[WikiEN-l] Who's moderated?

[Casey Brown]

On 9/6/07, Rich Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, George.
>
> All of us that are not list moderators suffer from ignorance. We don't
> know what is prevented from reaching the list. We don't know how much
> junk is filtered out. We don't know how many messages from moderated
> users are filtered out, nor do we know the nature of those moderated
> messages.


No one seemed to care before he brought it up, and rightly so, they have
never done anything bad, IMO.

If we're in a suspicious mood, we might imagine that the moderators are
> suppressing opinions they don't agree with. Let me rush to say that I
> don't tend towards suspiciousness, at least with the moderators of this
> list. I'm just pointing out that lack of knowledge can breed suspicion
> and fear.


I know this isn't your necessarily your opinion, but if the moderators did
that type of thing, this thread would not have gotten though at all, much
less lasted as long as it has.

Just dreaming for a moment, without thought as to implementation
> details, it would be instructive to have a place where any list members
> (only) could go and see what is *not* published to the list. This would
> give information to those that desire it, provide a sort of "check" for
> the moderators, and still keep the list free from garbage.


What you are asking for is a software change that would get a "WONTFIX" in
bugzilla, I am sure that if someone from the Foundation or a Committee
member asked to check up, they would be allowed to.  Furthermore, it's not
as simple as you suggest.  Any material that is not desired is normally
deleted (like spam) and is irretrievable, moderated posts are either
deleted, pushed forward, or left for another moderator to filter through.
This isn't a feasible solution.

-Rich
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