Re: Moderation

[nathan@parka.winternet.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <4sm9jr$152@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca>,
Jeffrey Robertson <jeffr@bnr.ca> wrote:
>Rick Hatton <hattonr@aug.com> wrote:
>>It takes more than one person to start a flame war. Why not just ignore the
>>inappropriate posts?. We have filters for our newsreaders, and I certainly
>>use mine.

>It is hard to filter incorrect information.  New arrivals might not
>know that Dr. Tom is not to be trusted/believed.  They won't have
>him in a killfile.

>Hmmm.. maybe that should be in the FAQ...

   The FAQ is up for additions and the like. If someone wishes to put
together such a section, and submits that to me, I'll consider it. [At
an absolute bare minimum for me to even consider it, it _MUST_
reference concrete facts, such as Charles Turley's post of just last
month (hardly ancient history) claiming that the 3D, 4D and other
sounds were still true, as well as how many flames at him were needed
to get his pirated Pacman off the 1wsw site this spring.

   www.dejanews.com is a _wonderful_ tool for people who think that as
soon as a post expires from their local site, it's gone forever. As
I said in my .sig, GET THE FACTS!

Nathan Mates
Maintainer of the comp.sys.apple2 FAQ
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