Jeremy & Eric I just noticed that it appears a reader can no longer "close" a thread.
I assume that is a side effect of the recent changes in the admin system? Quite often authors of threads request that (as it is not possible for the author of the thread to close it) it be closed when they got an answer that solves it. Are moderators now going to look for that? It seemed to work fine before. Best wishes Josiah On Saturday, 7 December 2019 12:37:34 UTC+1, Jeremy Ruston wrote: > > > I could be wrong, but it looks like the feature has already been turned > off. I did feel that the original list of tags was too broad. > > > It sounds like tagging is classified under the same “moderation” > permission that governs the ability to pin posts. > > We could revert the change, but perhaps the solution here is to appoint > some more group managers. The top 10 posters according to Google Groups are > below. Eric is already a group manager, but it might be good if maybe 3 or > 4 of these people volunteered for the role. > > - TonyM > - Mohammad > - TiddlyTweeter > - Mark S > - Arlen > - Eric > - A Gloom > - PMario > - (me) > - Jed (inmysocks) > > See https://groups.google.com/forum/#!aboutgroup/tiddlywiki > > The group managers would: > > - Help Eric with moderating posts flagged by Google as spam > - Pin and unpin threads > - Compile pinned anthology posts summarising important announcements > and discussions > - And perhaps use whatever other useful moderation features may be > lurking under the surface of Google Groups > > It also seems like we need to be more transparent about the rules and > conventions we’re following to manage the group. I’d suggest adding a > tiddler to tiddlywiki.com in which we describe our approach (for example, > guidelines about when to pin a thread, or a thread from last year where I > posted about the need to criticise ideas rather than people). Perhaps we > actually need two: one called “Moderation Policies” focusing on the role of > group managers and one called “Code of Conduct” focusing on the standards > of behaviour we expect from everyone in the group. > > I’d welcome any advice/thoughts from people who have experience of other > online communities. I’m sure we can do a better job overall, and I suspect > more formal roles in the community will be a part of it. > > Best wishes > > Jeremy. > > > > On Friday, December 6, 2019 at 4:55:32 AM UTC-8, TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >> In another thread ... >> >> Jeremy Ruston wrote: >>> >>> * Pinning should never have been globally available. I appreciate the >>> argument that no great harm was done, but it evidently created confusion as >>> to who could see that a thread had been pinned >>> * We should agree on general rules for what threads might qualify for >>> being pinned. To me, pinning would start with urgent announcements (e.g. if >>> discovered a serious bug in a release and wanted to warn people to >>> upgrade), important on-going informational threads like “Newbies start here” >>> >> >> Ciao Jeremy >> >> In another thread >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msg/tiddlywiki/gWtX7uGi2QQ/xg6sv0PICQAJ> we >> discussing user v. admin privileges re PINS. >> >> Here I want to ask about TAGS. >> >> *First I just want to check IF you are aware that at the moment any user >> can both add or delete TAGS on any post?* >> >> * +* In a way its v. good in that missing tags get added. >> *+ *Its good that an original author who has not added them may have >> them added by an enthusiastic user >> >> *-* in another way its not ideal as these don't get documented and >> the numbers could get vast... >> * - * I see no place user added tags get listed. >> >> For example, this post I gave tags: "question GoogleGroup tags" >> >> Tags have proved very useful for finding things here. But I'm not sure, >> without moderated addition, they are optimal. >> >> Best wishes >> TT >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7b416c3c-809f-4753-b52f-ad06ab6ff790%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/7b416c3c-809f-4753-b52f-ad06ab6ff790%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" 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/tiddlywiki/adaf4afa-b901-4af1-a88b-d23357287439%40googlegroups.com.
