Ideal moderation, for me (and perhaps this isn't even possible; I'm not sure
how the backends of these mailing lists work) would be directed at users,
not individual emails. I wouldn't expect a moderator to approve every post,
or to edit posts, or anything like that. But I would expect them to enforce
the idea of "if you can't engage calmly and without attacking your
colleagues, you don't get to engage here." A cool-down timeout if someone
just seems to have gotten out of hand temporarily; permanent removal from
the list if the person persistently cannot behave in a collegial manner.
Yes, this puts me pretty strongly on the side of the evil "Civility Police."
So be it.
-Fluff
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86(a)comcast.net>wrote;wrote:
So that everyone is on the same frequency; what
exactly is meant by
"moderation" when it comes to a discussion/conversation/debate? And what,
exactly, is a "moderator" expected to do"
Marc Riddell
on 10/3/11 6:56 PM, Nathan at nawrich(a)gmail.com wrote:
I agree that several posts recently should have
resulted in some sort
of moderation. I'm not sure [[WP:CIVIL]] is the answer... That's an
English Wikipedia policy, and applying en.wp policies to non-en.wp
venues generally gets a strong reaction from non en.wp'ers :-P
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