Andrew, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you for your efforts.
Moderation is a thankless task as you will get criticized for letting posts through and criticized for blocking posts, and nobody will thank you in either case. --- The few times I have tried to use this group to have a focused conversation, I have found it very frustrating because very quickly people start making tangential comments and the conversation gets side-tracked. So, one thing I would ask is that people try to keep conversations relevant to the subject line of the post, and if you are changing the subject of the conversation, it would be useful to change the subject line of the post, so that the subject line would reflect what is being discussed in the post. This would help both to focus conversations and to help people to decide on what to read. Lastly, it would be really good if people could mostly wait to post until they had something new to communicate and not just post a post that makes an important point for the Nth time. Best, Ken On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > Further to recent list discussion, I write to clarify the moderation > policy. > > Firstly, it's important to state that there's no political filtration. I > don't care what stance a poster takes. It's simply not a factor in my > decision making. > > Secondly, most people aren't on moderation. Occasionally, I might not get > round to taking new people off moderation - but only a few people (about > 10) are deliberately moderated. This is because they have posted > non-permitted content, or very repeatedly posted marginal content. > > FYI: you won't get your own posts. That's just how Google works. If you > want to check what's posted, look online. If something seems to be stuck, > email me. I *am* responsive, but the emails I get when someone posts don't > get into my inbox - so occasionally they get missed (I'm trying to fix > that.) > > Now, in more detail... > > Here's what's permitted : > *Anything about geoengineering, with a preference for stuff that is new, > impactful, well referenced, peer reviewed OR engaging > *Anything that's remotely related to geoengineering, that's exceptionally > good (by most or all of the above criteria). > > Here's what's not permitted > *Short posts with little or no content, eg "I agree" > *Repetition of arguments, information already posted - particularly when > the poster is already at the margins of acceptable posting frequency > *Poor English. If your post isn't written at the standard of a high school > essay, it won't be passed. > *Profanity, obscenity and abuse - whether personal or otherwise. > *Ad hominem attacks, particularly against list members, and particularly > against individuals (as opposed to institutions). > *Madcap ideas. If your new fangled idea lacks any kind of calculation, > obvious logic, etc., I'm not going to pass it. (I'm a graduate engineer, > and if it can't make any sense of it, you probably need to try harder.) > *Obvious drivel. Climate denial, chemtrails, etc., will not be passed. > > Any comments on the above are welcomed. > > Thanks > > A > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
