I second Sev. Your work has been invaluable Andrew, and I hope that you're able to continue doing it! Ron Baiman
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 4:56 AM Andrew Lockley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've moderated this list since its inception, and now I'm also the list > "owner". Others have historically joined this moderator role, but aren't > presently active. > > Being a moderator does not give any special posting privileges or posting > responsibilities. Contribution of stories to the list is separate, but many > people think the two are linked ("please post this to the list" is a > frequent request in my email). > > Moderation involves the following tasks. > 1) removing members from moderation, so they can post instantly. This is > presently done effectively by default for academics, and done typically for > members of the public > 2) approving individual posts for anyone who's moderated. This is done by > default, as long as the content is relevant and non-trivial. > 3) very occasionally reversing (1) for poor behaviour, and in extremis > issuing permanent bans (only 1 or 2 bans for humans in the entire history > of the group - eg for harvesting emails and spamming). > > As you can see from recent pointed personal criticism of my research on > this list, I'm making no effort to misuse my moderator privileges to steer > debate in my personal favour. I've actually been arguably more tolerant of > ad hominem attacks on myself than I would be on others - having issued > exactly zero warnings for recent posts. I hope list members value the > service and trust its independence from my views and research. > > However, some people may seek a change to the status quo - for whatever > reason. I'm happy to add more moderators, and potential also relinquish my > day-to-day engagement in moderation, if that was felt desirable. I'm > neither the world's best moderator nor the world's most respected > geoengineering expert. A new moderator could be a researcher, or an > independent administrator (eg Ayesha, who is paid to post new material to > the list). > > I would also be amenable to discussing a change of list owner - > essentially permanently removing me from any oversight of the group. This > would be a big step, and could well have irreversible and very negative > consequences, eg someone shutting down the list in a Trojan Horse attack. > > Feedback and volunteering offers are welcome. > > Andrew Lockley > > -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAJ3C-07xoimaVZ63C%3DO_vrX3d4%3D5EYTQf%3DkGQEMwoEHzJ%2B168w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAJ3C-07xoimaVZ63C%3DO_vrX3d4%3D5EYTQf%3DkGQEMwoEHzJ%2B168w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/geoengineering/CAPhUB9DLbMvbJDqJi_VAE4czkCi5kRMYwEhijHaGM0S%3DvvhX8w%40mail.gmail.com.
