Moderator Vacancy Investigation: rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated
Steve Bonine
moderated group rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated is not functioning,
and has been closed by its moderators.
This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and
installation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management
Board considers the third alternative -- changing the status of the
group from moderated to unmoderated -- as likely to cause more harm than
good.
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated Blackjack gambling. (Moderated)
RATIONALE:
The group was closed by its moderators on August 11, 2001.
<pgpmoose.2001...@shell9.ba.best.com>
An attempt to submit to the newsgroup resulted in a bounce on 4
September 2010 and in no response on 26 May 2011.
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated
rec.gambling.blackjack
rec.gambling.misc
CHARTER
Rec.gambling.blackjack.moderated is to contain gambling-related articles
focusing on blackjack but not strictly denied from having articles on
other gambling games or other gambling related topics relevant to the
rec.gambling.* "community".
Commercial ads having nothing to do with gambling have no place.
Products or services indistinguishable from scams, including the pyramid
chain letters, are not allowed.
Excessive, repetitive, and/or multiple copy posts from any individual
will not be tolerated. Attempts to disrupt the group with malicious,
slanderous, threatening, or trolling type statements will not be posted
if the moderators judge them as such.
Simple questions well covered by the FAQ should be gently avoided.
Normally, upon receiving such a frequently asked question, the
moderator(s) should email back the FAQ along with the rejected article.
Also in this return message will be a recommendation for the user to
read the FAQ and then, if still confused, to resubmit his question while
quoting the relevant section of the FAQ and explaining what else he
wishes to know.
Controversial topics and statements the moderators themselves question
will be allowed, provided the articles do not run afoul of the other
criteria here. Otherwise, what would we have to discuss?
We will use multiple moderators to provide for rapid approval of
articles and to prevent unfair personal biases from coloring the group.
They should not think too hard. Their duty is primarily to filter out
inappropriate ads and disruptive wacko posts. The moderators may use
lists of responsible participants to "auto-approve" articles from some
users. Rejected articles may be redirected to rec.gambling.blackjack.
Rec.gambling.blackjack is to be left as is, unmoderated, as a bastion of
free speech.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
The group passed its vote by 195:52 on 2 December 1997. It was active
from December 1997 until August 2001.
PROPONENT: Steve Bonine <s...@pobox.com>
PROCEDURE:
Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads in that newsgroup. To this end, the followup header of this MVI
has been set to news.groups.proposals.
For more information on the MVI process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations
CHANGE HISTORY:
29 May 2011: Moderator Vacancy Investigation