VK  wrote: 
 >ru.igarashi@usask.ca wrote in message news:... 
  
 >> >Moderation Policy: This newsgroup is moderated the old fashioned 
 >> >way, by live human beings. 
  
 >> So, your team (I hope it's a team... more on that later) is going 
 >> to hand moderate all 300 posts per day? 
  
 >We are going to try, in the beginning. 
  
 For that level of traffic, the recommendation is a larger team than 2, 
 say 4 or 5. 
  
 ... 
 >You don't need 
 >to worry about interruptions in service. 
  
 Unless your line goes down, your computer dies, etc. 
  
 >> Even those that come from 
 >> people that have a long track record of staying on topic?  Doesn't 
 >> that strike you as a waste of your time when the software you will 
 >> be using probably has a whitelist feature?  What about a black list, 
 >> how will you handle consistently badly behaving submitters?  Again, 
 >> software could make your life a lot easier (though, what rules will 
 >> you have for determining when they get black listed and for how 
 >> long?). 
  
 >If white and black lists are ever in order, they will be considered. 
 >The moderation structure we plan to set up will be ready for these 
 >things if we ever need it. 
  
 Whitelisting can take a HUGE load off of moderation load.  You really 
 ought to consider it from the beginning, maybe even generate a preliminary 
 list beforehand from the existing group. 
  
 ... 
 >> >Posts containing notices or URL pointers 
 >> >to sale and auction items are prohibited, however non-profit 
 >> >organizations and individuals announcing meetings, workshops, or 
 >> >conventions may post notices. 
 >> 
 >> I highly recommend a posting limit, like "no more than once a month". 
  
 >We will not define a limit in advance. If this gets abused, we will 
 >notify the parties involved. 
  
 You should define it in advance.  When you get flooded, you want to 
 be able to state in the rejection notice in no uncertain terms that 
 the posting is in violation of the group or moderation policy. 
  
 ru 
  
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