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Moderators for Rec.boats?
The rec.boats NG has is going through challenging times. Where once it
was the predominant boating NG populated by many industry experts, it has now become little more than an off-topic chatroom. Most of truly knowledgeable have long since abandoned this forum for saner climes. Where once the very best advice could be found there, now serious questions will most likely be greeted with flame. Perhaps the time has come to convert rec.boats to a moderated NG and restore its previous image. Yes, I know it would be a daunting task. To win, the proposal must have 100 more YES votes than NO votes and two/thirds of the votes must be YES. We could announce the proposal in *all* the boating groups. The moderation could be set up to recognize white contributors and black contributors. Thus automating 95% of the moderation tasks. New contributors could be hand moderated until they've posted two or three times. Moderators could be voted on by the group, and a committee would have to agree before a contributor was blacklisted (we don't need a BoaterEd). Open on-topic debate WOULD be encouraged. Should you be interested in seeing the rec.boats forum as a moderated NG respond in this thread. If there is enough support we'll just grab hold of the tiger's tail and run with it. -- Skipper |