Nan:2010-08-09-mvi-rec.arts.books.reviews
From Usenet Big-8 Management Board
From: Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
Subject: Moderator Vacancy Investigation: rec.arts.books.reviews
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 02:17:25 EDT
Message-ID: <i3o4ng$tk8$1@news.albasani.net>
MODERATOR VACANCY INVESTIGATION (MVI)
moderated group rec.arts.books.reviews
This is a formal Moderator Vacancy Investigation (MVI), begun because
moderated newsgroup rec.arts.books.reviews is not functioning,
and may have been abandoned by its moderator(s).
This investigation will attempt to verify the reasons for non-function,
and may result in the removal of the group or the selection and instal-
lation of a new moderator. In practice, the Big-8 Management Board
considers the third alternative--changing the status of the group from
moderated to unmoderated--as likely to cause more harm than good.
RATIONALE:
According to Google's archive the last regular post was approved on
2006-12-05. A probe message showed no result.
NEWSGROUPS LINE:
rec.arts.books.reviews Book reviews. (Moderated)
DISTRIBUTION:
news.announce.newgroups
news.groups.proposals
rec.arts.books.reviews
rec.arts.books
CHARTER OF REC.ARTS.BOOKS.REVIEWS
The purpose of this group is to carry reviews of books. A review
consists of commentary on a book by someone who has read the book
designed to help those who have not read it make an informed decision
as to whether or not to do so.
This newsgroup will be a moderated group.
The following materials will appear in the group:
- Reviews of written works
- Descriptions of reviewer philosophy or background
The following are not appropriate for the group:
- Discussion of books
- Announcements of book availability
- Advertisements and promotional materials
- Requests that a particular book be reviewed
Reviewers who have a financial interest in the books they review
should state this fact in their reviews.
Moderator:
The moderator will be Steve Brock <brock@ucsub.colorado.edu>.
The backup moderator will be Danny Yee <danny@staff.cs.su.oz.au>.
The submissions address is book-reviews@colorado.edu. There is no
special contact address.
Moderation policy:
The function of moderation is to ensure that only reviews and related
materials appear in the group.
- Reviews must contain some details. For example, "XXX is a great
book!" is not a review.
- Posts will never be rejected on the basis of relevant content,
but the moderator would reject (for example) a post that
pretended to be a book review of _Lord of the Rings_ but was
actually an excuse for an anti-Armenian diatribe.
- A review MUST clearly indicate the title, author and publisher
of the book. A book review SHOULD contain the length,
publication date, ISBN, price, and subject or keywords. The
more bibliographic data the better. No specific format will be
required for this data, though some format may be encouraged.
- Posters should crosspost reviews into rec.arts.books and other
relevant groups. Followups should be directed to the
appropriate group(s) (rec.arts.books if nowhere else is
suitable). The moderator may modify the Followup-To: header if
necessary, perhaps after consultation with the author.
- Reviews by people with vested interests will be permitted
provided that they are substantive and that reviewers make
explicit any financial connection they have with the subject of
their review.
HISTORY OF THE GROUP:
rec.arts.books.reviews is a moderated newsgroup which passed its vote for
creation by 286:6 as reported in news.announce.newgroups on 1 Nov 1994.
PROPONENT:
Alexander Bartolich <alexander.bartolich@gmx.at>
PROCEDURE:
Those who wish to comment on this moderator vacancy investigation should
subscribe to news.groups.proposals and participate in the relevant
threads in that newsgroup.
To this end, the followup header of this MVI has been set to
news.groups.proposals.
For more information on the MVI process, please see
http://www.big-8.org/wiki/Moderator_Vacancy_Investigations
CHANGE HISTORY:
2010-04-05 First probe post
2010-08-09 Moderator Vacancy Investigation
