create digitalmars.D.moderated ??

BLS nanali at nospam-wanadoo.fr
Tue Nov 20 11:25:26 PST 2007


Walter Bright schrieb:
> It's been proposed that a new newsgroup be created, 
> digitalmars.D.moderated. It would work like moderated newsgroups on 
> usenet do, such as comp.lang.c++.moderated. There would be 3 or 4 
> volunteer moderators (not me), who would disallow posts that were 
> off-topic, me too, spam, lacked content, or contained personal attacks. 
> Ideally, the moderated group would set the bar for the quality of the 
> messages.
> 
> The original newsgroups will remain as the free-for-all wild west that 
> makes them both fun and perhaps a little intimidating for some. While I 
> like the wild west approach, many others clearly find it uncomfortable.

NO!
It is sometimes uncomfortable to have a free NG, but disallowing 
opinions is in no case and never acceptable.  (It is not even a win)
In case that you establish such a NG be asured I'll drop out. FWIW
Bjoern




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