Re: [ga] Final draft of proposed mailing list rules

["!Dr. Joe Baptista" <baptista@pccf.net>]

I'd go further Michael - the unfiltered list - the ga is the true
representation of the ga and the true voice of the people.  Provided it
remains uncensored.

The value added service - garbage really - is for those who need it.

Regards
Joe

On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law wrote:

> I have to agree with this.  The true record must be the whole thing.  The
> filtered list is a value-added service.  (Or, value-subtracted, depending
> on your tastes.)
> 
> An alternate rule is just asking for recrimination when someone charges
> censorship just before an important deadline.  It will be a major
> distraction from serious work, and just isn't worth it.
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Ellen Rony wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > >On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 Kent Crispin wrote:
> > >>
> > >Sorry, you misunderstand the intent.  The unfiltered list is not the
> > >"true record".
> > 
> > A true record of a mailing list is everything submitted to it--warts and
> > all.  A subset of that true record is any version that is monitored,
> > summarized or limited in some manner.
> > 
> > The historical archive (i.e., true record) would include all messages, not
> > just those that some gatekeeper(s) felt were relevant.  All
> > discussion--even that which is self-serving, uninformative, misleading,
> > misguided, inaccurate, repetitive, off-topic, outrageous, banal, and/or
> > boring--is part of the mailing list process and the true record.
> > 
> > People who have time constraints may prefer to use one of the subsets of
> > the true record, e.g., a moderated list, list digest, filtered recipient
> > list, or cherry-picked reading list.  None of these approaches represent
> > the true record.
> > 
> > Thus, the true record, or *untouched* mailing list, should be the one that
> > appears at ga@dnso.org.
> > 
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