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OK gang. . .  Here goes, Mark III.

Let me know what you think. . . 


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Proposed FAQ/ Charter and Guidelines for moderation of 
proposed newsgroup "dc.general.moderated"

The purpose of dc.general.moderated is to provide a forum for
discussion of items of general interest specific to the 
Washington, DC, Metropolitan area, in an atmosphere free
of excessive cross-posts.

The idea is to discuss LOCAL issues.  Political Issues dealing
with various aspects and actions of the FEDERAL government,
including one's opinion of the President, Senator such-and-such
or your particular political viewpoint on a national issue
have other forums in which they are more appropriate.  The
users of dc.general.moderated request that you post such items
to those more appropriate fora.  Federal Policies regarding 
purely local issues (i.e. the Wilson Bridge, the DC Financial 
Control Board, Home Rule, etc) are on topic here.  But 
discussions over your favorite political topic, such as 
abortion, Federal gun control policy (as opposed to local 
policies), etc. are not welcome here.

The intent is to robo-moderate the group using the following
criteria:

Any acceptable message must have: 

  - No more than 4 newsgroups total 
        (should weed out a lot of spam)
  - No *.general other than dc, va, md, balt, md.pg, md.mont, or wv 
        (amendable if other local hierarchies appear)
  - Posted to no other dc.* groups other than dc.general
        (if it's not of general interest, why post it here ??)
  - Not be cross-posted to alt.test
        (to stop the occaisional net.joker)

Any message that does not meet the criteria will be robomoderated.

You will note that we do not, at this point, suggest moderation
by topic, or the exclusion of net-abusers, trollers, or spammers.
This is not to say that we may not consider doing so at some time
in the future, if the noise level begins to drown out the newsgroup.

Changes to bot moderation policy must be approved by the current 
administrator(s) of the dc.hierarchy
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