Re: Any views about an *unmoderated* Mathematica newsgroup?

I don't know for certain why your message was rejected, but it may have been
because it was not directly about using Mathematica but rather about
business and pricing policies.

If the topic is about the usage of Mathematica itself, I don't think there
is much that is disallowed. I've made critical postings. and even a critical
remark about Steven Wolfram once, and they were posted.

There aren't that many new postings to comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica each
day and I seriously doubt that a new group would get enough traffic to
sustain itself.

My personal preference is for moderated groups. I think the discussion is
generally much more civil and to the point. But, in any case, you always
have sci.math.symbolic and that actually seemed to sork for you. So why
bother with a new group?

David Park
djmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/



"Dave" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4250588e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm a bit unhappy with the Mathematica newsgroup
> comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica since it's moderated, and certain topics
> are disallowed.
>
> I recently had my post "University License fees are short sighted of
> Wolfram Research" censored from comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica. That
> lead to some interesting discussions on this newsgroup, and was followed
> up in private emails after someone from Wolfram Research suggested I
> contact him.
>
> These two posts by others support this view about censorship.
>
>
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?q=mathematica+censorship&hl=en&lr=&group=s
ci.math.symbolic&selm=2itp29FppfvaU1%40uni-berlin.de&rnum=1
>
http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?hl=en&lr=&frame=right&th=28971c13882ba317&;
seekm=efb635a.0210101508.1ef73787%40posting.google.com#link1
>
> The fact comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica is moderated also means posts
> arrive a bit slowly at times.
>
>
> I have asked the moderator of comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica if he will
> consider making the group unmoderated. He replied the group will remain
> moderated.
>
> I believe someone did set up an unmoderated Mathematica newsgroup but
> used the name "mma" rather than "mathematica" in it. I think that was
> unwise, since most know the program as Mathematica. I can't even find
> the newsgroup on my news server. Anyone know its name?
>
> I was thinking of setting up the group:
>
> comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica.unmoderated
>
> I am seeking the views of others on this topic.
>
> Would people who post Mathematica specific queries here move them to
> such a Mathematica specific newsgroup?
>
> Can you see any disadvantages in setting up such a newsgroup?
>
> If there was a vote on the topic (and there would have to be for such a
> newsgroup to be set up), would you vote for or against the idea, or
> would not bother voting as you have no interest?
>
>
> I may be contacted via private email at the address given in this image.
>
> http://www.southminster-branch-line.org.uk/myemail.jpg
>
> I'll treat all emails as confidential, so if anyone from Wolfram
> Research wants to contact me, I will not divulge your name to anyone.
> However, I'd prefer the posts were put on the newsgroup, and not via
email.
>
> Dr. David Kirkby
>


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