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From [email protected] Fri Feb 4 16:09:31 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (John M. Grohol) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.psychology,sci.cognitive,sci.med,alt.psychology.personality,sci.med.psychobiology Subject: RFD: sci.psychology.research moderated Followup-To: news.groups Date: 1 Feb 1994 15:38:52 -0500 Organization: nova.edu Lines: 139 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4538 news.groups:93784 sci.psychology:19320 sci.cognitive:2937 sci.med:76856 alt.psychology.personality:3957 sci.med.psychobiology:377 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The First REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) for the CREATION of SCI.PSYCHOLOGY.RESEARCH -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Note: ALL discussion on this RFD should only take place in the newsgroup, "news.groups". Post all follow-ups there only. INTRODUCTION ------------ Since the creation of sci.psychology, other groups related to psychology have been created, from "sci.cognitive" to "sci.med.psychobiology" to deal with specific theoretical models and other issues that would be more easily and better propegated, read, and responded to through groups specifically devoted to those issues. Over the past few months, it has become clear on sci.psychology that a new newsgroup is warranted to discuss the multitude of professional research and practical issues. Individuals in the field of psychology often are turned off of the sci.psychology newsgroup early on because of the "pop" feel to the newsgroup; the multitude of laypersons who post or crosspost only minimally-psychology-related material time and time again, abusing the newsgroup despite requests to cease (eg. - the all-too-often questions of what is Drug X's purpose or Y Disorder's symptoms or Z treatment and how does it affect that person's life). This has resulted in an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio that has made kill files useless to those individuals who are only interested in professional issues regarding research on theory, clinical applications, grant issues, and academia. After discussion on possible remedies to the problem, it was generally agreed-upon that a new, *moderated* newsgroup for these issues, in the already-existing sci.psychology hiearchy, would be the most appropriate and effective solution. This would allow a lower volume and a higher quality of articles, as well as stop the crossposting abuse that is commonplace on sci.psychology. This serves as the formal Request for Discussion (RFD) on the creation of sci.psychology.research. CHARTER ------- Name: sci.psychology.research Summary: Discussion of psychology professional & research topics. Status: Moderated This newsgroup will be for the professional discussion of those topics directly related to the issues of research, academia, theory, and the science of psychology. Psychology is broadly defined as the study of individual human behavior. Issues related to research supporting applied psychological techniques, discussion of research into current theoretical work, statistical models & problems, reviews of current journal articles, in-process studies, research methodology, and grant-searches & grant-writing are appropriate topics for the proposed group. Issues related to "pop" psychology, help or information on a specific psychological or physical problem or disorder, advertisements for any products, discussions on: specific psychological techniques, psychopharamalogical interventions, whether psychology is a "science" or not, and on any research or theoretical areas outside the purview of psychology would remain on other newsgroups and would not be appropriate for the proposed group. This will be a loosely moderated group, moderation mainly being used to screen out irrelevant, non-psychology articles, personal attacks and arguments, political debate, and other topics as warranted. SUMMARY ------- Sci.psychology is currently a place for discussion ranging from proponents of one set of therapetuic techniques to a discussion on Nancy Kerrigan's attacker to whether memories of sexual abuse are real or not. While this diversity is valued, it is not likely to be lost by the creation of one group devoted to professionals discussing research and related issues. Many professionals have stated they would continue contributing to both newsgroups if this group passed creation. More importantly, many psychology professionals have stopped reading sci.psychology because of its high signal-to-noise ratio, and therefore have no forum in which to exchange ideas and discussion on psychological material. This group is being proposed as moderated to lower the increased volume found on sci.psychology and to increase the quality of articles. It will also act to stop the abusive crosspostings that have plagued sci.psychology from the onset. ------------------------------------------------ Notes on this RFD ----------------- This is the 1st RFD and is being posted on January 31, 1994 to the following newsgroups: news.groups news.announce.newgroups