Ideal moderation, for me (and perhaps this isn't even possible; I'm not sure
how the backends of these mailing lists work) would be directed at users,
not individual emails. I wouldn't expect a moderator to approve every post,
or to edit posts, or anything like that. But I would expect them to enforce
the idea of "if you can't engage calmly and without attacking your
colleagues, you don't get to engage here." A cool-down timeout if someone
just seems to have gotten out of hand temporarily; permanent removal from
the list if the person persistently cannot behave in a collegial manner.

Yes, this puts me pretty strongly on the side of the evil "Civility Police."
So be it.

-Fluff

On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Marc Riddell <[email protected]>wrote:

> So that everyone is on the same frequency; what exactly is meant by
> "moderation" when it comes to a discussion/conversation/debate? And what,
> exactly, is a "moderator" expected to do"
>
> Marc Riddell
>
>
> on 10/3/11 6:56 PM, Nathan at [email protected] wrote:
>
> > I agree that several posts recently should have resulted in some sort
> > of moderation. I'm not sure [[WP:CIVIL]] is the answer... That's an
> > English Wikipedia policy, and applying en.wp policies to non-en.wp
> > venues generally gets a strong reaction from non en.wp'ers :-P
> >
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