Re: sci.space.tech and sci.space.science Frequently Asked

From: Earl Colby Pottinger (earlcp_at_idirect.com)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:10:01 -0500

Peter Fairbrother <zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk> :

> I mostly want to post about technical space-related issues, and not about
> politics or policy - so where do I do it?
>
> If I post in sci.space.tech or sci.space.science it will take hours, or
more
> likely several days for the post to appear. No back-and-forth chat is
> possible.
>
> > The moderated groups shall have a policy of merely redirecting
> > to .policy rather than outright rejecting inappropriate articles.
>
> In either group there is a good chance that a post will be lost totally,
and
> not be reposted to sci.space.policy, as it should be. In fact I don't
recall
> ever seeing a redirected post.
>
> Sci.space.policy is full of politics and the like anyway.
>
>
> How about a non-moderated technical/science space NG? How hard is it to
> srart a new sci. NG? Alternatively, how about taking either of
> sci.space.science or sci.space.tech, and switching the moderation off?

However the delay in posts allows people to cool down in thier responses.
SCI.SPACE.TECH when a good discussion get going tends to stick to the tech
details a lot better. Better to wait and get good information than get fast
but dumb answers.

                     Earl Colby Pottinger 

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