webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) (07/13/87)
In article <2849@ncoast.UUCP>, allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) writes: > As quoted from <287@brandx.rutgers.edu> by webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber): > +--------------- > | was plenty. Before you start talking about procedure, please show me > | when it was voted upon that net.sources and mod.sources would be > | merged and subsequently split into multiple moderated groups as well > | as how you ended up being the moderator of the one that is currently > | closest in goals to the old net.sources. It strikes me that your > | interest in proper procedure is rather new found. > +--------------- > > I have *that* letter too. Basically, Rick Adams _told_ me that net.sources > was becoming comp.sources.misc and that it WOULD be moderated -- no question, > no place for me to complain. He then _asked_ me whether I would like to be > the moderator of the group. > > Tell me, where did you get the idea that *I* chose to make net.sources Nothing in the above says that I thought *you* were responsible for the original idea of moderating comp.sources.misc. Are you claiming that you were acting according to proper procedure since you just agreed to be the moderator and didn't actually issue the control messages? By the way, there was some discussion among the backbone administrators prior the actions you refer to above. Of course, as you can tell from the postings of others in this group, there were many things they overlooked as alternatives. It is worth noting that you still have not produced the vote I queried about in the above quoted passage. > moderated? It seems to me that, having run out of real arguments, you're > just lashing out blindly at me for having the temerarity to contradict you. Actually, since I restrict myself to addressing the points that you raise, rather than reiterating the entire argument with each message, it is natural that as you find less and less to say, my responses shrink as well. I do not mind you having a different opinion than me on what is proper net behavior, but I do get a bit annoyed when you choose to put words in my mouth (such as the above bogus assumption that you `made' net.sources moderated, after all, who says you need a moderator in order to have a moderated group?). Anyway, thanks for your summary of how the group was created/destroyed. And particularly, I thank you for the bogus things you chose to nest the facts in, thus giving me an opportunity to reply. Enjoy. ---- BOB (webber@aramis.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!webber)