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SRH Reorganiztion Bias: Low Activity/Delays in Posting
In article <4ba3ia$jao@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
|> Some re-organization proponents have said that this newsgroup has
|> *fewer than expected* posts, and that is why they would like to see
|> this newsgroup multiply moderated.
Yes, this is one of the reasons I would point out. I believe
that having multiple moderators can only be a good thing.
|> 1. The postings are made 4-6 times a week.
Perhaps this is true _now_, but historically, this has
not been the case. I believe that the information available
at http://www-ece/~vijaypai/srh-stats.html will indicate that
the moderation frequency has increased _significantly_ since
the reorg RFD was sent to you.
|> 2. Some times, like yesterday, our news server was down, so we could not
|> make any posting, this after trying from about 9:00 am in the morning till
|> midnight
This is all the more reason to have multiple moderators - one
site's failure should not hold the newsgroup hostage. If one
person's hardware fails, the other can take over.
|> 3. There was a prolong period of time, when the main news server was down
|> for hardware upgrades, and the postings could not be made
|> 4. I am in a process of finding out, if I can use my personal account
|> for posting messages when I have connectivity etc. problems
All of these are good reasons to have multiple moderators.
|> Also, upon checking some of the religious newsgroups indicates that
|> soc.religion.sikhism, although created before SRH has fewer than 700
|> postings since inception.
Just as an example, Rice has about 5 Sikhs and about 100+ Hindus.
I imagine that the numbers at other places are about the same. If
this has any impact on traffic, I would imagine that SRS having
fewer than 700 posts is not surprising.
|> Soc.religion.eastern has very few postings, and
SRE has definitely lost a lot of people to other groups, as
other groups got created. Remember, there was a time when SRE
was the only place in SR* to discuss things like Hinduism, etc.
|> soc.religion.vaishnava has comparable no. of postings (althogh majority
|> contributed by 4-5 posters, but I admire their activity none the less)
SRV is an example of what happens when moderation delays don't
interfere with people's postings. You'll often see people make
several posts over a few days, rather than several posts in the
course of a month.
|> Soc.Religion.Hindu has had around 800 posts in 3 1/2 months, so this
|> accusation of "low activity" does not really make sense if one takes
|> a non-biased approach.
Please take a look at the stats page I mentioned.
|> Yet another point, emphasizing the distorted picture presented by the
|> proponents of SRH Reorganization
Let's not be too quick to point fingers - after all, your comment
about clearing posts 4-6 times a week doesn't seem to be supported
by your own archives.
-Vivek
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