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

There is
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with about 1 message since May 2004.
With appropriate advertising, this, or something
similar could be made to work.

I do not know if there is a mechanism for changing
a moderated to an unmoderated newsgroup, or for deposing
the moderator (a coup?), or even if this would be a cure. Do
you really want to change the mathematica group itself?

Another change would be to try to make sci.math.symbolic into
a moderated newsgroup and the moderator could exclude newbie Mathematica
Q & A
 e.g.   Why does  " cos(0)" return 0? I thought it was 1..
        and the 40 versions of the answer  "try Cos[0]"

This has not been an enormous burden, I think.
RJF



Alan wrote: 
"Dave" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:4250588e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


I was thinking of setting up the group:

comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica.unmoderated

I am seeking the views of others on this topic. 



Why don't you set up a Mathematica-related forum/message board?
It's a more flexible format than usenet and I'm not aware of
any competition. Then, you could open a topic area for
"pricing/licensing" discussions and other issues considered
"off-topic" in the moderated newsgroup.

regards,
alan



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