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 Moderation Team.  Submissions to rec.radio.info can be posted, or 
 e-mailed to: 
  
 rec-radio-info@panix.com 
  
 Comments, criticisms, suggestions or questions about the group can be 
 e-mailed to: 
  
 rec-radio-info-request@panix.com 
  
 But before you do so, please be sure to check out the "Posting 
 Guidelines" article. 
  
 The influence of the moderator should be minimal and of an 
 administrative nature, consisting chiefly of weeding out obviously 
 inappropriate articles, while making sure correct headers etc. are used 
 for the appropriate ones. 
  
  -- What type of material is considered inappropriate? 
  
 There are three broad categories of articles which will be rejected by 
 the moderator: 
  
 1) Requests for information: rec.radio.info is strictly a one-way 
    street.  We receive information in our mailbox; we then post it to 
    rec.radio.info.  Requests for specific information belong in the 
    normal discussion newsgroups.  If your request gets answered, you 
    might consider passing the answer on to rec.radio.info, 
    though. Especially if you can edit it into a informational, rather 
    than a discussion, format. 
  
 2) Obvious discussion articles, or articles that appear unsubstantiated. 
  
 3) Commercial stuff: a relatively unbiased test of a radio product would 
    be accepted, but any hint of for-profit might be reason for 
    rejection. For three reasons: This is not the purpose of the list, 
    for-profit is a controversial topic, and this list may be passed onto 
    Amateur Packet Radio (where for-profit is prohibited except under 
    certain provisos). 
  
    rec.radio.swap may be more deserving of the posting in any matter. 
  
    Similarly, copyrighted material generally cannot be used.  If it's 
    TRULY worthwhile to the net, We would recommend obtaining permission 
    from the copyright holder.  Please note the source, and if permission 
    was given.  We reserve the right to make the final decision concerning 
    appropriateness in all situations.  In most cases, a brief summary 
    of, or pointer to, the copyrighted information may be all we can 
    allow. 
  
  -- I have a regular posting with timely information, is there a way to 
     speed up it's delivery, or automate for more convenience? 
  
 Yes, there is! It may take a bit of chatter with the moderator, but we 
 are willing to take responsible people and provide them the means of 
 posting the articles directly from their site. We will try everything we 
 can as we fully realize that DX (distant signal) and astronomical data 
 can be somewhat transitory. We are also willing to allow regular posters 
 of information the same courtesy, even if the information is not as time 
 critical. 
  
 We refer to this as self-moderation, which is partly based on the model 
 for rec.answers/news.answers. This requires co-operation and goodwill 
 to be beneficial to the community in the rec.radio hierarchy. 
  
 Please direct any comments, questions, or criticisms about this article 
 to rec-radio-info-request@panix.com. 
  
 (Adapted, with permission, from the original article written by Mark 
 Salyzyn, AG4YD, ex-VE6MGS.) 
  
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