Euh, I think this thread should be cut and closed. It is becoming more and more a senseless discussion on the good or not so good ways of moderating a mailing list and as well, and this is what I find particularly disturbing, an Anne-ology bashing session.
Thank you. RG. Le jeudi 02 février 2017 à 17:16 +0000, Peter Hillier-Brook a écrit : > > Charles, one can only admire your patience, but isn't it time to put a > stop to this nonsense with anne-ology (who I'm sure is not the > delightful Maureen, despite her use of the "-ology" suffix). > > > Who has the authority to remove her from the moderator role, for which > she seems singularly un-qualified? > > On 02/02/17 13:51, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > Anne-ology, > > > > > > You are right, that is the general meaning of moderation. However, when > > > > we talk about moderation here, we talk about mailing list moderation. > > > > When we talk about moderator, we refer to a mailing list moderator, not > > > > to concepts such as panel moderators. A mailing list moderator has a > > > > specific role, which somewhat relates to the one of a moderator but is > > > > much more strict: it has been described a bit earlier but let me restate > > it: A mailing list moderator is in charge of the management of the > > > > mailing list. This role mostly includes moderating emails, which means: > > > > - finding legitimate emails of posters who are not subscribed to the > > > > mailing list and moderating them as in publishing them to the list (NOT > > REPLYING TO THEM FIRST) > > - rejecting incoming illegitimate emails, such as spam. > > > > > > Another role of the list moderator usually (but not always) involves: > > > > - adding or unsubscribing email addresses per request of their owner > > - helping mailing list subscribers with similar tasks or technical > > issues directly related to their mailing list subscription > > - reminding everyone to be courteous > > > > > > - following the netiquette (http://www.netiquette.org) and reminding > > mailing list subscribers to comply with it. > > > > > > Among all these points only the last two may relate somewhat more the > > broader meaning of "moderation". > > > > In short your daily task is not one moderation but rather one of > > > > technical management. It also implies that you know how to post properly > > > > and understand the concept of mailing list discussion threads. From my > > > > perspective it seems you are not familiar with the concept,or that you > > > > perhaps have no desire to become acquainted with these notions which > > > > would be problematic for a mailing list moderator. Hence, there is no > > > > need to "clean" any "cruft from an email. Signs, mentions of date, time, > > > > etc. in an email are part of its information and may form a part of the > > > > thread. We need that. I notice you have managed to start a new thread > > > > "Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ..." that is not integrated with > > > > the original thread. This is not correct and you seem to do this for > > each one of your reply. > > > > > > Below is one page belonging to another community that may be helpful to > > you: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > Charles > > (who, by top-posting, does not comply to the netiquette). > > > > > > > > Le 02.02.2017 01:56, anne-ology a écrit : > > > Do you know what moderation means? > > > > > > > > > > > > moderation := "the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in > > > one's behavior or political opinions" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> > > > Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:40 PM > > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] in response ... > > > To: > > > > > > > > > Cc: "users@global.libreoffice.org" > > > > > > > > > <users@global.libreoffice.org> > > > > > > > > > On 01/31/2017 01:54 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > It is not always possible to "do the right thing" so it is good that > > > > > > > > > The correct thing is to _approve_ the message, not _respond_ within the > > > message. As such, it is _always_ possible to do the right thing. > > > > > > That is basic moderation 101 > > > > > > jonathon > > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
