Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!cbnewsj!ecl
From: ecl@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Evelyn C. Leeper)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: rec.arts.cinema: moderated or not?
Message-ID: <3364@cbnewsj.ATT.COM>
Date: 12 Jan 90 22:57:29 GMT
References: <10954@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: ecl@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Evelyn C. Leeper)
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In article <10954@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama) writes:
> In article <5246@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
> >I would be much more comfortable with something that resembles
> >comp.unix.wizards, where the sheer inapproachability of the
> >discussions keep the neophytes and lurkers out of print
> 
> I agree.  This newsgroup is supposed to include indepth discussion
> on a variety of historical, artistic and technical subjects.  That
> alone should be enough to make it self-moderating.  

As of today, 40 out of 176 articles in comp.unix.wizards are cross-posted from
comp.unix.questions (out of 311 articles there).  *My* feeling is that
self-moderation is not working in this instance, but others may disagree.

Evelyn C. Leeper  |  +1 201-957-2070  |  att!mtgzy!ecl or  ecl@mtgzy.att.com
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