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- From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
- Subject: Re: moderating sci.physics - physics is everything - really moderating sci.physics.moderated
- Message-ID: <1992Dec27.194957.13235@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 19:49:57 GMT
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- In article crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >In article lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick) writes:
- >>>sidles@stein.u.washington.edu (John Sidles) writes:
-
- >>>: Not that sci.physics is perfect... it just isn't clear that
- >>>: moderation will improve it. The main problem seems to be a
- >>>: paucity of well thought out, interesting & informative postings,
- >>>: not an excess of eccentric ones.
-
- >>Is there going to be moderation? - I hope not.
- >>
- >>Moderation implies that 1 or 5 or 20 people will define
- >>what physics "is" in this group.
- >
- > Please. The proposal on the table is *not* to moderate sci.physics,
- > but to create a new group sci.physics.{moderated,research,whatever}.
- > It will not affect the mild anarchy here.
-
-
- I have mixed feelings on the proposal to create a moderated sci.physics.*
- newsgroup. As with everything, there are advantages and disadvantages.
- Part of the equation is the long-term goals of the sci.physics.* hierarchy,
- that is, what do we want the group(s) to do and be five years from now?
-
- Enough musing.
-
- Let me propose one possible solution. Let's phase out sci.physics and
- create a sci.physics.* hierarchy with the following new groups:
-
- sci.physics.general (an unmoderated group to do what sci.physics is now -
- a free-for-all).
- sci.physics.research (a moderated group for the serious physicists and
- wanna-be physicists to discuss physics in the
- way the current proponents want.)
- sci.physics.research.d (an unmoderated group for those who want to comment
- on the posts in *.research but are not allowed to
- or don't want to.)
- sci.physics.speculation (a MODERATED group to allow posters to submit
- their speculations about new ways to look at
- physics. The Bearden/Puthoff stuff that I
- periodically post would fall here. Sarfatti's
- material could go here, and if accepted, could
- also go into the *.research group. The moderation
- of this group would eliminate the excessive flamage.
- Also, this group could be a place where the moderators
- to the *.research could forward posts that fall into
- the speculation category without creating too much
- ill-will - that is, it will give them an easy out.
- sci.physics.speculation.d (an unmoderated newsgroup to discuss the posts
- made to *.speculation. Here's where the flamage
- could be done.)
-
- If the *.speculation groups were created, I'd also move for eliminating
- alt.sci.physics.new-theories since it would be superfluous. And, of course,
- I would be more than happy to be a moderator for sci.physics.speculation.
- I see that group as being the on-line equivalent of the journal: "Speculations
- in Science and Technology" (or something like that).
-
- Just my $0.03 worth (inflation, you know).
-
- Jon Noring
-
-
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