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Keith A. Glass wrote:
> 
> OK gang. . .  Here goes, Mark III.
> 
> Let me know what you think. . .
> 
> **********
> 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.

You have my complete support up to this point EXCEPT for the suggestion that
in the future, there might be content-based cancels (moderation by topic).


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

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