sci.psychology sci.cognitive sci.med sci.med.psychobiology alt.psychology.personality It may be freely distributed to any other groups or mailing lists where it might be of relevance. Please leave the Followup-To: header intact. Persons not able to communicate or post directly to Usenet may mail their comments or questions to: [email protected] * *ALL* pertinent discussion relating to this RFD * * should take place on NEWS.GROUPS, hence I have * * directed follow-ups there. I strongly urge readers * * to limit their discussions on this RFD * * to NEWS.GROUPS, where they belong. * Call for Votes -------------- The CFV is expected to be posted in approximately 30 days on March 2, 1994 The CFV is expected to be conducted by an independent vote-taker, arranged through Ron Dippold. The CFV will be sent out to the same newsgroups (listed above) as the RFD was sent to. Details on voting will be posted in the CFV. ------------------------------------------------ -jmg From [email protected] Mon Feb 14 19:55:22 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: "John M. Grohol" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.psychology,sci.cognitive,sci.med,alt.psychology.personality,sci.med.psychobiology Subject: 2nd RFD: sci.psychology.research moderated Followup-To: news.groups Date: 12 Feb 1994 00:32:26 -0500 Organization: nova.edu Lines: 193 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4604 news.groups:95210 sci.psychology:19793 sci.cognitive:3051 sci.med:77970 alt.psychology.personality:4066 sci.med.psychobiology:424 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Second REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD) for the CREATION of SCI.PSYCHOLOGY.RESEARCH -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Note: ALL discussion on this RFD should only take place in the newsgroup, "news.groups". Post all follow-ups there only. Note: Changes from the 1st RFD are reflected by double stars (**). INTRODUCTION ------------ Since the creation of sci.psychology, other groups related to psychology have been created, from "sci.cognitive" to "sci.med.psychobiology" to deal with specific theoretical models and other issues that would be more easily and better propegated, read, and responded to through groups specifically devoted to those issues. Over the past few months, it has become clear on sci.psychology that a new newsgroup is warranted to discuss the multitude of professional research and practical issues. Individuals in the field of psychology often are turned off of the sci.psychology newsgroup early on because of the "pop" feel to the newsgroup; the multitude of laypersons who post or crosspost only minimally-psychology-related material time and time again, abusing the newsgroup despite requests to cease (eg. - the all-too-often questions of what is Drug X's purpose or Y Disorder's symptoms or Z treatment and how does it affect that person's life). This has resulted in an extreme signal-to-noise ratio that has made kill files useless to those individuals who are only interested in professional issues regarding research on theory, clinical applications, grant issues, and academia. After discussion on possible remedies to the problem, it was generally agreed-upon that a new, *moderated* newsgroup for these issues, in the already-existing sci.psychology hiearchy, would be the most appropriate and effective solution. This would allow a lower volume and a higher quality of articles, as well as stop the crossposting abuse that is commonplace on sci.psychology. This serves as the formal Request for Discussion (RFD) on the creation of sci.psychology.research. CHARTER ------- Name: sci.psychology.research Summary: Discussion of psychology professional & research topics. Status: Moderated (Group moderation by: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]) This newsgroup will be for the professional discussion of those topics directly related to the issues of research, academia, theory, and the science of psychology. Psychology is broadly defined ** as the study of individual behavior. Research discussed ** may be related to *any* of the wide-ranging psychological ** fields, including - but not limited to - human behavior, ** human neuropsychology, industrial/organizational psychology, ** or animal studies. The important emphasis of this newsgroup ** is on *research* that currently exists or is in process in ** the various facets of psychology. Issues related to research supporting applied psychological techniques, discussion of research into current theoretical work, statistical models & problems, reviews of current journal ** articles, in-process studies, research methodology & design, ** and grant-searches & grant-writing, are examples of ** appropriate topics for the proposed group. ** Issues related to individuals seeking help or information on a specific psychological or physical problem or disorder, advertisements for any products, discussions on: specific psychological techniques, psychopharamalogical interventions, whether psychology is a "science" or not, and on any research or theoretical areas outside the purview of