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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: soc.human-nets, and removing groups in general
Message-ID: <3442@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 Mar 89 19:24:36 GMT
References: <3392@ficc.uu.net> <10979@well.UUCP>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <10979@well.UUCP>, pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer) writes:
> In that case, the group should be removed immediately.  The correct
> solution to this problem, as explained by me months ago, and as currently
> being implemented by Mike Wexler of comp.sources.x, is to have a backup
> moderator.

Nice sentiment. Unfortunately that solution was politically untenable.
Creating alt.sources.amiga cut through a humongeous flame war and solved
the problem. The new moderator is much more reasonable, but other people
involved in the farce are still active in the amiga groups.

And even if removing the group was appropriate, the first thing you should
do is attempt to contact the current moderator. Moderators put a lot of time
and effort into the net, and should be involved in any decision about the
group they moderate.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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