Thank you Srikanth Lakshmanan, your reply (along with Hari's) is quite
re-assuring and sufficient to quench my doubts.
-Viswam
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:09 AM, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik.lak(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi Viswa,
Adding to HPN's mail
>3. Why should mails go selectively passed and
selectively discarded?
It is set to selectively pass only for *new members*. This
is because of
high SPAs, mostly trollish in nature. Unfortunately, this setting also
applies when people send from their other email addresses (like chapter
email id / unsubscribed other email ids)
>4. How come very stale mail messages come
after almost a month, just
when they could significantly be more relevant (or more
damaging a
particular positive cause) with a changed /new scenario?
Some (or many) messages that were cleared today actually were rightfully
put on hold (either they are advertisements, troll mails, off topic mails).
But since it was not discarded and there were tonnes of such mails, I did
not look into each and just cleared all of them assuming good faith, just
by seeing name and email id of sender. Please be assured, no one has any
interest in moderating mails to support / damage any cause.
>Can we then get a report or log of activities?
I dont think mailman offers any such provisions.
A background on moderation policy on this list, thread from 2011[1], after
which myself and Prashanth NS were added as moderators (to have someone not
from the chapter). FWIW, I was a chapter member only briefly and never
renewed my membership, so I don't have any interest in Chapter (or CIS A2K
for that matter).
FWIW, an attempt was made to have agreed mailing list guidelines, but
there was no clousure and this is not enforced. The page Mailinglist
Guidelines on chapter wiki. The problem with rules / guidelines and
enforcement is people would again complain of being strict, which is why
this list is largely unmoderated.
What is criteria for selection of moderators? How long should one be as
moderator?
Anyone who can answer mails, understands mailing list etiquettes, has
time can be one. Few of the community members trusted us(existing mods),
hence we are mods. If the community doesn't trust we cease to be, just let
us know.
[1]
http://markmail.org/thread/byq2kbzwax7xqave
[2]
http://wiki.wikimedia.in/MailingList_Guidelines
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:54 PM, ViswaPrabha (വിശ്വപ്രഭ) <
viswaprabha(a)gmail.com> wrote:
With sufficient evidences, as apparent as they
seem to be, I must
introduce this issue to you all.
The India mailing list is controlled by a few people, of whom no one ever
was thinking evil. However, it is time to review and see who really
controls this mail list!
I request all recipients to wake up and ask the same questions:
1. Who all control the mail list and moderate it?
2. What has been the criteria of their selection? How long they should
remain as administrators to the list?
3. Why should mails go selectively passed and selectively discarded?
4. How come very stale mail messages come after almost a month, just when
they could significantly be more relevant (or more damaging a particular
positive cause) with a changed /new scenario?
I propose few more 'acceptable' members are added to the admin list. And
even to get rid of people whom the general community does not probably
trust any more.
We don't want any more vicious infestations to damage the 'India' context
of Wikimedia cause.
-Viswam
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