>>>>> "ABH" == Ask Bjoern Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I stress moderation in terms of moderating the answerers, weeding out
>> flames and otherwise harsh negativity. I'm going to let the askers
>> ask all they want.
ABH> well, moderation requries that a moderator reads his mail and
ABH> approves all incoming mail to the list before they will be sent
ABH> to the subscribers. I think a better idea is to just try it
ABH> without and use tell abusers to bugger off. Technical moderation
ABH> (as opposed to social moderation) has never been needed on any of
ABH> the perl.org lists except the announcement lists.
well, i feel that a key to this list would be that is it moderated from
the start with some strong rules. newbies will abuse it immediately with
off topic stuff like they always do on c.l.p.misc. a major trait is not
being able to tell a true perl problem from a problem that happens to be
near perl. also weeding out bad answers will be important. the newsgroup
spends some amount of time covering up after the bad answers. make sure
you have a home page ([EMAIL PROTECTED] would match nicely) which talks
about your posting guidelines. for [EMAIL PROTECTED] i created 2 emacs
macros that make accepting/rejecting much simpler for me. in particular,
the reject code inserts a reject message template which says:
Your post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] has been rejected because:
Please read http://jobs.perl.org for posting guidelines.
If you correct those problems and resubmit a fresh post, it will be accepted.
If you have any questions send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i then just type in the reasons (no html/mime allowed, bad subject, perl
is not primary skill, etc.) and send it. makes moderating much
easier. most rejections do get fixed reposted and then accepted. the
guidelines on the home page seem to help.
uri
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