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In article <21867@well.sf.ca.us> Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> writes:
:                                                             This
: suggestion was met with outrage amazingly similar to what is currently
: being posted:
:
:     "If Jef is so certain that he can do it better, he's welcome
:     to move over to news.groups and start a vote to become moderator."
:       -- Brandon Allbery
:     "Mr. Poskanzer, Shut your yap." -- T. William Wells

Here is the entire posting Mr. Poskanzer has just lied about:
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From: bill@twwells.uucp (T. William Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: comp.sources.unix
Message-ID: <184@twwells.uucp>
Date: 18 Nov 88 10:23:11 GMT
References: <13092@ncoast.UUCP> <7670@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells)
Organization: None, Ft. Lauderdale

In article <7670@well.UUCP> Jef Poskanzer <jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov> writes:
: Gee, you're right, a centralized mechanism doesn't work in a distributed
: environment.  How CLEVER you are to figure this out!  Nevertheless,
: sci.med.aids seems to do just fine with its multiplicity of *real*
: moderators.  I wonder, how can they possibly avoid this "mess" you are
: worried about?
:
: Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines of a primary moderator and
: a backup moderator.  Both would receive the postings, but the backup would
: normally throw them out.  However, if the primary disappears for a while,
: or perhaps even goes on a real vacation, the backup would be able to take
: over with minimal fuss.
:
: Maybe if you had been thinking about solving the problem instead of about
: protecting your position, you would have come up with this idea yourself.

Mr. Poskanzer,

Shut your yap.  We moderate newsgroups out of generosity, spending
time and money to so, because we believe that what we are doing is a
good thing.  You have no business badmouthing one of us because he
isn't doing it just the way you'd like.

Suggestions are welcome, personal remarks are not.

You owe him, and all the other moderators out here, an apology.

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