.
Yes, binary postings should continue to be restricted to the moderated
group ONLY.  That way, they have a chance at getting archived.  That way,
sites can expire them after only (e.g.) three days, while leaving the
discussion around for (e.g.) two weeks.  I can't think of a single posting
to comp.binaries.ibm.pc that would have caused irreparable harm by having
been delayed a couple of weeks.  Can you?

Keep the binaries in the binaries group and the discussion in the
discussion group!
-- 
Ron Heiby, heiby@mcdchg.chi.il.us	Moderator: comp.newprod
"Life is indeed an inexplicable sequence of imponderable surprises."