Some time ago, one Alex Iatskovsky stole my and Vadim Maslov's FAQ
for newsgroup soc.culture.russian and started reposting it as his own,
got caught, kicked off the Web site where the masterpiece was displayed
and so on.
Later he wrote his own FAQ - a bland thing mostly containing regurgitated
information from the WWW - and got it approved. But the thing he keeps
reposting now contains not just second-hand info, but outright LIES.
Several examples.
<begin quote>
Since s.c.r is an unmoderated newsgroup, it's inappropriate to cross-post
between it and any moderated newsgroup. That is because someone may read
that article in s.c.r and not be able to respond to it. Articles cross-posted
between s.c.r and any moderated newsgroup will be cancelled.
<end quote>
Articles in an unmoderated newsgroup - cancelled. How quaint.
<begin quote>
Soc.culture.russian.moderated is a badly misnamed group. It should have been
called soc.culture.soviet.moderated. No self-respecting Russian will submit his
or her article to a panel of "moderators" (most of whom are known crooks and
"stukachi") for determination whether it should be "approved".
<end quote>
The "charter" listed in this FAQ has nothing to do with the charter that was
voted for when the group was created.
Finally, what is the scariest thing, as of several days ago, the creep
<76462.3600@compuserve.com> started a bot that FAQ-bombs anybody who
x-posts from s.c.r to elsewhere.
What can be done with this self-appointed robokook?
Most important, is it possible to stop the propagation of his "FAQ"
at least in the moderated *.answers groups until he removes the deliberate
lies from it?
Thank you in advance for the suggestions. I will particularly appreciate
if Pamela Greene and other folks who are in charge of news.answers help
us. Soc.culture.russian is already a mess; now, this whole business
makes this mess even worse. Please help us. In THIS issue one cannot
be impartial.
P.V.
P.S. The texts of both Vorobieff-Maslov and Iatskovski FAQs
is at
http://www.ucsalf.ac.uk/cgibin/faq?cultures/russian/
The _real_ text of the Charter of SCR is at
ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.announce.newgroups/soc/soc.culture.russian
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