GEN: Closing off discussions; was Final Dr. L Reminder

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

In support of Peter, there are many reasons to end this. First, the
arguement is getting circular. Many other discussions have been ended
here when the discussion starts biting itself in the back.

Second, a list moderator can be considered to be the equivalent of an
editor of a journal. If there is a letters to the editor column, an
editor may publish letters as he or she sees fit.  In some academic
journals, the Letters column becomes another place for academic
battles. In some cases the battles have gone on for quite awhile.
Some have spawned  opposing articles in other journals. Occasionally,
an editor will decide that nothing further remains to be discussed
that is on topic for the journal and declares the discussion in his
(or her) journal at an end. No more letters, no more articles, no
book reviews... nothing.

The parties involved usually find out in two ways, by having their
submissions rejected and a public notice from the editor.  If the
parties want to continue the discussions they are free to find
another forum, or start their own journal.

For those who want to continue the discussion, a list has been set up
at: http://No2Laura.listbot.com/  (link posted on LIBREF-L)

I have no idea if it's still operating or what the rules are. This is
simply posted so that those who want to keep discussing this can do
so.

I am not going to 'bury my head in the sand', but I'm also not going
to keep bringing up the latest outrageous statements and expect to
see discussions that simply re-hash old arguments.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 18 May 99 at 13:14, Gordon Riley wrote:

> It is interesting how quickly library list moderators crack down on free =
> speech.  There is no discussion of Dr. Laura allowed on PUBLIB either.  =
> Let's bury our heads in the sand and talk about what is the best day to =
> make books due for the end of the school year.  No wait, let's dig up that =
> public/versus school libraries thing again.  I'm gonna start an argument =
> about what is the best encyclopedia. =20
>
> Way to take a strong stand, too bad it's dead wrong.
>

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