On 2021-05-06, Skip Montanaro <skip.montan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Are you saying that the messages that appear occasionally from people >> such as Ethan Furman claiming to be moderators and alleging that >> particular people have been banned or suspended are lies? And that the >> message I received once saying that my comp.lang.python post had been >> rejected from the list was also a lie? > > I'm sorry, but I don't recall accusing you of lying,
Neither do I. Nor do I remember accusing you of accusing me of lying. Try reading the quoted paragraph above again, since you apparently misread it the first time. > My issue was that we seem to disagree with the definition of > "moderation." Earlier in this thread it was suggested that > comp.lang.python.moderated be created and that some as-yet-unnamed > moderators would vet every single message to that group. I am not aware that anyone has suggested anything remotely like that. > Yes, Ethan is one of three listed admins of the list. I wouldn't have > mentioned him by name, but you did. (I suppose his role common > knowledge anyway.) Well, yes, if he wanted it to be secret he presumably would not have made formal announcements describing himself as a moderator in public on the list. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list