> Do you make a public policy and notify in newspaper that - "If somebody > fight with me, I will take this action, If somebody show me eye, I will do > this action." > IMO, such common rules are not needed to be documented. > But OK, here is the spam policy !! > Sending totally unwanted mails (special chained mail) to ML is a spam > activity and user will be banned for forever. > Please consider above statement as policy, Feel free to modify+correct it > and edit wiki and paste there. I request SB to lead this policy making > process. Find out some way to show it when use join it. Do not forget to > update wiki page too. There are some spam on wiki page too, ( Ex - > http://lug-iitd.org/index.php?title=User:MichaelFinley&rcid=1882 ) , so you > are free to take decision to make a common policy or a separate policy too > .
My thoughts on the subject, 1. Your newspaper example is anecdotal and has no bearing in this matter. 2. Such decisions (regarding policy) should be taken at least by consensus (though I am not entirely happy with a democratic system myself -- it lends too much power to donkeys since they form the majority) and not by you or me in such high-handed way. 3. Since this example involves Mangat (though I do not wish to take specific names or person's behaviour), he has been fairly active and has contributed to this mailing list. Does this incident offer enough grounds to ban someone? 4. This group is more about learning rather than something requiring military-style conduct and discipline (even the military follow due process). There have been enough incidents of top-posting, and SMS-gibberish entertained, what draws the line here? Why don't we correct the "spammer"? Why don't we make the culprit realize their mistake instead? I remember somebody pointing out earlier (I think it was on this list) that this is the place to learn how to ask questions intelligently or something or about using proper language and relating it with future job prospects. *sheesh*.. Anyway, it's probably true. You have to learn somewhere. 5. I appreciate your enthusiasm in about getting a "policy making"(?) process in place but your faith (in me) is rather misplaced :P. You and me, we are already bogged down with enough work (hopefully). I try to chip in when I can and with what I can :) Also, I am not active on the wikipage so I am again probably the wrong person to remind about updating the wiki page. 6. IMHO, a warning in such cases should suffice. People who just sign-up to advertise their "events" or "cause" should be banned immediately. Anyway, that's again just my opinion. This requires more discussion. Input from regulars and irregulars welcome! :) Thanks for reading the long mail :P Sharad PS: cc-ing to Mangat as well. I don't know if he'll be receiving this mail via the mailing list. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
