Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 1997 13:12:24 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Jesse Bennett <jbennett AT ti DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
In-Reply-To:	<5fkoon$63j$1@superb.csc.ti.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970306131158.20341F-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 5 Mar 1997, Jesse Bennett wrote:

> In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 970305164326 DOT 18300B-100000 AT is>,
> 	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
> 
> > The only practical way to
> > make the noise lower is to have designated people on the news group who
> > would point out such cases and ask the involved to kindly take their
> > discission off the group.  This requires that the majority of the
> > participants will accept such judgement and abide by it.
> 
> It also relies on a concensus of what is considered on-topic.  This is
> where things become difficult.

I think that by agreeing to accept judgment of those individuals
charged with the rights to cancel or re-route messages, you are freed
of any need for such a consensus.  It is now a problem of those
individuals to make decisions about what should and should not be left
out.

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