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In article <47h49n$8q9@insight.dcss.mcmaster.ca>,
David Jones <djones@insight.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
>In article <47c0c4$1e0e@acs2.acs.ucalgary.ca>,
>Luc Bauwens <bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
>>      
>>I propose that the newsgroup can.infohighway, which is currently unmoderated,
>>be changed to moderated.  I am prepared to act as the moderator, ...
>
>How generous of you.

  Would the real David Jones please stand up? This does not sound like
the person who help start the EFC. I think Luc can make whatever
suggestions he likes.

>Gee, lots of topics seemed relevant to me.  More than "one in ten".
>Who gets to decide what is "relevant" ?  Luc Bauwens in Calgary?

  I find less than one article in ten. In fact, for the past two weeks
my kill files have killed *EVERYTHING* in can.infohighway.
  The amount of spam in the can.* and other regionals is excessive. 
Moderation is one solution. Another solution is more technology.

>Perhaps Luc could solve his own information filtering problem by
>learning about kill files to block the few authors he doesn't want
>to see.

  Alas I am about to start doing the reverse. Marking threads that
intelligent people have deemed worthy of posting to.

>>What does *not* belong:
>>
>>- Look at my cool new home page: http://www.torfree.net/~xxxx
>>- Is there an Internet provider with a full Usenet feed in Red Deer?
>>- Discussion about abuse of the Usenet, spamming and despamming etc.
>>- Metadiscussions about Internet/Usenet except if there is a specific 
>>	Canadian angle.
>
>Phooey!  If can.infohighway is not a place where Canadian's can't talk about
>Canadian ISP's, or Usenet "issues" like spam/cancel battles, or

  Well, I agree with David here: these *are* relevant topics for
can.infohighway. The content that I have seen lately is not.

>can.infohighway should remain an open forum.

  Thus can.infohighway.moderated.


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