From: alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Alaric B. Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated? Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 21:40:43 GMT Message-ID: <331b2957.5096348@news.demon.co.uk> References: <199703022040 DOT PAA22429 AT delorie DOT com> <331A1BCD DOT 1F63 AT pobox DOT oleane DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: abwillms.demon.co.uk Lines: 47 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp On Mon, 3 Mar 1997 00:31:09 GMT, Francois Charton wrote: >DJ Delorie wrote: >Is it worth the bother? There are extremely few off-topic threads, which >do not represent a threat for the group. Hmmm. I find a lot of the stuff here to be boring, but only because it's people asking FAQs, in general. What would make /me/ happy is a c.o.m.djgpp.wizards or something where people chat about boot loaders, DPMI, and hardware level graphics under DPMI and such stuff (that's just the subset of wizard topics I could be vocal about; there's the ports of GNU tools like gdbm as well, etc) while the newbie stuff occurs in c.o.m.djgpp. That makes me sound like I hate newbies, I don't really... >The only exception to this I have seen was a spelling discussion on the >word "pallete" (that was when you were out, Shawn), which you rightly >stopped with an "enough of this!" message (and the thread died in the >minute). Oh, no - that one was my fault :-( >So, I don't think moderation is needed for comp.os.msdos.djgpp: there are >not many things to moderate, and discipline prevails among readers. >Moreover, if such a long off-topic thread should happen, just one >"enough!" message from you, Eli, or any other of the few respected >authorities in the group will probably do. Some kind of "informal" retro >moderation... Hmmm. Perhaps if we made informal retormoderation explicit like that, it would more than suffice? ABW -- "Simply drag your mother in law's cellphone number from the Address Book to the Laser Satellite icon, and the Targeting Wizard will locate her. Then follow the onscreen prompts for gigawattage and dispersion pattern..." (Windows for Early Warning and Defence User's manual P385) Alaric B. Williams Internet : alaric AT abwillms DOT demon DOT co DOT uk Hello :-)