net-cop (plural net-cops)
- Alternative form of netcop [from 1990]
1990 May 5, Frank Korzeniewski, “Questions and Answers comp.unix.sco”, in news.groups[1] (Usenet):The net-cop has spoken. But how do you differenciate between politicking and merely informing people about the facts under discussion. It seems to me that if *YOU* consider it politicking then it must be.
1996 December 24, Howard Knight, “Discussion of "FAQ For Posting on alt.food.coffee"”, in alt.food.coffee[2] (Usenet):Lastly and for what it's worth, I want to say to everybody out there, that I DONT WANT TO SEE RULES IMPOSED ON THIS NEWSGROUP. I'm not a net-cop. I only want to come up with guidelines on what is a proper post in this newsgroup. If we actually do come up with some guidelines/FAQ, I will post it periodically.
1998 December 22, David A. Roth, “[rec.music.makers.trumpet] Trumpet - FAQ”, in rec.answers[3] (Usenet):People are posting about them because they have an interest in them and it is bad manners to become a self-appointed net-cop in an effort to control the flow of information in the newsgroups regardless of how strongly you feel about it.
