<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi Achal,</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Achal Prabhala <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aprabhala@gmail.com">aprabhala@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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As moderators of WikimediaIndia-l, could you describe the policy you<br>
normally adopt towards moderation?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you for the email. You can review the Wikimedia mailing lists administration page for information about the role of list admins and mods. Here is a link which you can review: </font><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Administration</a></div>
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Do you only block obvious spam or other messages, and if so on what basis?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The spam filter on default catches spam and other bulky messages (including ones that have image(s) embedded in them.) I think Delphine's email contains a nice explanation.</div>
<div><br></div><div>List mods can moderate trolls and other problem users who willfully cause or contribute to disruption on the mailing list.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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I am naturally curious since a message from Praveen that you only just<br>
released seems to have been sent in 3 days ago. </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Furthermore, I think we'd benefit from understanding how people may<br>
apply to become administrators on this list.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I understand the source of curiosity and would like to clarify that Praveen's email was caught in the filter because it had an image embedded in it.</div>
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In light of Anirudh's recent appointment to administrator of this list,<br>
is there an open process by which other members might apply?<br>
(Foundation-l seems to have three administrators, though I would imagine<br>
that there is nothing stopping WikimediaIndia-l from having more than<br>
three).<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>There is no formal process for "appointment" of list administrators. The usual practice on Wikimedia lists is for the founder of a mailing list to appoint admins and mods whom s/he can trust with keeping the lists running as smoothly as possible.</div>
<div><br></div><div>At this point of time, we don't feel the need for having more list administrators, however list subscribers who are interested in keeping a check on the spam filter as moderators can write an email to either list admins.</div>
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Please note that I don't ask with persecutory intent, but merely to<br>
clear gaps in my own understanding, which might be a problem that other<br>
people on this list face as well. Since WikimediaIndia-l is such an<br>
important place for all kinds of conversations that cut across the<br>
movement in India, it's in all our interests to know exactly how it is<br>
managed.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For more information, please review the following pages:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists</a></div>
<div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Overview">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Overview</a></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Best regards,<br>
Achal<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Anirudh Bhati</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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