You have my thanks as well. I have found the topics and 'signal' on f-l recently quite good reading; less noise will make the whole experience a pleasure again (and hopefully will bring back voices that have temporarily left).
SJ On 11/14/09, John Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Ryan Lomonaco <[email protected]> > wrote: >> After reviewing the comments of foundation-l participants over the last >> few >> days, we've come up with a few changes that we hope will ultimately >> improve >> the tenor and scope of discussions. >> >> To start, we're placing two participants on temporary moderation: Thomas >> Dalton and WJhonson. The conversations that have been most problematic >> recently were those that involved one or both users. We do not intend to >> place them or any other users on permanent moderation at this time, >> however. >> >> When appropriate, we will be using moderation more often, for short >> periods >> of time when we feel doing so will allow cooler heads to prevail. The >> idea >> behind moderation has never been punitive, but it's often been treated as >> such by many, and as a result, we have not used it as often as we could >> have. Going forward, our intent is that being placed on moderation should >> not be viewed as a slight, or as a punishment, but as a way to retain >> civility within a discussion. >> >> Second, we're adding a "soft post limit" that, for the time being, will >> kick >> in at 30 posts per month. At that point, we will, at our discretion, >> place >> members on moderation for the remainder of the month, and will approve >> posts >> only where we feel they are useful and add significantly to the >> discussion. >> >> With these changes, our goal is not to stifle anyone, but to avoid the >> situation where a few voices dominate the conversation, and the arguments, >> often off-topic, that have inhibited important discussions recently. We >> do >> not feel, for example, that specific users need to be permanently >> moderated; >> however, all users, including prolific posters, should bear in mind that >> should their posts become off-topic, overly argumentative, or uncivil, >> they >> may be moderated temporarily. >> >> We leave open the possibility that other changes may be useful in the >> future, so ideas for improvement going forward are always welcome, either >> at >> the Meta page <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Improving_Foundation-l> or >> via >> e-mail, at [email protected]. >> >> As of this post, the list is now unmoderated. We welcome your thoughts on >> this issue. > > Thank you for taking these steps to promote a more balanced > participation here on foundation-l. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
