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From: Kathy Morgan on 25 Apr 2010 23:06
[Crossposted with followups set to news.groups.proposals; change the
followup if you wish your response to be seen elsewhere.]

Top posted, in violation of my normal policy; the entire body of the
original article is below.

There has been informal discussion for the past week in
news.groups.proposals about creating a new group sci.math.moderated. If
you have an opinion about whether such a group should be created, or
comments about the charter, the moderation policy, or the proposed
moderation team, please join the discussion in news.groups.proposals and
make your opinion known. If you would subscribe to or post to the
proposed group if it is created, please mention that as well.

Kathy, member of B8MB but speaking only for myself

William Elliot <marsh(a)rdrop.remove.com> wrote:

> sci.math.moderated Mathematics, elementary through advanced.
> (Moderated)
>
> Distribution List:
> news.announce.newgroups
> news.groups.proposals
> sci.math
>
> Proponent: William Elliot <marsh(a)rdrop.com>
>
> Moderators: Bart Goddard, Bob Silverman, Penny Hassett, Jack Bateman
>
> Rationale:
>
> Over the last few years, the ever increasing amount of inane, off topic,
> gross and commercial stuff has been posted at sci.math and ensuing upon
> that, numerous posts complaining, lamenting about the large amount of
> trash, what to do about it and added discussions about sci.math's
> cranks.
>
> The overwhelming amount of noisome noise puts an undue strain upon
> legitimate posters just to filter out the inanity. To the loss of
> sci.math, this volume of lousy posts and posters has discouraged some
> of the quality posters. In addition, it likely discourages welcomed
> new posters as well as giving others a totally wrong impression about
> sci.math.
>
> The abuse of sci.math has reached the point where some participants have
> resolved to thwart further deterioration of sci.math by creating a
> moderated sci.math. Four participants have offered to be moderators and
> I, another participant, have offered to tackle the creation of a new group.
>
> -- Charter and moderation policy
>
> This newsgroup is a moderated newsgroup for discussion, primarily in
> English, about mathematics, elementary through advanced, history of math,
> math education, mathematical resources and mathematical puzzles, games and
> humor.
>
> Posts are required to be on topic, sensible,
> devoid of rudeness and vulgarity, and non-commercial.
> Posts regarding solution manuals are rejected.
>
> Usenet etiquette is expected. See:
> http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm
>
> To inquire about a moderator's rejection, post to sci.math.moderated
> with subject "Moderator". Any reply will be by email.
>
> This is a plain text newsgroup that excludes binaries and attachments.
>
> ----
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