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Re: Administrivia: Explanation for Rejecting Two Articles
Namaskar,
At the cost of taking up the band width, since it is my policy to
moderate the newsgroup as publicly as possible, I am posting this
message. I hope that this will clear up any misunderstanding..
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Hari Krishna Susarla wrote:
>
> I think SRH Editor is the victim of a major misunderstanding here. Earlier in
> this thread, he stated publicly that he would not post the article "What Is
> Maayaavaadam?" because it contained personal attacks. At nearly the same time,
> he sent me a message regarding a reply I sent to Ramakrishnan Balasubramaniam
> under the title "Animal Killing and Soul Merging Condemned"; in this latter
> case the moderator suggested to me that I rewrite certain parts of the post
> that might be considered as personal attack. He conceded that there was
> nothing in there of the form "X is a Y," which is his criteria for determining
> if something is or is not a personal attack. I responded that it was bogus for
> him to take such an interest because the thread had become very offensive long
> before I submitted my reply. Furthermore, I asked him to post the article as
> is, since he did not say at that time he would reject it.
1. Until today Only one post each,
one from Ramakrishan Balasubramanianji
on : What Is Maayaavaadam?
And one from HK Susrala ji on the topic :
Animal Killing and Soul Merging...
were rejected. If any more postings have been sent and not accepted, I
request re-submission. All the received/accepted postings have been
posted. If there is any misunderstanding, my apoliogies.
2. Threads (both) had become offensive. And, as a moderator, it is my
responsibility to reject the posts that contribute even more to the
deterioration of the threads.
Suffice it to say that there were personal attacks from all the parties
involved, and as a moderator, it is my responsibility to put an end to
posts containing personal attacks.
>
> When I asked why my posting was being rejected, I was referring to "What is
> Maaayaavaadam?" It was clear to me that "Animal Killing and Soul Merging..."
> was not being rejected; it was only suggested that I rewrite it which I
> decided not to do.
>
It was a nicer way to say that the post was not acceptable in its given
form. I will be more explicit in the future...
regards,
ajay shah
moderator, srh
PS: Please note that I could merely send rejection note to the poster,
but I am posting this to give readers an opportunity to observe the
moderation process.
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