On 6/11/06, Tony Sidaway f.crdfa@gmail.com wrote:
Not to single Selina out here, but could we have a bit more pro-active rejection of incoherent rants, obvious trolls and the like? We've seen a lot of useful discussion here, but on the other hand there has been a lot of stuff from banned users who simply won't accept that the problem lies with their behavior and not a fundamental problem with the entire edifice of Wikipedia's administration and dispute resolution.
I don't (currently) see my role as moderator as chairman of a debate, but simply enforcement of standards decided by members of the list. When enough complaints reach the wikien-l-owner list, that's when moderators should act. In general, I would rather err on the side of a few trollish posts getting through, than being accused of censorship and excessive selectiveness.
That said, I have occasionally rejected messages which perpetuated inflammatory, off-topic threads.
I'm happy for there to be a discussion about what the mods should be doing exactly - the directions we received from David Gerard were basically to be fairly lenient and only step in when things get out of hand.
Steve