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From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: How does a RUSH category sound?
Message-ID: <3156@epimass.EPI.COM>
Date: 4 May 89 18:43:29 GMT
References: <7090@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
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In article <7090@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>How does a RUSH category sound for comp.binaries.ibm.pc?  If an
>incoming submission is marked RUSH in the subject heading,
>
>  -- it gets posted in 24 to 48 hours
>  -- it is not tested, nor assigned a volume/issue number
....

Rahul, I acknowledge you for going out of your way to keep your "customers"
happy.  Just the same, I advise you against doing this.  First off, almost
everyone will put "RUSH" in their subject heading.  Secondly, the
poster is not in a position to decide whether or not his/her posting
is really a rush or not; egos are on the line here.  Of course the
world needs my program as soon as possible!  The world will end if the
world cannot play nethack this week!!!!

Given that it costs to send all this drivel around, the least we can
do is make sure it's quality drivel. :-)  That means testing, archiving,
etc.

Now it may well be that circumstances exist that justify "rush" handling.
I'd prefer to see someone else's judgment than the poster used to decide
this (like the moderator's, perhaps).

Another possibility to speed the workload: appoint "deputy testers",
sort of assistant moderators.  This might assist you at times where
mundane things like work and school interfere with your real purpose
in life, which is to moderate comp.binaries.ibm.pc.  :-)




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