On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Brill Lyle wp.brilllyle@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.