Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requiremenfofor goce

[Rashkae]

Bret Busby wrote:
> On Wed, 6 May 2009, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> 
>>
>> On Wednesday 06 May 2009 15:00:10 Rashkae wrote:
>>> I do have one additional wish list for moderation.  If a moderator steps
>>> into an OT thread and asks it be moved, (private or sounder, as the case
>>> may be), the discussion ends *there.* and people brazenly defying the
>>> rule should be treated to the harshest measure of moderation.
>>
>> This is obviously desirable, but there is a practical problem.  There
>> is bound
>> to be an overlap because of the nature of email and how individuals
>> choose/are able to use it.  A post _after_ such a notification may
>> well have
>> been sent before it, or anyhow before the writer had read the request
>> from a
>> moderator.
>>
>> Lisi
>>
>>
> 
> I quite agree.
> 
> I think that removal after a "terminate this thread" message from a
> moderator, should be at the discretion of the moderator(s).
> 
> They can determine whether a message posted in a thread after an "End
> this thread" message is posted by them, is to be regarded as defiant.
> 

Of course, I never meant to imply that common sense discretion be
disregarded for some kind of zero tolerance.  I only meant that
willfully ignoring a moderator C&D should be considered the same kind
disruptive behavior as, for example some kind of racial slur.





> I think that a simple rule is that, if material in a thread becomes
> contentious (the behaviour of a poster is regarded as unacceptable),
> instead of subscribers replying to such messages within the list, their
> concerns should be put in a message to the list administrator(s), who
> can then deal with the problem as they will.
> 
> That way, the list can be freed from postings "you should not have said
> that", or, "he/she/it should not have done that on this list", and
> agree/disagree messages regarding the conduct of other posters on the list.
> 
> I also think that it is appropriate etiquette, before a person responds
> to a message in a thread, for the person to (I can do this in PINE, so
> people with GUI MTA's should be able to do it) sort the messages in the
> folder by subject, and read all of the messages in the thread. That way,
> duplication of responses can be minimised, and "End this thread"
> messages that are posted by list administrators/moderators, can be
> found. It is easy enough to, after having read or skimmed the messages
> in a thread, return to the message at which that resort was done, and,
> resort the messages by order of arrival.
> 
> And, that way, if a list administrator or moderator has posted a message
> with a subject like "<thread subject> - END THIS THREAD NOW" and
> messages are posted with that subject after a period of time, for
> example, four hours, at the discretion of the list
> administrators/moderators, then the poster of such messages are "fair
> game" for removal.
> 
> Such rules could be included in a HOWTO that could be sent initially to
> the list, and, subsequently to new subscribers onm confirmation of
> subscription, prefaced by something like "READ THIS - contraventions may
> result in summary removal from the list and being blacklisted?
> 
> Basically, the list administrators/moderators could create a set of
> rules for behaviour on the list, and the degree of strictness of
> administration, would be up to the list administrators/moderators, and
> complaints about behaviour on the list, should be more appropriately
> addressed to the list administrators/moderators, rather than being
> posted to the list.
> 
> -- 
> Bret Busby
> Armadale
> West Australia
> ..............
> 
> "So once you do know what the question actually is,
>  you'll know what the answer means."
> - Deep Thought,
>   Chapter 28 of Book 1 of
>   "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
>   A Trilogy In Four Parts",
>   written by Douglas Adams,
>   published by Pan Books, 1992
> 
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