psychology would remain on other newsgroups ** and are examples of topics that would not be appropriate ** for the proposed group. This will be a loosely moderated group, moderation mainly being used to screen out irrelevant, non-psychology articles, personal attacks and arguments, political debate, and other topics as warranted. MODERATION GUIDELINES (written by Al Black; new to the 2nd RFD) --------------------- The purpose of moderation on sci.psychology.research is create a collegial forum for the discussion about psychological research, theory, applications, and related issues. For purposes of moderation, psychology is used in a broad sense. It includes the discussion of topics that overlap with other academic disciplines along with nontraditional areas and approaches to psychological research. Similarly, "related issues" and "applications" are defined broadly. Moderation of sci.psychology.research is not the Usenet equivalent of editing a journal; it is meant to work as a filter. The moderation is conducted in a spirit of inclusiveness and collegiality. Authors are encouraged to keep the content of their articles directed toward theory, research, and applications. Authors are also encouraged to cite relevant references in the literature or provide some documentation for claims when possible. When disagreeing with another poster, authors are encouraged to concentrate on the others' ideas. Of course, articles should be checked for spelling and formatted with a line length of less than 80 columns. A moderation mail alias will be set up upon the passage of the proposed newsgroup. This alias - which will be publicized - will allow individuals to submit an article for posting and it will be automatically redirected to one of the moderators. Articles posted to the newsgroup would also be automatically redirected to this mailing alias, as is done on all moderated newsgroups. If accepted, the article will be posted to sci.psychology.research in a couple of days. If the article is not accepted, the moderator will notify you of the rejection and give a brief explanation of why it was not accepted. Articles can be resubmitted for further consideration. If an author would like a resubmission to be considered by the entire set of moderators, it should be noted in the mail to moderator. If the majority of the moderators approve of the article it will be posted in a couple of days. If an article is not approved for posting in sci.psychology.research, and the author decides to post it elsewhere, they are encouraged to included the statement "This post was rejected by the moderators of sci.psychology.research." The moderators will post statistics of approval rates to sci.psychology.research on a regular basis. SUMMARY ------- Sci.psychology is currently a place for discussion ranging from proponents of one set of therapetuic techniques to a discussion on Nancy Kerrigan's attacker to whether memories of sexual abuse are real or not. While this diversity is valued, it is not likely to be lost by the creation of one group devoted to professionals discussing research and related issues. Many professionals have stated they would continue contributing to both newsgroups if this group passed creation. More importantly, many psychology professionals have stopped reading sci.psychology because of its signal-to-noise ratio, and therefore have no forum in which to exchange ideas and discussion on psychological material. This group is being proposed as moderated to lower the increased volume found on sci.psychology and to increase the quality of articles. It will also act to stop the abusive crosspostings that have plagued sci.psychology from the onset. ------------------------------------------------ Notes on this RFD ----------------- This is the 2nd RFD and is being posted on February 11, 1994 to the following newsgroups: news.groups news.announce.newgroups sci.psychology sci.cognitive sci.med sci.med.psychobiology alt.psychology.personality The 1st RFD was posted to the above groups on February 1, 1994. It may be freely distributed to any other groups or mailing lists where it might be of relevance. Please leave the Followup-To: header intact. Persons not able to communicate or post directly to Usenet may mail their comments or questions to: [email protected] * *ALL* pertinent discussion relating to this RFD * * should take place on NEWS.GROUPS, hence I have * * directed follow-ups there. I strongly urge readers * * to limit their discussions on this RFD * * to NEWS.GROUPS, where they belong. * Call for Votes -------------- The CFV is expected to be posted after the 30-day discussion period has ended, on or about March 2, 1994 The CFV is expected to be conducted by an independent vote-taker, arranged through Ron Dippold. The CFV will be sent out to the same newsgroups (listed above) as the RFD was sent to. Details on voting will be posted in the CFV. ------------------------------------------------ -jmg From [email protected] (RonDippold) Wed Mar 9 23:37:06 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.psychology,sci.cognitive,sci.med.psychobiology,sci.med,alt.psychology.personality