[21107] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: time for a new list?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrea Di Lecce)
Tue Nov 3 20:08:56 1998
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 20:00:13 -0500
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Andrea Di Lecce <slinky@rogerswave.ca>
In-Reply-To: <00bc01be06e8$9f6d43b0$0793c7c6@joshnt>
At 00:12 11/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
> I have been reading this list for a while now, and for the most part,
>just sitting back reading posts that interest me. I appreciate the early
>heads up on outages, new info on networking technology and the like.
>However, I do believe that moderating or "policing" the list would be a good
>idea.
Instead of a pure moderation, where every post must be approved either
manually or by sender, why not have a few people who are well-versed on the
FAQ, gently reminding those that step too far away from it ? Suspension of
posting privileges can be an option, if absolutely necessary.
> As for a subscription requirement, that may be a little difficult as the
>"good" information that passes through this list, is interesting to a great
>deal of people that may not fit into the subscription group. It wouldn't be
>fair to have them be denied from the right to see what is going on, however
>a posting credentials requirement might be a good idea, but then again who
>would enforce this, and what would the requirements be?
A written, time-limited IQ test !? :)
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