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Re: Proposal: shouldn't can.infohighway be moderated?

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From: Colin J. Williams
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
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At Toronto FreeNet we don't seem to have access to can.infobahn.

Even so, I support the Luc Bauwens proposal and feel that Dawn 
Whiteside's is a second best but acceptable

When does the Oracle make the decision?  This proposal has been on the 
table for a few weeks.

Colin W.

Dawn Whiteside (dawn@eljefe.ca.dynix.com) 
wrote: : Luc Bauwens <bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
: >I had planned to mention in the proposal that can.infobahn still
: >exists, and in any event, that it remains unmoderated, but I ended up
: >forgetting.  But in effect, we would have two groups, one moderated
: >and the other not.

: Many sites do not carry can.infobahn or have it aliased to
: can.infohighway; I don't have a copy of the list of groups handy but I
: would not be surprised to see it listed as bogus or aliased there.

: The most reasonable solution seems to be to create a new moderated
: group (can.infohighway.announce? can.infohighway.mod?) with painfully
: explicit guidelines and leave the current can.infohighway alone to stew
: in its own juices.  As things stand with can.infohighway/infobahn now,
: changing the group's status to moderated will cause problems at many
: sites.

: --
: Dawn Whiteside
: rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated:  i'm just busy these months
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From: bc519@torfree.net (Colin J. Williams)
Subject: Re: Proposal: shouldn't can.infohighway be moderated?
Date: 1995/11/14
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