Subject: CFV: sci.psychology.research moderated Followup-To: poster Date: 9 Mar 1994 17:37:17 -0500 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 162 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 31 Mar 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4733 news.groups:97635 sci.psychology:20616 sci.cognitive:3189 sci.med.psychobiology:631 sci.med:80381 alt.psychology.personality:4265 FIRST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) moderated group sci.psychology.research Newsgroups line: sci.psychology.moderated Research issues in psychology. (Moderated) Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 30 March 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact [email protected] For questions about the proposed group contact John Grohol <[email protected]>. CHARTER This newsgroup will be for the professional discussion of those topics directly related to the issues of research, academia, theory, and the science of psychology. Psychology is broadly defined as the study of individual behavior. Research discussed may be related to *any* of the wide-ranging psychological fields, including - but not limited to - human behavior, human neuropsychology, industrial/organizational psychology, or animal studies. The important emphasis of this newsgroup is on *research* that currently exists or is in process in the various facets of psychology. Issues related to research supporting applied psychological techniques, discussion of research into current theoretical work, statistical models & problems, reviews of current journal articles, in-process studies, research methodology & design, and grant-searches & grant-writing, are examples of appropriate topics for the proposed group. Issues related to individuals seeking help or information on a specific psychological or physical problem or disorder, advertisements for any products, discussions on: specific psychological techniques, psychopharamalogical interventions, whether psychology is a "science" or not, and on any research or theoretical areas outside the purview of psychology would remain on other newsgroups and are examples of topics that would not be appropriate for the proposed group. This will be a loosely moderated group, moderation mainly being used to screen out irrelevant, non-psychology articles, personal attacks and arguments, political debate, and other topics as warranted. RATIONALE Since the creation of sci.psychology, other groups related to psychology have been created, from "sci.cognitive" to "sci.med.psychobiology" to deal with specific theoretical models and other issues that would be more easily and better propegated, read, and responded to through groups specifically devoted to those issues. Over the past few months, it has become clear on sci.psychology that a new newsgroup is warranted to discuss the multitude of professional research and practical issues. Individuals in the field of psychology often are turned off of the sci.psychology newsgroup early on because of the "pop" feel to the newsgroup; the multitude of laypersons who post or crosspost only minimally-psychology-related material time and time again, abusing the newsgroup despite requests to cease (eg. - the all-too-often questions of what is Drug X's purpose or Y Disorder's symptoms or Z treatment and how does it affect that person's life). This has resulted in an extreme signal-to-noise ratio that has made kill files useless to those individuals who are only interested in professional issues regarding research on theory, clinical applications, grant issues, and academia. After discussion on possible remedies to the problem, it was generally agreed-upon that a new, *moderated* newsgroup for these issues, in the already-existing sci.psychology hiearchy, would be the most appropriate and effective solution. This would allow a lower volume and a higher quality of articles, as well as stop the crossposting abuse that is commonplace on sci.psychology. MODERATION GUIDELINES This group will be group-moderated by: [email protected] (John Grohol) [email protected] (George Boggs) [email protected] (Al Black) Submissions should be sent to [email protected] The purpose of moderation on sci.psychology.research is create a collegial forum for the discussion about psychological research, theory, applications, and related issues. For purposes of moderation, psychology is used in a broad sense. It includes the discussion of topics that overlap with other academic disciplines along with nontraditional areas and approaches to psychological research. Similarly, "related issues" and "applications" are defined broadly. Moderation of sci.psychology.research is not the Usenet equivalent of editing a journal; it is meant to work as a filter. The moderation is conducted in a spirit of inclusiveness and collegiality. Authors are encouraged to keep the content of their articles directed toward theory, research, and applications. Authors are also encouraged to cite relevant references in the literature or provide some documentation for claims when possible. When disagreeing with another poster, authors are encouraged to concentrate