[Wikipedia-l] Moderation

[Ray Saintonge]

Lee Pilich wrote:

> At 18:43 11/12/2002 +0000, Jimbo wrote:
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>> I'm not really supportive of the idea, either.
>
> I don't like the idea either. It would slow down the pace of the list, 
> and I fear that a moderated list would only lead to more bad feeling, 
> when somebody who thinks they are making a legitimate point has their 
> message rejected because somebody else considers it a flame. And of 
> course, that bad feeling will spread to the wikipedia itself.
>
> I understand why people want the list moderated - there's been a lot 
> of tiresome crap on here lately (there usually is). But if you don't 
> want to read a message, what's wrong with simply deleting it? 
> Everybody can be their own moderator that way, without having somebody 
> decide what they should and shouldn't read. 

Lee pretty well captures my on the moderation issue.  There's no point 
to my adding more verbiage to this topic.
Eclecticology

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