Hi Myrle, The current page (thanks for acting on this so quickly) says:
Your comment has been rejected as off-topic. It is not helpful in moving the project forward. My intent was to say it's not only off-topic but it is not helpful to *any* project. Moderator has already passed beyond "off-topic but otherwise useful". So I think we are not at off-topic at all. We are at not helpful. Think "self-aggrandizement", "pure sarcastic snark". So I'd rephrase the moderation comment: Your comment has been rejected as not helpful in moving the project forward. Regards, Craig > On Jul 21, 2019, at 11:24 AM, Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 4:07 PM Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Problem: Not helpful; no actionable or useful content. >> Alternative behavior: Don't post this message >> Moderation comment: Not helpful in moving the project forward. >> > > Hey Craig, > > Thank you for the suggestion. I've added it to the wiki right after > off-topic. > > With regard to alternative behavior, I realized that I haven't sufficiently > articulated what that column is for. The heading was wrong. Each > moderation action should be tied to the benefit for the community. I've > adjusted the heading to: "Result for the community we are trying to > achieve". > > I feel like these "results" are actually at the core of what we should be > trying to achieve here. Moderation (and commenting in general) shouldn't > be about adjusting the debate "score", or "winning". It certainly > shouldn't be about punishing. It should be there to make the community a > better and more productive place to work. > > In that context, I've replaced "Don't post this message" with "Keep > conversations on the topics the list is intended for; Improve the > signal-to-noise ratio on the list to make it more useful." > > I'd love to hear your opinion. Is this an improvement? Do you have ideas > to refine it? > > Best, > Myrle Craig L Russell [email protected]
