right on the edge...

[Ryan Rix]

HI Alan,

Though I am a high school student, most nights I am available to moderate 
discussions of this sort. Perhaps stick all OT in a moderation queue and let 
someone (even if it's not me, honestly I am indifferent on you nominating me, 
if that's what you meant to do) pick through and eliminate sketchy ones. It's 
imperfect but obviously it works better than our current setup. However, the 
monthly publication is a good idea, though I find that monthly may be too 
often. 
Maybe semimonthly, but make all new registrations read it and agree under 
threat of removal from the list?

Honestly, it sucks to see something like this, but something must indeed be 
done. 

Best,
Ryan

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On Wed November 5 2008 09:40:15 pm Alan Dayley wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 9:17 PM, Ryan Rix <phrkonaleash at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree, this, imo, immature bickering about who was or was not elected
> > needs to stop. We all have our own opinions and will fight to the death.
> > I suggest making a rule, at least, not to touch:
> >
> > *Politics
> > *Religion
>
> I agree with this.
>
> > These posts will get either moderated or just plain dropped.
>
> Are you offering to be moderator?  Do you have the time for that?  How
> will we ensure that the moderator is fair?  How will you define fair?
> Who will drop posts?  How we ensure that they are fair?
>
> I'm not trying to be a wet blanket on discussion about solutions.  I'm
> glad it's being discussed.  But any solution must be practical to
> implement and defined in a way that will actually work.  If the group
> wants a moderator, we will have to answer the above questions, an
> probably more I'm not thinking of right now.
>
> > Any other ideas?
>
> The ideas I like most are:
>
>  *Self moderation out of respect for the group and the topic of the
> list.  This means don't make off-topic posts.
>  *Community moderation, which usually works.    This means respond to
> off-topic posts only to ask them to stop.
>
> Both of the above broke down on this, the day after a hard-fought and
> historic election.  We must re-enforce them.
>
> Maybe a monthly publication of expected participation activity would
> be appropriate.
>
> Alan
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