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

From: Alain Fournier (alain245_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 21:15:40 -0700

Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:

> 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
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> more
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>>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
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>>not be reposted to sci.space.policy, as it should be. In fact I don't
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> recall
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>>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.

sci.space.moderated is moderated with a white list. So once
you are on the white list you can have discussions without
the moderation slowing it down. Unfortunately the traffic
is low.

I do agree that the moderation slowdown in s.s.tech and s.s.science
does make people think a little more before posting. The quality
of the discussions there is quite good.

Alain Fournier

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