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Proposal on the Structure of Usenet University
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As I was compiling the list of consultants for Usenet University, I
came upon a problem which UU will have to deal with.  What should I
do, for example, if a person who believed that the Holocaust never
happened wanted to be added as a history consultant or if a flat
earther wanted to be added as a physics consultant?  In other words,
how do I maintain the list as a quality reference without being open
to charges of censorship.  This is only the tip of a much question,
"Who determines what gets taught at Usenet University?"

I have a proposal which I feel will effectively deal with this
question.  I propose that Usenet University be considered to be a
collection of different "academies."  Any person or group is free to
start their own Academy, provided that the name of their Academy does
not duplicate one already existing.  Each Academy choose whatever
system of governance it wishes, and can teach whatever it wished to
under the name of that Academy.  Over time, the network public can
look at what is published in the name of each Academy and can make
their own judgments as to their reputation.  In this way, I think that
UU can preserve quality while maintaining academic freedom.  Thus a
flat-earther who's work is not "certified" by a certain Academy is
perfectly free to establish a "Flat Earth Academy" trademark under
which he can distribute his or her views.

To start out this proposal, I am issuing the list of consultants under
the name of the "New Network Academy."  Right now, the "New Network
Academy" consists solely of the consultant's list, and I retain full
control over whose names are published on the list.  If a reader or
potential consultant disagrees on my decisions as to whose names are
or are not on the list, then that person is free to publish their own
list over another Academy name.