Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-21 Thread Surreptitiousness
Steve Bennett wrote:


 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.

I think perhaps I'd ponder if we needed to be told on-list that someone 
was going on moderation.  Is it productive or counter-productive to 
publicly announce that fact.  I suppose if there was an argument to be 
made for openness, some technical wizardry could automate it so that 
either a list of moderated posters is maintained or an automatic post is 
made to the list to announce so and so has been placed on moderation.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-21 Thread Steve Bennett
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Surreptitiousness
 I think perhaps I'd ponder if we needed to be told on-list that someone
 was going on moderation.

Yep, it's a good question, and I did ponder it. FYI, at around the
same time, I placed another user on moderation, and didn't announce
the fact.

Arguments for announcing it:
- re-iterates policy for other users
- sometimes seems to produce a thank god for that effect from other
annoyed list members

Arguments against announcing it:
- tends to create further off-topic discussions like this one
- can feed trolls (ie, giving more attention to them in a public forum)
- can hurt feelings

Steve

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-21 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/22 Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com:
 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Surreptitiousness
 I think perhaps I'd ponder if we needed to be told on-list that someone
 was going on moderation.

 Yep, it's a good question, and I did ponder it. FYI, at around the
 same time, I placed another user on moderation, and didn't announce
 the fact.

 Arguments for announcing it:
 - re-iterates policy for other users
 - sometimes seems to produce a thank god for that effect from other
 annoyed list members

Other pros:

* Prevents lots of can we put this user on moderation, please? messages.
* Stops other people being confused when the now moderated person's
emails start coming through in bunches several hours after they were
sent.

Personally, I am in favour of such announcements. If you aren't
announcing it publicly, it is an absolute must to inform the affected
person privately - I was moderated on foundation-l once a while back
and the first I knew of it was when my emails started bouncing back as
being held in the queue.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-21 Thread Carcharoth
On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Surreptitiousness
 I think perhaps I'd ponder if we needed to be told on-list that someone
 was going on moderation.

 Yep, it's a good question, and I did ponder it. FYI, at around the
 same time, I placed another user on moderation, and didn't announce
 the fact.

 Arguments for announcing it:
 - re-iterates policy for other users
 - sometimes seems to produce a thank god for that effect from other
 annoyed list members

You can add to the advantages that it can also produce a why did you
moderate *him*? response from list members. I got an e-mail from the
other user you placed on moderation, and I was puzzled as to why he
had been placed on moderation. I think that if the person you moderate
objects to it, and wants it announced on the list, you should do so.
If they are prepared to stay under moderation without it being made
public, then that is fair enough.

You can also add increases transparency.

I have no idea how many people are on moderation on this list. Some
numbers might help there. I would also ask how many people are
subscribed to this list, but that might be rather a low figure. Are
there public stats anywhere for this list?

 Arguments against announcing it:
 - tends to create further off-topic discussions like this one
 - can feed trolls (ie, giving more attention to them in a public forum)
 - can hurt feelings

None of those are that convincing. It is too easy to label people
trolls when they might merely be difficult.

I agree with Thomas (Dalton)'s points as well.

Carcharoth

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-19 Thread Jay Litwyn
So, every time I post a new topic, I will go on moderation?
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Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote in message 
news:b8ceeef70909172024q121c6b6co8ef07b31e5bf8...@mail.gmail.com...
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.

 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jay Litwyn
 brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
 http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Sound/MSixths.mp3
 DATA 35,27,2,24,40,6,45,27,2,30,50,4
 DATA 55,33,2,36,60,4,65,39,4,42,70,4,0,0,4
 ' How is it that the above numbers, which approximate the western scale,
 ' in stereo, in parts a constant major sixth (5:3) apart...
 DATA 60,35,2,30,40,6,54,45,2,27,50,4
 DATA 54,55,2,48,60,4,54,65,4,60,70,4,0,0,8
 sound a lot like the above series?
 Hint: you need to multiply all of them by 66/35 to render them.
 Complete source (or the equivalent in a key for ladies) available upon
 request.
 I like the first series better, because both parts are more interesting 
 than
 the scale, while in the second version, one part basically is 
 Doh-Ray-Mee.




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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-19 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/18 Jay Litwyn brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca:
 So, every time I post a new topic, I will go on moderation?

