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Re: SRH Reorg: No Vendetta : No Proof!
Vivek Sadananda Pai (vivek@cs.rice.edu) wrote:
: In article <4ciih8$lu1@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
: Ajay Shah <editor@rbhatnagar.csm.uc.edu> wrote:
: [ entirely snipped an article which mentions SRV more than SRH]
Has Vivek conveniently snipped an article that raises some uncomfortable
questions so that he may continue to snipe comfortably?
Just curious ......
: Do you support the idea of having more moderators for SRH?
Yes, if the situation warrants it. I am not convinced that this
newsgroup has enough traffic to necessitate more moderators at this time.
: Do you support the idea of having an unmoderated group TRH and a
: moderated info group under SRH?
No. I find this to be impractical at this jucture and also
inconvenient.
: Do you support the effort to move all purely political posts out of
: SRH and into the unmoderated group?
SRH should allow postings that deal with Hindus, Hindu religion, Hindu
society, Hindu culture, Hindu History, etc; I am quite happy having the
moderator decide what is appropriate and as yet I do not have any complaints.
For e.g. if the news that 16 Hindus were selectively murdered by
terrorists in Jammu were to be posted in SRH, I believe that it would be
relevant, even though some might construe it as a purely 'political act'!!
: Do you support the idea of banning from SRH posts which encourage : hate?
Yes. In the past, I have seen some posts that carried some virulent
attacks on some revered Hindu saints like Swami Vivekananda and
Ramkrishna Paramhansa. I believe that these posts promoted hate. But
they were allowed. I distinctly remember the authors and I watch with
curiosity their self righteous role in preventing postings that
promote hate on SRH.
: Do you support the idea of having guidelines for the behavior of the
: moderators of SRH?
How a moderator behaves is his or her business. I am concerned only with
how a moderator moderates. Sometimes these slips of the keyboard can
give significant insight into what a person really means.
There has been some concern raised about the moderator exhibiting bias.
At this time it is merely an insinuation. The facts belie the accussation.
Some statistics have been presented to show that there is a delay in
posting articles on SRH after they are submitted, sometimes by as much as
10 days. I will not be concerned even if this were to be true. The
discussions in SRH have not really dealt with matters of extreme
urgency. Most questions and issues raised on SRH are 'timeless', so what
if someone's post is delayed by 10 days? I will remain satisfied thinking
that Ajay Shah is doing the best he can and will seek additional help when
the task becomes unmanageable.
At this time Ajay Shah's statement of the RFD being motivated by a personal
vendetta seems credible to me. If this RFD ever comes to a vote, I wonder if
we will find that all the people who voted for the creation of SRV will vote
'en masse' in favor of the RFD? Just thinking out aloud .... And while I am
at it, I also wonder why is it that the proponents of the RFD were also
some of the people actively involved in the creation of SRV? To suggest
that there is no relationship between the two is to be both untrue and
illogical.
Admittedly, this campaign for reorganization of SRH has been carried out
in a rather self-righteous manner by the proponents. At first glance their
logic seems unassailable. Almost .....
On the other hand their motives are questionable. At the least ....
Suspiciously,
Vinod S. Nair
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Best Wishes,
Vinod
