Re: STUDENTS GO AWAY!!!!!!!??????

[dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)]

Matthew said

<<I think that's the point of contention, here.  Certainly you don't give
someone the answer to the assignment.  But if the question is something
like "I don't understand inheritance, can anyone help?", then we have a
different situation on our hands.  And forbidding the students from
accessing the group where the knowledgable people congregate isn't the
answer.  Instead of banning all students, ban those who repeatedly misuse
the privilege.>>

Let me say once again, no one proposed banning all students, no such
action is possible, and it is not desirable to ban anyone, we don't
even have a mechanism for banning people who repeatedly abuse the
newsgroup, and I think that's just fine. Yes, occasaionlly we get
some noise, but everyone (I assume) knows how to use kill lists and
can do the banning for themselves.

You are the only person so far to suggest banning anyone at all, and I 
disagree with the sentiment -- I prefer CLA to be kept as an unmoderated
group.

Robert