tittle@ics.UCI.EDU (Cindy Tittle Moore) (03/16/91)
This is an informative article about soc.feminism, so if you know all about us, feel free to hit 'n' ;-) This newsgroup was created November 1989. It is a moderated newsgroup for the discussion of feminism. All discussion with relevance to feminism, pro or con, is accepted. The only articles that get rejected are those that have strayed from the subject of feminism (this can be fairly loose), those that indulge in flaming, and those that are merely repetitive of other articles (this cuts down on circular arguments that can go on forever). Occasionally, an article is deemed acceptable provided that a little rewriting is done. This is done on an individual basis with the poster. Crossposting to soc.feminism is discouraged -- and remember that if you include a moderated group on the list of crossposted groups, the article will still be intercepted and sent to the moderator WITHOUT sending it to the other groups. This newsgroup is moderated by MULTIPLE moderators, so there is a fair amount of leeway, as we each work independently unless a really unusual article comes in. This arrangement has worked well since the inception of the group and there are no plans to change it. In fact, it works very well since the group is not interrupted by the vacation/absent time of any one moderator, as so often happens with other moderated groups. Your software should make posting here transparent; that is, the procedure for posting should be the same as with a non-moderated group at your site. However, not all sites are set up correctly. If this is true in your case, e-mailing your article to feminism@ncar.ucar.edu will accomplish the same purpose. This address will select one of the current moderators at random and mail it to that person. DO NOT send email directly to a moderator unless you are working on a rewrite requested by that moderator. Sometimes it may seem that an article that you have mailed in disappears. This happens occasionally; other times it is simply that you are not allowing enough time for the moderator to get to the article, post it, and propogate back to your site. If you have questions like this, or other questions for the moderators, mail these to feminism-request@ncar.ucar.edu and that will reach all of us. There is a digest version of this newsgroup available. To get on the mailing list for it, send mail to feminism-digest@ncar.ucar.edu. This list is strictly a distribution of the articles that get posted to the newsgroup -- if you are limited to email, you can always send your contribution via email to feminism@ncar.ucar.edu as described above. [Of course, if you *are* limited to email, you won't be able to read this directly ;-) I'm sure the information will get around; it always seems to somehow.] I expect this information will show up shortly on news.lists when I get around to it. --Cindy "We are confronted with insurmountable possibilities." -- Walt Kelly