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   Moderation Team.  Submissions to rec.radio.info can be posted, or   
   e-mailed to:   
      
   rec-radio-info@panix.com   
      
   Comments, criticisms, suggestions or questions about the group can be   
   e-mailed to:   
      
   rec-radio-info-request@panix.com   
      
   But before you do so, please be sure to check out the "Posting   
   Guidelines" article.   
      
   The influence of the moderator should be minimal and of an   
   administrative nature, consisting chiefly of weeding out obviously   
   inappropriate articles, while making sure correct headers etc. are used   
   for the appropriate ones.   
      
    -- What type of material is considered inappropriate?   
      
   There are three broad categories of articles which will be rejected by   
   the moderator:   
      
   1) Requests for information: rec.radio.info is strictly a one-way   
      street.  We receive information in our mailbox; we then post it to   
      rec.radio.info.  Requests for specific information belong in the   
      normal discussion newsgroups.  If your request gets answered, you   
      might consider passing the answer on to rec.radio.info,   
      though. Especially if you can edit it into a informational, rather   
      than a discussion, format.   
      
   2) Obvious discussion articles, or articles that appear unsubstantiated.   
      
   3) Commercial stuff: a relatively unbiased test of a radio product would   
      be accepted, but any hint of for-profit might be reason for   
      rejection. For three reasons: This is not the purpose of the list,   
      for-profit is a controversial topic, and this list may be passed onto   
      Amateur Packet Radio (where for-profit is prohibited except under   
      certain provisos).   
      
      rec.radio.swap may be more deserving of the posting in any matter.   
      
      Similarly, copyrighted material generally cannot be used.  If it's   
      TRULY worthwhile to the net, We would recommend obtaining permission   
      from the copyright holder.  Please note the source, and if permission   
      was given.  We reserve the right to make the final decision concerning   
      appropriateness in all situations.  In most cases, a brief summary   
      of, or pointer to, the copyrighted information may be all we can   
      allow.   
      
    -- I have a regular posting with timely information, is there a way to   
       speed up it's delivery, or automate for more convenience?   
      
   Yes, there is! It may take a bit of chatter with the moderator, but we   
   are willing to take responsible people and provide them the means of   
   posting the articles directly from their site. We will try everything we   
   can as we fully realize that DX (distant signal) and astronomical data   
   can be somewhat transitory. We are also willing to allow regular posters   
   of information the same courtesy, even if the information is not as time   
   critical.   
      
   We refer to this as self-moderation, which is partly based on the model   
   for rec.answers/news.answers. This requires co-operation and goodwill   
   to be beneficial to the community in the rec.radio hierarchy.   
      
   Please direct any comments, questions, or criticisms about this article   
   to rec-radio-info-request@panix.com.   
      
   (Adapted, with permission, from the original article written by Mark   
   Salyzyn, AG4YD, ex-VE6MGS.)   
      
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