Every time you post a new topic which is not relevant to this mailing list, yes.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-18 Thread Ray Saintonge
Steve Bennett wrote:
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.
   

That seems unduly harsh for one post which your personal opinion judges 
off-topic

Ec

 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jay Litwyn
 brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
   
 http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Sound/MSixths.mp3
 DATA 35,27,2,24,40,6,45,27,2,30,50,4
 DATA 55,33,2,36,60,4,65,39,4,42,70,4,0,0,4
 ' How is it that the above numbers, which approximate the western scale,
 ' in stereo, in parts a constant major sixth (5:3) apart...
 DATA 60,35,2,30,40,6,54,45,2,27,50,4
 DATA 54,55,2,48,60,4,54,65,4,60,70,4,0,0,8
 sound a lot like the above series?
 Hint: you need to multiply all of them by 66/35 to render them.
 Complete source (or the equivalent in a key for ladies) available upon
 request.
 I like the first series better, because both parts are more interesting than
 the scale, while in the second version, one part basically is Doh-Ray-Mee.



 


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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-18 Thread Gwern Branwen
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote:
 Steve Bennett wrote:
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.


 That seems unduly harsh for one post which your personal opinion judges
 off-topic

 Ec

Jay has long danced on the edge. This post on musical theory is not
even remotely related to Wikipedia. I, for one, support moderating him
- the mods will let through any missives from Jay which are actually
half-way relevant to wikien-l.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-18 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/18 Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net:
 Steve Bennett wrote:
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.


 That seems unduly harsh for one post which your personal opinion judges
 off-topic

It is not one post. Most of Jay's posts are like this one.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-18 Thread Emily Monroe
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.


 That seems unduly harsh for one post which your personal opinion  
 judges
 off-topic

 Ec

It doesn't matter if the judgement is harsh. In my opinion, people  
should get only a handful of warnings for blatant mailing list abuse  
before they are put on moderation, anyway. If they've been a  
borderline case for quite some time, as it seems to be the case, OF  
COURSE there shouldn't be any warning. AGF only goes so far before the  
assumption wears off.

Emily
On Sep 18, 2009, at 7:29 AM, Gwern Branwen wrote:

 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:11 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net  
 wrote:
 Steve Bennett wrote:
 Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.


 That seems unduly harsh for one post which your personal opinion  
 judges
 off-topic

 Ec

 Jay has long danced on the edge. This post on musical theory is not
 even remotely related to Wikipedia. I, for one, support moderating him
 - the mods will let through any missives from Jay which are actually
 half-way relevant to wikien-l.

 -- 
 gwern

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[WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-17 Thread Jay Litwyn
http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Sound/MSixths.mp3
DATA 35,27,2,24,40,6,45,27,2,30,50,4
DATA 55,33,2,36,60,4,65,39,4,42,70,4,0,0,4
' How is it that the above numbers, which approximate the western scale,
' in stereo, in parts a constant major sixth (5:3) apart...
DATA 60,35,2,30,40,6,54,45,2,27,50,4
DATA 54,55,2,48,60,4,54,65,4,60,70,4,0,0,8
sound a lot like the above series?
Hint: you need to multiply all of them by 66/35 to render them.
Complete source (or the equivalent in a key for ladies) available upon 
request.
I like the first series better, because both parts are more interesting than 
the scale, while in the second version, one part basically is Doh-Ray-Mee. 




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Re: [WikiEN-l] Stick this in your music theory and smoke it.

2009-09-17 Thread Steve Bennett
Ok, that post was totally off topic. You're on moderation now.

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Jay Litwyn
brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca wrote:
 http://ecn.ab.ca/~brewhaha/Sound/MSixths.mp3
 DATA 35,27,2,24,40,6,45,27,2,30,50,4
 DATA 55,33,2,36,60,4,65,39,4,42,70,4,0,0,4
 ' How is it that the above numbers, which approximate the western scale,
 ' in stereo, in parts a constant major sixth (5:3) apart...
 DATA 60,35,2,30,40,6,54,45,2,27,50,4
 DATA 54,55,2,48,60,4,54,65,4,60,70,4,0,0,8
 sound a lot like the above series?
 Hint: you need to multiply all of them by 66/35 to render them.
 Complete source (or the equivalent in a key for ladies) available upon
 request.
 I like the first series better, because both parts are more interesting than
 the scale, while in the second version, one part basically is Doh-Ray-Mee.




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