From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: c.o.m.djgpp retro-moderated?
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 22:49:44 +0000
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In article <Pine DOT GSO DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970306001255 DOT 21399D-100000 AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu>,
Michael Phelps <morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu> writes
>On Wed, 5 Mar 1997, Paul Shirley wrote:
>
>> In article <199703022040 DOT PAA22429 AT delorie DOT com>, DJ Delorie
>> <dj AT delorie DOT com> writes
>> >As for the usual censorship argument, let me remind you all that
>> >moderation and retro-moderation don't stop posts, they only stop posts
>> >in the wrong groups.
>> 
>> The only choice needed really is wether crossposts are automatically
>> deleted or do they need examining first.
>> Of course I could be being a little extreme here ;)
>> 
>> Back in the real world: I suppose its worth discussing what an
>> appropriate response to the FAQs that annoy Eli so much should be.
>> Converting them to an email response *most* of the time sounds
>> reasonable to me.
>
>I'm not completely convinced of that.  It's easy to say when you're a
        <vast ammounts removed... go back and read the original;)>

I'd better clarify.

My question is : if someone asks 'Why is my hello world program is 200K
long?' is it reasonable to remove the public post and email a response
instead, provided the message gets through to the newsgroup *some* of
the time (to head of other requests). For many of the really common FAQs
this would stop the usual cascade of replies adding to the noise level.

I fully support deleting all spam and most crossposts. The question is
simply which topics get fully cancelled, partially cancelled (as
described above) or let through. Assuming moderation goes ahead thats
all that really needs discussing.

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