On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:24:32 -0700 Mike Doty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All- > [..snip..] > > We're voting on this next council meeting so if you have input, now > would be the time. > > --taco Eeer, I think this is one of the most idiotic ideas I've heard since I started using Gentoo. As I've seen before in various projects, a blacklist is *much* easier to maintain than a whitelist, it makes *much* more sense to get a team of people (not necessarily developers?) to moderate the Mailing Lists, to a standard, complete, set of rules - was the CoC complete when the Proctors started? Could this be why the idea didn't work originally? A Mailing List should be treated like the forums and IRC, those who misbehave get a warning. Then if they continue, a ban. They had their chance, they fucked up, sod them. And now there's people polluting the Mailing List with the freakin' weather in what seems to be some form of a protest to the ML changes. This is stupid. Don't make the changes. Make a complete set of rules for moderation, appoint a suitable team of developers (and users?) to moderate the mailing list, make sure that they've had experience in moderation. Pick moderators from various timezones to ensure a timely stop to any potential flamewars. Teach the people using the mailing list that there is NO excuse for misbehaviour. A ban is a ban, you can't get around it. No bribing high-up council members or devrel members to get you unbanned. This will bring about a fall in the system. The moderators should get the final word, end of. Keep discussions *technical*, attempt not to bring personal differences into the public. Take it off-list, just as you would PM someone on the forums or IRC. It's the same thing. Anyway, those are just my 2 cents. welp
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