Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-08 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Mon, 10/6/08, Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: #1) You publicly stated what was not true about your rejected message. I publicly stated that I was asked to send my questions to the Goanet moderators, not knowing that the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] did not refer to

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-07 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
On Mon Oct 6 05:01:51 PDT 2008 Santosh Helekar wrote: Let me see if I understand what this answer says: RESPONSE: As much as you may try to frame the exchange here, the fact remains: #1) You publicly stated what was not true about your rejected message. #2) Even though Cornel has publicly

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-06 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Santosh Helekar wrote: Regarding what the rejection message said, it asked me to send my questions to the Goanet moderators. --- Santosh This statement of mine can only be false if Goanet-Admin does not refer to the Goanet moderators. RESPONSE: Your statement is FALSE because what you

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-06 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Sun, 10/5/08, Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: No! Goanet moderators are individuals who moderate Goanet; Goanet Admin manage and run different aspects of Goanet - its members can moderate Goanet too. The names of Goanet moderators have not been published

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-06 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:47:34 -0400 From: Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] You were not advised to send YOUR questions to the Goanet moderators as much as you would like others to believe. You were told to direct your questions to Goanet Admin. Simple as that! Mario responds:

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-06 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Cornel, At the outset, let me assure you that I have a lot of respect for you and commend you for your achievements, which you recounted on Goanet.  Having said that, sometimes you seem to have a difficult time to get a message.  In fact in my review of your many writings, you have a knack

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-05 Thread Santosh Helekar
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Bosco - Goanet Volunteer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RESPONSE: FALSE!! The moderator did the right thing and asked the poster to direct his questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . This is quite a mystery! The above is a response to my following statement: Regarding

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-05 Thread CORNEL DACOSTA
Hi Gilbert Thank you for indicating that brief reasons for post rejections by Goanet moderators would be helpful when they are deemed inappropriate. That is indeed all critics of Goanet moderation have been asking for since Jan/Feb 2008. I am glad you have noted this point and responded to it

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-05 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Hi Mervyn,   Goanet moderators advise posters who aim to be amusing to use a smiley :=)).  I do not see that in your alleged non-provocative posts that you label as amusing +/- having crossed the line.   As far as Goan posts without the :=)) being amusing, I assumed that the author of those

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-04 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
If the following fact is true - regarding hundreds of unexplained post rejects on Goanet, I would suggest the moderators should find more dramatic / drastic means to deal with the authors of these innumerable inappropriate posts. This would be better than the moderators wasting their valuable

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-04 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco wrote: Question: Are you implying that you do not write to Goanet to antagonize and provoke fellow Goanetters?? Bosco, I am on Goanet for only one reason: To learn. I think that life is to short to go around antagonizing people. I certainly do not want to be a provoker. Maybe in

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-03 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
For reasons unknown (???), this poster has potrayed my text as his own in this thread: http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-October/081418.html --- On Wed, 10/1/08, Santosh Helekar chimbelcho at gmail.com wrote: Santosh Helekar had a message rejected recently (as he

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-03 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
Mervyn, I dont know what you mean when you say 'real time'. 1. Nobody, repeat nobody, on Goanet is on unmoderated post. 2. If a moderator is online when someone posts, and is moderating at that time, chances are that an uncomplicated post will go through almost instantaneously Considering

[Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Herman Carneiro
Dear Goanetters, There have been emails from a handful of people seeking to cast aspersions on Goanet moderation. As chair of Goanet I would like to address the specific issues that have been raised. First off, I’d like to remind you that Goanet's Rules are published on Goanet's website at

[Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Mario Goveia
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:00:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Herman Carneiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] We endeavor to provide an explanation for every message we reject and we save a copy of the rejected post for a period of time. Those of you who state that your messages are being rejected without an explanation

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
From: Herman Carneiro Those of you who state that your messages are being rejected without an explanation are habitual violators of Goanet's Rules and the moderators have afforded you more than you fair share of explanations, which you have chosen to ignore. Mario responds: I'm not sure

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Santosh Helekar
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Santosh Helekar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Santosh Helekar had a message rejected recently (as he disclosed) and he has concluded who the moderator was. However he fails to mention that he was provided an explanation in the rejection note but did not follow through on the

[Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Miguel Braganza
PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation Message-ID:     [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Goanetters, There have been emails from a handful of people seeking to cast aspersions on Goanet moderation. As chair of Goanet I would like to address the specific issues that have been raised. First off, I?d like

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Bosco - Goanet Volunteer wrote: In essence, there should be no need to moderate Goanet. Goanet's Rules are clear and concise. They are published on Goanet's website at www.goanet.org and are regularly published here. They have been tweaked to their current status over years of experience.

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-10-01 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Herman Carneiro wrote: Conducting witch-hunts to identify moderators who reject posts and lambasting them publicly is unfair and uncalled for.  While moderators are encouraged to add their names to rejection notices, it is not a requirement, and it is not surprising that some of our moderators

Re: [Goanet] Goanet Moderation

2008-09-30 Thread Bosco - Goanet Volunteer
To paraphrase an infamous cliché, Hell hath no fury like a Goan whose message was rejected for posting on Goanet. There has been much bafflegab on this issue over the past few days by a couple 'experts' in this field. Since Mervyn asked two 'simple' questions, I will acquiesce to his

[Goanet] Goanet moderation

2008-09-28 Thread Mervyn Lobo
Folks, I have 800 unopened emails in my inbox. I have not been able to follow this debate closely. What I do want to point out is that moderation is a thankless job. Having said this, some of the moderators here have spent YEARS of effort trying to make Goanet work. And they have mostly