On 9/10/05, Steven Vishoot <sir_funzone at yahoo.com> wrote: > > > --- 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 > I second and co-nominate Jim Perrin to terms of 6 months. Greg