on the others' ideas. Of course, articles should be checked for spelling and formatted with a line length of less than 80 columns. A moderation mail alias will be set up upon the passage of the proposed newsgroup. This alias ([email protected]) will allow individuals to submit an article for posting and it will be automatically redirected to one of the moderators. Articles posted to the newsgroup would also be automatically redirected to this mailing alias, as is done on all moderated newsgroups. If accepted, the article will be posted to sci.psychology.research in a couple of days. If the article is not accepted, the moderator will notify you of the rejection and give a brief explanation of why it was not accepted. Articles can be resubmitted for further consideration. If an author would like a resubmission to be considered by the entire set of moderators, it should be noted in the mail to moderator. If the majority of the moderators approve of the article it will be posted in a couple of days. If an article is not approved for posting in sci.psychology.research, and the author decides to post it elsewhere, they are encouraged to included the statement "This post was rejected by the moderators of sci.psychology.research." The moderators will post statistics of approval rates to sci.psychology.research on a regular basis. SUMMARY Sci.psychology is currently a place for discussion ranging from proponents of one set of therapetuic techniques to a discussion on Nancy Kerrigan's attacker to whether memories of sexual abuse are real or not. While this diversity is valued, it is not likely to be lost by the creation of one group devoted to professionals discussing research and related issues. Many professionals have stated they would continue contributing to both newsgroups if this group passed creation. More importantly, many psychology professionals have stopped reading sci.psychology because of its signal-to-noise ratio, and therefore have no forum in which to exchange ideas and discussion on psychological material. This group is being proposed as moderated to lower the increased volume found on sci.psychology and to increase the quality of articles. It will also act to stop the abusive crosspostings that have plagued sci.psychology from the onset. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on sci.psychology.research I vote NO on sci.psychology.research You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. From [email protected] (RonDippold) Tue Mar 22 20:12:40 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.psychology,sci.cognitive,sci.med.psychobiology,sci.med,alt.psychology.personality Subject: 2nd CFV: sci.psychology.research moderated Supersedes: <[email protected]> Followup-To: poster Date: 15 Mar 1994 21:42:26 -0500 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 171 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Expires: 31 Mar 1994 00:00:00 GMT Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]><[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] (Ron Dippold Voting Alias) Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4790 news.groups:98299 sci.psychology:20930 sci.cognitive:3224 sci.med.psychobiology:698 sci.med:81048 alt.psychology.personality:4358 LAST CALL FOR VOTES (of 2) moderated group sci.psychology.research Newsgroups line: sci.psychology.research Research issues in psychology. (Moderated) Votes must be received by 23:59:59 UTC, 30 March 1994. This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact [email protected] For questions about the proposed group contact John Grohol <[email protected]>. CHARTER This newsgroup will be for the professional discussion of those topics directly related to the issues of research, academia, theory, and the science of psychology. Psychology is broadly defined as the study of individual behavior. Research discussed may be related to *any* of the wide-ranging psychological fields, including - but not limited to - human behavior, human neuropsychology, industrial/organizational psychology, or animal studies. The important emphasis of this newsgroup is on *research* that currently exists or is in process in the various facets of psychology. Issues related to research supporting applied psychological techniques, discussion of research into current theoretical work, statistical models & problems, reviews of current journal articles, in-process studies, research methodology & design, and grant-searches & grant-writing, are examples of appropriate topics for the proposed group. Issues related to individuals seeking help or information on a specific psychological or physical problem or disorder, advertisements for any products, discussions on: specific psychological techniques, psychopharamalogical interventions, whether psychology is a "science" or not, and on any research or theoretical areas outside the purview of psychology would remain on other newsgroups and are examples of topics that would not be appropriate for the proposed group. This will be a loosely moderated group, moderation mainly being used to screen out irrelevant, non-psychology articles, personal attacks