[WikiEN-l] Moderation on this mailing list

[David Gerard]

On 20/02/07, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/20/07, Mark Ryan <ultrablue at gmail.com> wrote:

> > Ah, but the emails in question contained diffs which they claimed
> > shewed that the administrators in question were "abusive". Should
> > those have been let through?

> Calling someone "abusive" is still an ad hominem statement. Rather
> than saying "Admin X is abusive!1!" the person should say "Admin X
> engaged in behaviour on Y page that seemed abusive to me, here's some
> diffs..."


wikien-l is to some extent an official channel for complaint. Starting
unduly stroppy is generally forgivable.

But if the accusations are serious, list readers will reasonably
expect details and diffs.


- d.