Dear all, <br><br>I think list moderation is a must for any LISTServ. <br><br>It will be clear from some examples like: (derived from one LISTServe)<br><br>&quot; Please check my Dialyflog&quot; <br>&quot; @$%$^ invited to join you ...&quot;<br>
&quot; Fwd this mail to 100 ppl and your some wish will be fulfilled&quot; <br>&quot; People with weak heart should not open&quot; <br>&quot; Obama is a relative of Bush&quot; <br>&quot; Wishing you all a happy .....&quot; <br>
&quot; See how Hindu&#39;s ...&quot; <br><br>You can very well think about the disappointment members will have when they&#39;ll see such kind of mails in their inbox. It is <i>quite
natural that
they may bypass such lists.<br></i><br><br>Yeah, But I believe that the moderation should be unbiased. <br><br clear="all"> Regards<br>Vinit Kumar  <br>Senior Research Fellow<br>Documentation Research and Training Centre<br>
Bangalore<br>MLISc   (BHU)<br>Varanasi, India  <br>Alt email: <a href="mailto:vinit@drtc.isibang.ac.in">vinit@drtc.isibang.ac.in</a><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 10 February 2010 14:46, Rupak Chakravarty <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:rupak@pu.ac.in">rupak@pu.ac.in</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">



  

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Dear Saji S Nair,<br>
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I strongly believe that such discussions must be free from filtration
and objections.<br>
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Regards<br>
<pre cols="72">  Rupak Chakravarty 
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Library and Information Science
  Panjab University
  Chandigarh 160014
  INDIA

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On 2/9/2010 4:23 PM, Saji S Nair wrote:
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  <p class="MsoNormal">    Dear All,</p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal">             Thanks to Internet, as we have a
plenty of email discussion forums in LIS. In India, some of the
discussion
lists are moderated by List Owners, but others are free-for-all
discussion
groups without message filtering measures.</p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Currently, the
number of messages
appearing in moderated lists is meagre when compared to the other
category. If email
from subscribers to a moderated list is not got posted, it is quite
natural that
they may bypass such lists. Is it a welcome trend? It is argued that
any member
of a list can take part in a conversation or begin a new topic without
any
difficulties. <br>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The question is: </p>
  <p>Is there any need for rigorous
reviewing/filtering
measures in moderated email discussion forums in LIS?</p>
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