and arguments, political debate, and other topics as warranted. RATIONALE Since the creation of sci.psychology, other groups related to psychology have been created, from "sci.cognitive" to "sci.med.psychobiology" to deal with specific theoretical models and other issues that would be more easily and better propegated, read, and responded to through groups specifically devoted to those issues. Over the past few months, it has become clear on sci.psychology that a new newsgroup is warranted to discuss the multitude of professional research and practical issues. Individuals in the field of psychology often are turned off of the sci.psychology newsgroup early on because of the "pop" feel to the newsgroup; the multitude of laypersons who post or crosspost only minimally-psychology-related material time and time again, abusing the newsgroup despite requests to cease (eg. - the all-too-often questions of what is Drug X's purpose or Y Disorder's symptoms or Z treatment and how does it affect that person's life). This has resulted in an extreme signal-to-noise ratio that has made kill files useless to those individuals who are only interested in professional issues regarding research on theory, clinical applications, grant issues, and academia. After discussion on possible remedies to the problem, it was generally agreed-upon that a new, *moderated* newsgroup for these issues, in the already-existing sci.psychology hiearchy, would be the most appropriate and effective solution. This would allow a lower volume and a higher quality of articles, as well as stop the crossposting abuse that is commonplace on sci.psychology. MODERATION GUIDELINES This group will be group-moderated by: [email protected] (John Grohol) [email protected] (George Boggs) [email protected] (Al Black) Submissions should be sent to [email protected] The purpose of moderation on sci.psychology.research is create a collegial forum for the discussion about psychological research, theory, applications, and related issues. For purposes of moderation, psychology is used in a broad sense. It includes the discussion of topics that overlap with other academic disciplines along with nontraditional areas and approaches to psychological research. Similarly, "related issues" and "applications" are defined broadly. Moderation of sci.psychology.research is not the Usenet equivalent of editing a journal; it is meant to work as a filter. The moderation is conducted in a spirit of inclusiveness and collegiality. Authors are encouraged to keep the content of their articles directed toward theory, research, and applications. Authors are also encouraged to cite relevant references in the literature or provide some documentation for claims when possible. When disagreeing with another poster, authors are encouraged to concentrate on the others' ideas. Of course, articles should be checked for spelling and formatted with a line length of less than 80 columns. A moderation mail alias will be set up upon the passage of the proposed newsgroup. This alias ([email protected]) will allow individuals to submit an article for posting and it will be automatically redirected to one of the moderators. Articles posted to the newsgroup would also be automatically redirected to this mailing alias, as is done on all moderated newsgroups. If accepted, the article will be posted to sci.psychology.research in a couple of days. If the article is not accepted, the moderator will notify you of the rejection and give a brief explanation of why it was not accepted. Articles can be resubmitted for further consideration. If an author would like a resubmission to be considered by the entire set of moderators, it should be noted in the mail to moderator. If the majority of the moderators approve of the article it will be posted in a couple of days. If an article is not approved for posting in sci.psychology.research, and the author decides to post it elsewhere, they are encouraged to included the statement "This post was rejected by the moderators of sci.psychology.research." The moderators will post statistics of approval rates to sci.psychology.research on a regular basis. SUMMARY Sci.psychology is currently a place for discussion ranging from proponents of one set of therapetuic techniques to a discussion on Nancy Kerrigan's attacker to whether memories of sexual abuse are real or not. While this diversity is valued, it is not likely to be lost by the creation of one group devoted to professionals discussing research and related issues. Many professionals have stated they would continue contributing to both newsgroups if this group passed creation. More importantly, many psychology professionals have stopped reading sci.psychology because of its signal-to-noise ratio, and therefore have no forum in which to exchange ideas and discussion on psychological material. This group is being proposed as moderated to lower the increased volume found on sci.psychology and to increase the quality of articles. It will also act to stop the abusive crosspostings that have plagued sci.psychology from the onset. HOW TO VOTE Send MAIL to: [email protected] Just Replying