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This article is from the alt.tv.x-files.analysis FAQ, by Laura
Burchard lhb@Radix.net with numerous contributions by others.
3.1 How is this group moderated? (alt.tv.x-files.analysis)
The group is robo-moderated, which means that if your first posts are
approved, you will be put on a 'whitelist', and from then on the
moderating software will automatically approve your postings and forward
them to the newgroup. When the newgroup is fully established, your first
post will result in a copy of the FAQ and charter being sent to you; that
is in abeyance at the moment. Posters who repeatedly violate the charter
will be placed on hand-moderation status, while extremely abusive posters
will be placed on auto-block -- a 'blacklist'.
Vigorous discussion is welcomed and encouraged, but threads that
degenerate into flame wars will be cut off.
A certain amount of discussion about the newsgroup itself is acceptable,
as it will help the moderator determine more precisely how to moderate,
but the moderator reserves the right to cut off threads if it becomes too
much noise for the group. It is preferred that such metadiscussion have
headers prefixed with META:, to allow those who wish to avoid it to
killfile.
Crossposting is allowed, but articles crossposted to more than 5 groups
will be automatically rejected, and except in rare cases, articles posted
to more than two groups should have the followup pointed to a single
group. Please remember to edit newsgroups if the thread begins to move
off topic. Crossposting between two moderated groups is not allowed; this
is usenet standard, because the Approved header does not distinguish
between groups, and therefore approving a crosspost to another moderated
group would be the equivalent of a forged approval in the latter group.
The idea is to keep the newgroup focused, not make people paranoid about
posting. One flip reply is not going to be a charter violation. I'm hoping
that nearly everyone will be on autopost/whitelist status, and therefore
that the hand moderation load will be low enough for me to handle alone.
However, I've put the shell of a multi-moderator system in place so that
more moderators can be added easily. If needed, I will ask for volunteer
moderators.
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