Larry Sanger wrote:
The idea of having a list of people who need approval first would be *highly* controversial, and that's controversy we don't need.
I think that's right. We're hoping here to be more inclusive by providing a friendlier forum, and setting everyone, even the moderators, on equal footing, is a good thing. (So, generally, moderators should not approve their own posts.)
There is, by the way, one implication of making WikiEN-l moderated but not Wikipedia-l. I think it's safe to predict the following sort of situation. Some people will no doubt try to post something on Wikien-l and when it is rejected, they will post it on Wikipedia-l and scream bloody murder about abuse of power.
This is a virtual certainty, yes. :-)
--Jimbo