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Subject: Re: moderation

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 14:50:51 08/07/00

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On August 07, 2000 at 17:24:40, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On August 07, 2000 at 17:01:59, Randall Shane wrote:
>
>>On August 07, 2000 at 13:30:51, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>
>>>On August 07, 2000 at 09:43:16, pavel wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 07, 2000 at 08:47:39, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 07, 2000 at 07:06:00, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Wouldn't it be better for you two to have these conversations via email?
>>>>>
>>>>>I´m following the threads about the new cm-book, so I think this thread is ok..
>>>>>
>>>>>Alvaro
>>>>
>>>>I am sorry.....but this is what I THINK.
>>>>
>>>>when questions about crafty is asked ....moderators (some) requests to use the
>>>>crafty mailing list. ( yesh i know crafty has a mailing list and CM doesnt).
>>>
>>>Crafty questions are welcome on CCC. People who ask questions directly of Bob
>>>Hyatt are advised to do so via e-mail or the Crafty mailing list, seeing as it
>>>would be more appropriate.
>>
>>Question :
>>What about non-Crafty chess-programming related questions, directed to Bob
>>Hyatt, that are of a sufficiently general interest that anybody could answer
>>and/or discuss?  I realize that that is a vague and probably too general
>>question, but I am interested in the boundaries of the above announcement.
>>
>>Or course, substitute any name for Bob Hyatt's in the above question, and it
>>becomes an interesting question for future moderator candidates.
>
>I think Tom's response was great.
>
>Sometimes you know who to ask, and sometimes you don't.  Sometimes you know that

How do you know that ?

>nobody else cares about the answer to your question, and sometimes you think
>that an answer might benefit others (immediately).

Ok, good, but if I make a _judgement_ that others will be interested in the chat
I do not want to be chastized by Tom for making that decision !

>
>It seems obvious that if you know who to ask, and the answer won't be of
>interest to anyone but you, you should use email.  The other cases maybe should
>be posted here.

OK, that is fine but the key phrase here is "If I make a _judgement_......Again
do not be critical when the judgement is made on the complement side of that
statement.

>
>Posts cycle in this group so fast, and it is so hard to search on old posts,
>that questions that are asked in public, so that someone else can look up the
>answer in six months, don't really work.  It's better not to clutter up the
>group with this kind of stuff.
>
>bruce

Wayne



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