On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Austin Hair<[email protected]> wrote:
> I killfiled the thread, as I noted in two e-mails to the mailing list. > The usual process for this involves flagging for moderation all > topics with that subject line, and additionally any members I think > likely to try to pursue the topic further, for a period of a week or > so. It's a little late for this. Besides you didn't "killfile" the thread (whatever that translates to in grown-up terms) - you moderated/blocked me, and did so without serious or even sufficient public notification. The seven-word private reply you gave me (quoted below somewhere) was substandard, as far as explanations go. > Note again that "moderation" does not mean that you're prevented from > posting to the list, only that we look at your posts before sending > them on. Had you posted on another topic, your message would have > been sent on within a few hours. 1) I did post on another topic. 2) Who is "we?" You? 3) A few hours later is not acceptable, particularly in contexts where discussion moves quickly. > I explained my actions in the original thread, but as a courtesy I > also replied privately to the only e-mail I received from you > reiterating that the thread was killed. I never received a second > e-mail. You said nothing courteous in your message. The point is that if you think a simple "see my last post in that thread" qualifies as either courteous or informative, then - nothing personal - you just need to be replaced. > I am generally terse if not succinct, but I don't know what about this > suggests that I'm "overworked." > Again, you were not blocked. You're playing a little semantic game with yourself, Austin - I said "blocked/moderated," not "blocked." Now consider for a minute what I actually said - that you as moderator are obligated to give notice of blocking and/or moderation. Do you disagree with me? > The only message from you that I held from posting was the one to that thread, Yes, and in that post I indicated I would not continue posting to that thread on this list. Assuming your moderating me was valid in the first place, you evaluated my post incorrectly - the evidence being that its still has not been posted. > and that went for everyone, not just you. This doesn't even make sense. What "went for everyone?" > And again, I did post in that thread giving notice. No, you said, in inappropriately teenage sysadmin-speak "consider this thread killfiled." Even if I had know you were the moderator, I still could not have regarded the content of your message as anything special. -Stevertigo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
