Generally, it is better to discuss it privately with the list admins. This
prevents the worst side of mailing lists: a one-sided dogpile on an
individual, who, disruptive or not, should get a fair hearing by the
person(s) whose job it is to moderate.
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On 26 July 2016 at 15:14, Nathan <nawrich(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Brill Lyle
<wp.brilllyle(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I was on a very active music mailing list for
over 10 years and I was
grateful it was not moderated. Moderation can inhibit discussion, even
when
there are disruptors, and it also requires
moderators donate a lot of
volunteer hours. Which I think within the Wikimedia family community is
already being required of many of us. So I would vote against moderation.
If an argument / shift was towards moderation, maybe it could be based on
edit count and/or contributions? But that seems a bit extreme and awful.
- Erika
*Erika Herzog*
Wikipedia *User:BrillLyle <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BrillLyle
*
We need moderators to manage spam if for no other reason, and it has been
helpful in many cases in the 8-9 years I have been subscribed to this list
to inhibit disruption and encourage civil exchange. We also have a "soft
limit" of 30 posts per month that has rarely needed to be enforced but is
still technically on the books.
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