On Wed, November 5, 2014 16:00, Keith Keller wrote:
It's also inappropriate (IMO of course) to intentionally circumvent controls which have been implemented to restrict someone from posting to the list.
If the posting is a pertinent technical question then I submit that it is unethical not to circumvent the restriction. This is a technical forum and if there is no possibility of said posting being off-topic or intended to be unpleasant then it should be seen and answered if at all possible.
Banning from a mailing list is just a rather ham-fisted way of saying that the job of moderating an individual disruptive user is deemed too burdensome. And, having moderated lists myself, I can sympathize with that position. But if other, un-banned, list members are willing to judiciously moderate said individual on a case by case basis then I see no difficulty at all.
James B. Byrne писал 2014-11-06 16:58:
On Wed, November 5, 2014 16:00, Keith Keller wrote:
It's also inappropriate (IMO of course) to intentionally circumvent controls which have been implemented to restrict someone from posting to the list.
If the posting is a pertinent technical question then I submit that it is unethical not to circumvent the restriction. This is a technical forum and if there is no possibility of said posting being off-topic or intended to be unpleasant then it should be seen and answered if at all possible.
Banning from a mailing list is just a rather ham-fisted way of saying that the job of moderating an individual disruptive user is deemed too burdensome. And, having moderated lists myself, I can sympathize with that position. But if other, un-banned, list members are willing to judiciously moderate said individual on a case by case basis then I see no difficulty at all.
You're making too much of a hassle about a person I don't consider exceptionally polite to other list members. Please keep this discussion off list if at all possible. TIA.
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