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From: rissa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Patricia O Tuama)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: rec.arts.cinema: moderated or not?
Message-ID: <10981@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 14 Jan 90 05:53:45 GMT
Organization: Lone Star Cafe
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In article <3364@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> ecl@cbnewsj.ATT.COM (Evelyn C. Leeper) writes:
>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, my response was obviously directed towards the self-modera-
tion that is clearly in effect in that newsgroup (as well as hun-
dreds of others) with regards to the content and subject matter of 
the articles posted there.

I don't deny that xposting is a problem in many groups, but is no
reason to moderate the proposed newsgroup.  Unless, of course, you
are suggesting that all newsgroups with high rates of xposting be
moderated?