Dave, You're quite right that the word "moderated" has different connotations in a heterogeneous community. And both Serge and you have gone to great pains to spell out that moderation will be exercised *lightly* and (hopefully) infrequently.
Thanks for your concrete and practical suggestions, as well as for fairly paraphrasing the delicate balance needed to support outreach to this important community. Cheers, SEJ ---- "Wretches, utter wretches, keep your hands from beans." -Empedocles On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 12:11, Dave Hansen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-03 at 17:57 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > Serge Wroclawski wrote: > > > Most people know what professional behavior is, and if things get out > > > of hand, we'll talk to them. Semi-moderated means at first, all post > > > and all people will be moderated. Over time, we'll probably get go of > > > the reins a bit > > > > Ok. I would like to be part of a professional OSM mailing list but not > > one that is moderated. I guess I'll just ask for a second, unmoderated > > list to be created ;-) > > If things ever got severely out of control on talk-us, I think I'd be OK > with switching the moderation bit on. But, I don't recall ever getting > *anywhere* close to doing that. Maybe with this thread. ;) > > Serge, it looks like there may be a bit of sensitivity with calling > lists "moderated". Although I think it's fair to spell out the > expectations: > > * The list's express purpose is to cater to those who wish to work on > or with OSM in a professional capacity > * Posters are expected to be welcoming to others, keep flamewars to a > minimum > > I think it's also fair to say that if there are people who are not being > welcoming to others that they will be asked to unsubscribe from the > list. It goes without saying on any list that if anyone misbehaves, > they'll get their moderation bit turned on. If that fails repeatedly, > then perhaps move to full moderation. > > I'd be much more apt to subscribe to a list like that than one which > starts out (and stays) moderated. > > -- Dave > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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