--- Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com> wrote: > On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, Peter Arremann wrote: > > > On Saturday 10 September 2005 06:34, Maciej > ÿÿenczykowski wrote: > > > I don't think that's what our project leads > should be devoting their time > > > towards... > > > > I agree with you there. Filter out on your client > what you don't want to see - > > but don't expect geeks like the guys that develop > CentOS to waste their time > > with mundane things like moderating a list... > > I think you have a specific definition of 'list > moderation'. Mailman > allows to moderate individuals or topics on a case > by case basis. If a > thread becomes spurious and loaded with lots of > negative comments a > 'known' moderator could simply state that a topic > has to be ended or moved > to somewhere else (private or other mailinglist). > And if necessary he can > moderate individuals or topics. (temporary) > > This moderation also slows down the interaction, > because in most cases > people are answering mails at the same time and > repeating stuff they've > just said because someone else just replied and > didn't read the mail > you've just send. (silly but that's what happens at > a fast pace) > > I did not imply moderating each and every post all > the time. > > Once we have a moderator who can intervene (and is > known), I bet most > people will behave and think before posting > anything, because there might > be a penalty (read: being moderated temporary). > > So it's mostly a change in attitude to the list. > > The moderator also doesn't have to be a CentOS > developer per se, in fact, > it may be better if not. But at this point the > CentOS developers have to > decide whether or not to do this. That's why I > addressed them. > > Kind regards, > -- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, > http://dag.wieers.com/ -- > [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and > unlimited power]> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > I then Volunteer Mr. Dag Wieers to the position of Moderator of the centos general mailing list! ;-D Steven "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows or better'. So I installed Linux."