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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: Moderator Fitness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.203820.29995@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <C16zu7.5oq@well.sf.ca.us> <1993Jan21.081720.5272@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan21.184710.2906@coe.montana.edu>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:38:20 GMT
- Lines: 74
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- In article <1993Jan21.184710.2906@coe.montana.edu> uphrrmk@terra.oscs.montana.edu (Michael Kellen) writes:
- >The current referrendum states the charter of the proposed sci.physics.research,
- >which includes in part:
- >
- >" [the moderators] will only reject clearly inappropriate postings, and will
- >accept any that has serious physics content or that is likely to be of interest
- >to an audience of professional physicists. Clearly inappropriate postings
- >include:
- >
- > ***>> (1) Personal attacks;
- > (2) Discussion that isn't about or related to physics;
- > (3) Multiple responses that all say the same things; and
- > (4) Crackpot postings that are "not even wrong."
- >
- >The moderators are:
- > John Baez (jbaez@math.mit.edu)
- > ***>> Dale Bass (crb7q@virginia.edu) <<***
- > Bill Johnson (mwj@beta.lanl.gov)
- > Lee Sawyer (sawyer@utahep.uta.edu) "
- >
- > (All ***>>'s are mine, placed for emphasis)
- >
- >
- >In sci.physics, crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass) writes:
- >
- >> [quoted article by Jack Sarfatti deleted]
- >>
- >> Yes, but at least I know how to work *my* spell checker.
- >>
- >> You crack me up, Jack. But just for you, I promise I'll *never*
- >> offer to moderate a physics gorup.
- >>
- >
- >
- > I must point out that whatever one's opinions of Mr. Sarfatti's physics, the
- >issue raised about the qualifications of moderators does fall within the
- >category of a valid and important discussion.
- >
- > It gives me great misgivings to see a proposed MODERATOR violating one of the
- >principles he will supposedly be responsible for enforcing, namely screening
- >personal attacks out as a waste of bandwidth. While I realize that this is not
- >the proposed newsgroup, one would hope that a MODERATOR would naturally follow
- >the netiquette of confining useless flames to eMail, and would not try to
- >obscure a valid point (ie, what does a mathematician know about physics
- >research?) with an (un)professional & personal attack.
-
- I was trying to *make* a valid point, and it had nothing to
- do with spelling.
-
- > Lastly, this ain't a comp.* group. While typos & mispellings can distract,
- >not all readers/authors are computer gurus. Again, Mr. Bass's attack is
- >inappropriate, and raises questions as to his impartiallity.
-
- Actually, I was calmly pointing out that knowledge of
- the use of the computer is arguably a more important skill in
- the context of moderating a new group than the acquisition of
- a higher degree.
-
- And it may raise questions about my sense of humour in this forum,
- though that particular idiom is certainly inappropriate for the new
- forum.
-
- I would also like to point out in a calm, sedate manner,
- that Mr. Sarfatti's posting was rife with substantive error indicating
- an extreme misreading and misunderstanding of the fairly
- clear professional credentials presented in the CFV.
-
- dale bass
-
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- C. R. Bass crb7q@virginia.edu
- Department of Mechanical,
- Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
- University of Virginia (804) 924-7926
-