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- From: crb7q@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Cameron Randale Bass)
- Subject: Re: integrity and competence of moderators
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.205441.558@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU
- Organization: University of Virginia
- References: <C1807M.DGq@well.sf.ca.us>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:54:41 GMT
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- In article <C1807M.DGq@well.sf.ca.us> sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti) writes:
- >
- >OK, perhaps, insistence on Ph.D. may not be necessary. For example,
- >Aephraim Steinberg does not yet have his Ph.D. - but he would be well
- >qualifed to be a moderator. He is definitely competent. He is always
- >polite and fair in the best spirit of science.
- >
- >I doubt that men of the stature of Yakir Aharonov, Steven Weinberg etc.
- >would allow themsevles to be moderated by the present slate of moderators.
- >If the whole point is to get men of that staure to contribute, then
- >you must have a prestigious set of moderators. As it is the present fact
- >is that the moderated conference will be a power trip for Bass et-al.
-
- Since things like this have come up before, against my better
- judgment I'll respond.
-
- Moderating a Usenet newsgroup is *no* power trip. It
- requires substantial continuous work, and there is little return
- on the investment of time. One would have to be a complete
- idiot to consider moderating a Usenet newsgroup because of the
- 'power' it offered.
-
- 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
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