I disagree that the signal to noise ratio has changed since i came to this group. What makes you think the signal to noise ratio is different than before? The post are generally high quality. You decided to make those changes after Oliver wingenter made some dumb remarks. Aside from that, there have been no repeat performances of rule breaking from anyone, unless you removed them before they were posted.
On Dec 12, 6:50 pm, Ken Caldeira <[email protected]> wrote: > This group could potentially serve many different communities. However, the > signal to noise ratio has been getting relatively low lately and thus the > group has been of diminishing utility to some important communities. > > I will new guidelines starting 1 Jan 2010, with rejected non-abusive emails > forwarded to [email protected]. > > *Which of these guidelines would you like to see strongly enforced in the > moderation of the geoengineering google group? > > Please rate these on a 0 to 5 scale: > > 0 = strongly disagree, do not use this criterion > 1 = only apply this criterion in cases of gross abuse > 3 = weakly enforce this criterion only in extreme cases > 4 = generally apply this criterion, with some exceptions in special cases > 5 = strongly agree, apply this criterion without exception > * > *Frequency of posting > *F1. ____ No more than one posting per person per day > F2. ____ No more than one posting per person per week > > *Information / Question / Opinion > *I1. ____ All post must contain new information (and not simply express an > opinion or ask a question) > I2. ____ Questions only allowed where where the answers are not easily found > by reading the literature or googling > I3. ____ Opinion statements allowed only if it is clear that they are > well-informed and factual assumptions underlying the opinions are sound > > *Scope > *S1. ____ All posts must directly pertain to either climate science, climate > policy, or intentional intervention in the climate system > S2. ____ All posts must directly pertain to intentional intervention in the > climate system > S3. ____ All posts must directly pertain to solar radiation management and > related options (i.e., not carbon dioxide removal and related options) > S4. ____ This forum SHOULD be used to discuss whether anthropogenic global > warming is a real phenomenon or not (nor should it be used to discuss > reality of biological evolution, plate tectonics, etc) > S5. ____ This forum SHOULD be used to discuss proximity to tipping points, > climate thresholds, etc > S6. ____ Post containing new information should have a more relaxed > criterion (i.e., can be about general climate science), but posts expressing > opinions are asking questions should have a higher scope standard and > closely related to intentional intervention in the climate system. > > *Content > *C1. ____ Posts should be allowed even if they contain content that the > moderators believe to be patently and demonstrably false. > C2. ____ No post should be allowed where the primary purpose is to > communicate to single person (i.e., request a pdf from someone etc). Such > posts should be directed to that individual. > > *Formal > *F1. ____ All posts must reflect the subject line (i.e., posts should be > rejected if they respond to a discussion with an off-topic or tangential > remark; instead such posts should start a new discussion) > F2. ____ All posts should include a "real name" (recognizing that there will > be no way to verify these names) > > *Additional guideline: (not part of poll) > * > A1. No post may make an *ad hominem* attack or make assumptions about > someone else's motivation > > Please provide your suggestions for additional guidelines. > > NOTE: This is not a one-person/one-vote democracy. I will consider all input > but give more weight to comments from working scientists, policy > professionals, etc. > > You may reply either directly to me ([email protected]), or > reply to the entire group if you want your views to be broadly known. > > Best, > > Ken > > ___________________________________________________ > Ken Caldeira > > Carnegie Institution Dept of Global Ecology > 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305 USA > > [email protected]http://dge.stanford.edu/DGE/CIWDGE/labs/caldeiralab > +1 650 704 7212; fax: +1 650 462 5968 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.
