From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: f753e,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gidf753e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 14e27f,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gid14e27f,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,544c98121879c710 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d4b3d171336fca98 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Ell Subject: Re: RFD: comp.object.moderated moderated Date: 1998/10/13 Message-ID: <8zPU1.660$zi4.293929060@newsreader.digex.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 400760195 References: <907918039.22235@isc.org> <36237050.278941@news.erols.com> <3623921A.CD61B9E4@objectshare.com> X-Complaints-To: abuse@digex.net X-Trace: newsreader.digex.net 908313924 205.197.245.193 (Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:25:24 EDT) Organization: The Universe User-Agent: tin/pre-1.4-980226 (UNIX) (SunOS/4.1.4 (sun4m)) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:25:24 EDT Newsgroups: comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.ada,comp.object.corba,comp.software-eng,news.groups.news.announce.newsgroups Date: 1998-10-13T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In comp.object Michi Henning wrote: : On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Ell wrote: :> Did you read really the heinous rules for the group. Did you fail to see :> the way that moderators can operate in way such that subjective desires :> and wishes can predominate? : That is the nature of editorial control. No amount of rules will fix this. You elided the part where I quoted from the RFD that one-upsmanship will be allowed. :> Did you fail to see that there is no provision for :> electing new moderators?! Not to mention that moderators are elected for :> life! : Good thing too. Moderators are typically highly-dedicated individuals who : are experts in the topic of the group. I am personally much more happy : with one moderator appointing another one than I am with a democracy : where half the people who vote don't have the wherewithal to make an : informed decision about a moderator's competency and then end up voting : for the moderator who can make the most noise and runs the best advertising : campaign. There's no excuse for dictatorship! : When it comes to technology, a benevolent dictatorship often works a lot : better than a democracy... I totally disagree! VOTE NO AGAINST BENEVOLENT DICTATORSHIP! Elliott -- :=***=: VOTE NO TO MODERATION! ALL IDEAS SHOULD BE CRITICIZABLE! :=***=: MODERATORS SHOULD NOT HAVE LIFETIME TERMS! :=***=: Objective * Pre-code Modelling * Holistic :=***=: Hallmarks of the best SW Engineering Check out SW Modeller vs SW Craftite Central : www.access.digex.net/~ell Copyright 1998 Elliott. exclusive of others' writing. may be copied without permission only in the comp.* usenet and bitnet groups.