[Foundation-l] Moderate this list

Yaroslav M. Blanter putevod at mccme.ru
Fri Sep 11 19:42:16 UTC 2009


> By imposing strictly rule that, for example, discourse like "See this
> [...], I told you that members of WMF Board are liars!", you would
> exclude from communication a person who may point from time to time to
> some problem. Of course, nicely worded "Calm down!" should be said to
> that person, but such person shouldn't be instantly blocked after one
> or two emotional overreactions. And it is quite possible that we would
> have such situations if we strictly impose rules.
>

Isn't temporarily blocking such a user a way to calm him/her down? I
admit, it might be not the nicest or even not the most efficient way, but
still?

Cheers
Yaroslav





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