should work if you are not reading this on a mailing list. Your mail message should contain one of the following statements: I vote YES on sci.psychology.research I vote NO on sci.psychology.research You may also ABSTAIN in place of YES/NO - this will not affect the outcome. Anything else may be rejected by the automatic vote counting program. The votetaker will respond to your received ballots with a personal acknowledge- ment by mail - if you do not receive one within several days, try again. It's your responsibility to make sure your vote is registered correctly. One vote counted per person, no more than one per account. Addresses and votes of all voters will be published in the final voting results list. sci.psychology.research Bounce List - No need to revote ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "ER:rufinus"@wisc.edu Jeff.- [email protected] George Boggs [email protected] Otto Kuehn [email protected] Michael D. Silver From [email protected] (RonDippold) Fri Apr 1 20:56:18 1994 Path: uunet!bounce-back From: [email protected] (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold) Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,sci.psychology,sci.cognitive,sci.med.psychobiology,sci.med,alt.psychology.personality Subject: RESULT: sci.psychology.research moderated passes 222:11 Supersedes: <[email protected]> Followup-To: news.groups Date: 1 Apr 1994 00:10:54 -0500 Organization: Usenet Volunteer Votetakers Lines: 347 Sender: [email protected] Approved: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net Xref: uunet news.announce.newgroups:4874 news.groups:99654 sci.psychology:21610 sci.cognitive:3360 sci.med.psychobiology:855 sci.med:82374 alt.psychology.personality:4592 RESULT moderated group sci.psychology.research passes 222:11 There were 222 YES votes and 11 NO votes, for a total of 233 valid votes. There were 2 abstains and 1 invalid vote. For group passage, YES votes must be at least 2/3 of all valid (YES and NO) votes. There also must be at least 100 more YES votes than NO votes. There is a five day discussion period after these results are posted. If no serious allegations of voting irregularities are raised, the moderator of news.announce.newgroups will create the group shortly thereafter. Newsgroups line: sci.psychology.research Research issues in psychology. (Moderated) This vote is being conducted by a neutral third party. For voting questions only contact [email protected] For questions about the proposed group contact John Grohol <[email protected]>. CHARTER This newsgroup will be for the professional discussion of those topics directly related to the issues of research, academia, theory, and the science of psychology. Psychology is broadly defined as the study of individual behavior. Research discussed may be related to *any* of the wide-ranging psychological fields, including - but not limited to - human behavior, human neuropsychology, industrial/organizational psychology, or animal studies. The important emphasis of this newsgroup is on *research* that currently exists or is in process in the various facets of psychology. Issues related to research supporting applied psychological techniques, discussion of research into current theoretical work, statistical models & problems, reviews of current journal articles, in-process studies, research methodology & design, and grant-searches & grant-writing, are examples of appropriate topics for the proposed group. Issues related to individuals seeking help or information on a specific psychological or physical problem or disorder, advertisements for any products, discussions on: specific psychological techniques, psychopharamalogical interventions, whether psychology is a "science" or not, and on any research or theoretical areas outside the purview of psychology would remain on other newsgroups and are examples of topics that would not be appropriate for the proposed group. This will be a loosely moderated group, moderation mainly being used to screen out irrelevant, non-psychology articles, personal attacks and arguments, political debate, and other topics as warranted. MODERATION GUIDELINES This group will be group-moderated by: [email protected] (John Grohol) [email protected] (George Boggs) [email protected] (Al Black) Submissions should be sent to [email protected] The purpose of moderation on sci.psychology.research is create a collegial forum for the discussion about psychological research, theory, applications, and related issues. For purposes of moderation, psychology is used in a broad sense. It includes the discussion of topics that overlap with other academic disciplines along with nontraditional areas and approaches to psychological research. Similarly, "related issues" and "applications" are defined broadly. Moderation of sci.psychology.research is not the Usenet equivalent of editing a journal; it is meant to work as a filter. The moderation is conducted in a spirit of inclusiveness and collegiality. Authors are encouraged to keep the content of their articles directed toward theory, research, and applications. 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