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REPLACEMENT MODERATOR FOUND
rec.photo.moderated


The Big-8 Management Board is pleased to announce that Ivan Shmakov has volunteered to take on moderation duties for rec.photo.moderated. The
group will be open for submissions shortly, and this will be announced
in a post to the group.


MODERATOR INFO: rec.photo.moderated

Moderator: Ivan Shmakov
Article submission address: <rec-photo-moderated-submit@newsmod.am-
1.org>
Moderation contact: <rec-photo-moderated-contact@newsmod.am-1.org>


CHARTER AND MODERATION POLICY FOR REC.PHOTO.MODERATED:

Articles must be relevant to the art or science of photography and of
interest to serious amateur recreational photographers, must be in
reasonably good taste, and must conform to Usenet guidelines.
Suitable topics include: the technical aspects of photographic
equipment, technique, optics, film, photographic philosophy, ethics and conduct, photography as fine art, and brief reviews of new products
and announcements of events. Other topics may be accepted at the
moderators' discretion, with the main criterion being interest to
serious amateur recreation photographers.

Articles about topics usually associated with commercial/professional photography may be accepted on a limited basis as long as they are
relevant to serious amateur recreational photographers. Thus, for
example, postings regarding wedding photography may be accepted if
they meet the relevancy test, but articles regarding the business
aspects of wedding photography are not acceptable.

Advertising is prohibited, except that brief notices of events, shows, workshops, and the like will be considered if they relate to the art
or science of photography and are of interest to serious amateur
recreational photographers.

Postings must bear the submitter's real name and contain a valid reply
address. Authors that are affiliated with or have other financial
interest in manufacturers, distributors, or service providers must
disclose this fact in postings mentioning those products or services.

Picture (binary) postings are not accepted.

The moderators reserve the right to cut off the discussion of a topic
when its "signal to noise ratio" has dropped too low and reject
postings on recently discussed topics. They will also normally reject
postings comparing or seeking comparisons of equipment, "what xxx
should I buy?" and "me too" postings, and postings asking questions
the author could have answered for himself/herself with a minimal
amount of work. Flames will be rejected. Postings may be rejected
because of inappropriate crossposting, and postings to multiple
moderated groups will normally be rejected. (Approved FAQs, RFDs, and
CFVs are a special case.)


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