Hey Craig, ACK and Done.
Myrle On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 9:17 PM Craig Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > >
