Like a couple of others, I dont see a need for more regulation-its a great forum for communication and news. If it becomes a bit political at times -well the main problem is political. I have tried to anwer your poll below. note F -no pen names and some way of knowing profile either by "letterhead" at end of post or a profile
john gorman ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Caldeira To: geoengineering Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:50 PM Subject: [geo] poll on geoengineering group moderation standards 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. __3__ No more than one posting per person per day F2. ___0_ No more than one posting per person per week Information / Question / Opinion I1. ___0_ All post must contain new information (and not simply express an opinion or ask a question) I2. ____0 Questions only allowed where where the answers are not easily found by reading the literature or googling I3. ___1_ Opinion statements allowed only if it is clear that they are well-informed and factual assumptions underlying the opinions are sound Scope S1. ____4 All posts must directly pertain to either climate science, climate policy, or intentional intervention in the climate system S2. _4___ All posts must directly pertain to intentional intervention in the climate system S3. ___0_ All posts must directly pertain to solar radiation management and related options (i.e., not carbon dioxide removal and related options) S4. ___0_ 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. ___5_ This forum SHOULD be used to discuss proximity to tipping points, climate thresholds, etc S6. ____4 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. __3__ Posts should be allowed even if they contain content that the moderators believe to be patently and demonstrably false. C2. ___1_ 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. ___4_ 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. __5__ All posts should include a "real name" (recognizing that there will be no way to verify these names) I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO PUT UP A PROFILE -OR AT LEAST A LETTERHEAD/SIGNATURE SOMEWHERE 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. -- 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.
