On 26 Oct 2009 08:11:31 GMT, Simon Brooke
<stillyet+nntp@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:14:59 +0000, Tom Crispin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:17:13 -0000, "Clive George"
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>>"Tom Crispin" <kije.remove@this.bit.freeuk.com.munge> wrote in message
>>>news:0q0ae5hb55sfo9dirgf5cr6q9lcal6qese@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> But not The Explaination.
>>>>
>>>> The reason why some posts appear almost immediately and others take
>>>> several hours is that a pass-list and watch-list system has been
>>>> implemented.
>>>
>>>Is that actually true? pass-list, yes, but watch-list? Are you accusing
>>>the moderators of having a formal list of posters they work harder at
>>>checking?
>> 
>> It is not an accusation, it is the system.
>> 
>> It seems that all posters, by default, go onto the watch-list.  Some
>> then get transferred to the pass-list.
>
>No, there is currently only one person on the watch list. It is not you 
>(or Clive).


Well it can't be me as judithsmith@live.co.uk  has not posted yet :-)


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Simon Brooke:

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every moderation decision is unexplained and final. "