'Tone of the list' discussion

[marc]

Gilles Gravier said:

> Oliver Grawert wrote:
>> hi,
>> Am Freitag, den 08.05.2009, 15:48 +0600 schrieb Faizan Kazi:
>>   
>>> The mods will do what they have to do, meanwhile, message them or set
>>> up a blog for complaints and let everyone know about it. Dont flood
>>> this list. Thanks!
>>>     
>> please note that these discussions are on request of the moderators to
>> find a moderator team that really can invest time into moderation. the
>> two owners of the list dont have the resources to either read the list
>> nor to take any action.
>>
>> i agree it is unfortunate that the initial request has had some
>> offspring threads now. it will go by though, just ignore the threads
>> you dont like to read, the noise will stop again.
>>     
> This discussion is, indeed, NEEDED for the life of the list itself.

We had it and all is fine, so let's move on. The list is flourishing 
without any rule changes.

> It's ON topic as it addresses the way the list works.

Not really. It works fine right now. Imposing a threat of sanction for 
leaving the rails won't change anything; it'll just alienate folk when 
you invoke it. 

> We need to have it go through until we can agree on a model of
> moderation of the list that suits the vast majority.

None. Because it works just fine.

-- 
Best,
Marc