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- From: frenkel@stcst1.mrl.uiuc.edu (David Frenkel)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: sci.physics.research: Are there imp
- Message-ID: <C1DEGu.7Hv@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 18:10:06 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.C1DEGu.7Hv
- References: <MATT.93Jan10010325@physics2.berk> <1541700025@gn.apc.org>
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- In article <1541700025@gn.apc.org> antennae@gn.apc.org writes:
- >
- >
- >You don't need moderators. You've already hounded Hannu off the net...
- > ...
- >It worries me to hear you discussing how 'tough' you should be - as
- >though this newsgroup was a place to show off cleverness rather than
- >a point of communication for everyone on the net interested in physics
- >and physics-related issues.
-
- Strong stuff, but a couple of points are due.
-
- (1) There is a large number of moderated newsgroups out there.
- How did they come about?
- Let us not forget that one of the roles the moderators would play
- is to weed out the more vicious replies. If this is coupled with
- a sufficiently broad-minded approach to what questions can
- be asked, the end result may be quite positive. Let us give it
- some time to see if it works.
-
- (2) We live in an information age, where all of us are overloaded.
- If you think of it, FAQ's are a way to deter people from posting;
- regular users do not wish to see the same elementary stuff
- rehashed over and over.
- Surely, it has not escaped anyone that the majority of
- current postings deal with foundational issues of physics,
- and there is precious little that is related to what the
- majority of physical scientists (either practitioners
- or interested observers) would care about on a regular basis.
- Why is it so unreasonable to somewhat limit that stuff
- on one group, so those of us who do not think of these
- matters on regular basis have enough breathing space to
- talk about other things?
-
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- David Frenkel | e-mail: frenkel@stcst1.mrl.uiuc.edu
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