I think you have hit upon the prime reason for the deterioration of this list with your first point. It is also the major reason I never recommend this list to new collectors. As it has been said before by others, all of our hobbies, what ever they may be are supposed to be a source of enjoyment and escape from the trials of everyday life. This list should be a source of education and enjoyment not a stressful experience.
Your second point is the perfect solution, a moderated list in which emails are not released until they are approved as not containing infractions of the rules. Now some would call this censorship but I would point to the fact that there is currently a list of guidelines that everyone is supposed to adhere to. http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing_list.shtml The problem is that they are currently ignored and not enforced. A good compromise to hands-on moderation of the list would be the strict inforcement of the current rules. Just my two cents................. Jim Strope 421 Fourth Street Glen Dale, WV 26038 http://www.catchafallingstar.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pierre-Marie PELE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 12:59 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite-list sign out > Hello to the list. > > I don't want to sign out myself but I'm very afraid that all these signs out (Mike and Mark) will lead the list to die itself if it continues this way. > > 1. So we have to think out to the cause of this problem : in my opinion, it's due to the personal attacks and messages sent to the members. They were private messages that should have been sent directly to the members and not on the list. > > 2. The solution : My solution would be that the moderator (Hello Art !) would read each incoming message and refuse all the messages whose content is offensive for a list member. This way, we'll only get messages whose object is about meteorites and not about meteorite guys. > > Pierre-Marie PELE > www.meteor-center.com > ------------------------------------------ > > Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
