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From: karen@everexn.uucp (Karen Valentino)
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Subject: Re: REVISED CHARTER for rec.arts.cinema
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Date: 9 Jan 90 01:06:34 GMT
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thakur@eddie.mit.edu (Manavendra K. Thakur) writes:

>Fourth, I've seen a number of comments to the effect that the
>moderator should not act as an editor.  I think that the distinction
>between the two is not nearly as sharp as it might seem.  
 [more deleted for the sake of brevity]

There's room for disagreement about what is correct or proper
even when it comes to simple items of grammar--I know, because
I've even debated with someone over whether "awhile" is as valid
as "a while."  I'm not familiar enough with the review process to 
know whether what I'm getting at fits within it or exists outside 
it--the point that I've tried to make is that no writer's stuff should 
be changed and then posted unless the author first has a chance to
look the article over and say, "OK.  I accept this.  Post it."  
In other words, the author has the final say over what appears under 
his/her name, not the editor.  I'm not suggesting anything other than 
that, if a moderator edits, the author have the final say about whether 
an article that has been modified be posted under his/her name.
Am I insisting that something that's already implicit and common 
practice be explicit?  I really don't know how things commonly work.

>The real point is not whether the moderator acts as an editor but
>rather the precise nature of what the moderator is editing.  

I agree that the nature of what is edited is important; but I 
still am unclear from what you write what you consider to be
within the scope of the editor.

Other than that, I think everything in the proposed charter is
as clear as glass, and like its clarity.  I think that you lay to
rest some of the issues that have been talked over here, including
whether r.a.c. should be a subgroup of r.a.m.  To me, the charter
makes it clear that r.a.c is not a subgroup, but a whole different
ball game.

Karen
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