As faithful SCREEN-L readers will recall, I started moderating SCREEN-L on November 4, 1994. Now that almost four weeks have passed I figure it's time to evaluate this experiment and I'm hereby soliciting your opinions. I've removed the moderating deal from SCREEN-L; we're wide open again. All messages sent to [log in to unmask] will be posted. I'll probably toss a few of my own opinions into the mix, but this message is mostly an informational one. Based on your comments, I hope to reach a consensus about whether we should continue as a moderated list or return to the old, free-style format. What moderating means is that all messages sent to SCREEN-L are sent to me first. I read them and then, if they are appropriate for SCREEN-L, I forward them to the list. I'll send a copy of the rejection criteria I used in a separate message. During this trial moderating period, there were: 385 Messages submitted to SCREEN-L for posting 52 Messages rejected 333 Messages forwarded to the membership Thus, there was a kill rate of about 14% (13.50649%, for those with an eye for precision). All rejected messages were stored in a text file called KILL NOTEBOOK and indexed in a file called KILL NOTEINDX. If you're curious about what was cut, you can access these files through two methods: 1. Request them from [log in to unmask] Do not send mail to [log in to unmask] *Do* send mail to [log in to unmask] and put the following in the first lines of your message: get kill notebook get kill noteindx Both files will be sent to you via normal e-mail channels. (You don't have to use FTP or anything like that.) 'Course you could just request one file at a time. ***WARNING*** KILL NOTEBOOK is roughly 130k (2,546 lines) and may fill up your e-mail box. 2. Point your World Wide Web browser to: http://UA1VM.ua.edu/~jbutler/kill.noteindx http://UA1VM.ua.edu/~jbutler/kill.notebook Since the messages in KILL NOTEBOOK are sorta raw data there's quite a bit of junk in the file. Each message begins with the addressing header and a paragraph intended for the moderator. Looks like this: ======================================================================= 47 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from UA1VM.UA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UA1VM) by UA1VM.UA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8117; Thu, 3 Nov 1994 13:45:56 -0600 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from UA1VM (NJE origin V2SMTP@UA1VM) by UA1VM.UA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9111; Thu, 3 Nov 1994 10:10:33 -0600 Received: from GONZAGA.EDU by UA1VM.UA.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 03 Nov 94 10:10:32 CST Received: from GONZAGA.EDU by GONZAGA.EDU (PMDF V4.3-7 #6151) id <[log in to unmask]>; Wed, 2 Nov 1994 21:08:36 PDT Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 21:08:36 -0700 (PDT) From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: CFP: Materialist Feminism (Arggh!) To: [log in to unmask] Message-id: <[log in to unmask]> X-VMS-To: IN%"[log in to unmask]" X-VMS-Cc: LARGE MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the SCREEN-L list at UA1VM. If you simply forward it back to the list, it will be distributed with the paragraph you are now reading being automatically removed. If you edit the contributions you receive into a digest, you will need to remove this paragraph before mailing the results to the list. Finally, if you need more information from the author of this message, you should be able to do so by simply replying to this note. ----------------- Message requiring your approval (17 lines) ===================================================================== Jeremy Butler [log in to unmask] SCREEN-L Coordinator [log in to unmask] Telecommunication & Film Dept. * University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa =====================================================================