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Re: SRH Reorg FAQ
Ajay Shah (ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu) wrote:
[...]
* 1. The Re-org move was a result of my of my insistence that the Vaishnava
* newsgroup contain the word "hindu" in there. As it is conventional for
* many religious/cultural newsgroups. My recommendation was to have
* soc.religion.hindu.vaishnava
* After all, the re-org move started withing merely 2-3 months of the
* formation of the newsgroup, and the threats of re-org came immediately
* after my stand on the inclusion of word Hindu in the name of the newsgroup.
* 2. The proponents of Vaishnava newsgroup chastaized me for my insistence
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* of word Hindu and promised a revavange.
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In view of the fact that not all the proponents of the vaishnava
newsgroup are involved in the current SRH reorganization proposal,
I suggest that the above sentence be appropriately modified
forthwith.
I was one of the proponents of the soc.religion.vaishnava newsgroup
and I have no quarrels with Sri Ajay Shah. He may continue to
remain as the moderator of SRH as long as he cares, and keep the
newsgroup SRH in its current format as long as he cares.
[...]
* 5. Then it was pointed out that group needs multiple moderators, and a
* better defined charter etc. etc. However the proponents of SRH-reorg who
* happen to be proponents/strong supporters/involved in moderation process
* of soc.religion.vaishnava themselves were (are) not willing to abide by
* the same rules.
* E.g., there is no provision for removal of SRV software of hardware
* moderator removal, no properly defined process for specifying the keywords
* required for approval of posts, no provision for back-up machines of the
* currently used machine has hardware/software problems, no restrictions on
* the software/hardware moderators in claiming in their posts that they are
* involved in the moderation process of soc.religion.vaishnava newsgroups
* etc. etc. etc.
I have already clarified several of these points in an earlier
posting made to news.groups as well as soc.religion.hindu.
However it appears to have fallen in the deaf ears. Since the
current reorganization issue has taken severe political
overtones, I do not wish to take part in this on behalf of
either side. I do however want to stress that
(a) there is no direct comparison between the software moderated
newsgroup and human moderated newsgroup; and
(b) the moderation policies detailed in new proposals are likely
to incorporate better checks and controls as opposed to older
newsgroup proposals due to more feedback coming in during
discussions in news.groups.
--badri
* ajay shah
* ajay@mercury.aichem.arizona.edu
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Badri Seshadri
Graduate Student
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University
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