[WikiEN-l] Who's moderated?

[Rich Holton]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 05/09/07, Rich Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Too late for what? Of course you can't "unread" what you've read, but
>> I'm NOT advocating the elimination of all moderation...I am advocating
>> the light-handed application of it. I support moderating messages that
>> contain personal attacks, etc. What harm have you received by reading a
>> message? Or by reading a message enough to decide it's not worth reading
>> further? And you can decide for yourself whether to respond.
> 
> 
> We keep the moderation light because otherwise it's a damn nuisance.
> 
> People get put on mod by being massive pains in the backside. Even
> then, their messages get through if they aren't a continuation of
> being the massive pain in the backside.
> 
> The default moderation of new members is a massive pain in the
> backside itself, but was put into place (and then put back into place
> after it was removed) because people posting annoying rubbish to the
> list would just morph addresses to continue. We keep an eye on this in
> the hope of being able to remove it again.
> 
> 
> - d.
> 

I really am not criticizing the job the mods are doing. I hope that's 
not how I've come across.

-Rich