Sorry Jim, but I disagree. It is not a moderator's responsibility or requirement to answer questions on behalf of the list, be it by way of a rejection or otherwise. Moderators are little more than "backstops" for garbage that slips past infra's (pretty good) filters and to deal with subscriber issues, we are not here to make arbitrary decisions on what the list should or shouldn't see or have to deal with.
I refer you to the ASF moderator's guide: http://apache.org/dev/committers.html#mail-moderate wherein there is nothing to support Simon's proposal. Also the Apache OpenOffice PMC guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html#mailing-lists which generally conforms to the ASF requirements. Although we could engage in a protracted semantic debate about the word "valid" in the sentence: <Q>Review messages that have been held for moderation, reject spam posts and allow the valid messages through.</Q> Until such time as the ASF changes it's list moderation requirements, or I am removed as a list moderator, I will continue to moderate messages such as "Quick Office Pro" through to the list. Might I suggest that we set up a wiki page (or something similar) for moderators to discuss/compromise on matters such as this. Aside: <Simon> The http://openoffice.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html#mailing-lists page lists the names of the moderators for this list, but yours does not appear there. It can be helpful to know who our fellow moderators are. Would you mind adding yourself to that list? <Rob Weir> I understand that you stood down as a moderator for this list, but you are still shown as a moderator on: The http://openoffice.apache.org/pmc-faqs.html#mailing-lists Dave Jim McLaughlin wrote: > Exactly. That's why Simon is providing info that OO/ Apache is not related > to > Quick Office; explaining that this group can't help re QO, and directing > the person making inquiry to a possible source for help since that help > can't be obtained here. > > I can't think of a better function for a MODERATOR, and it certainly saves > all of us the time to scan, and then ignore, messages about QO. > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Dave Barton <d...@tasit.net> wrote: > >> Simon Phipps wrote: >>> MODERATORS: I have started rejecting incoming e-mails like this one >> with a >>> message stating that QuickOffice is unrelated to Apache and AOO and they >>> should contact their supplier. I suggest other moderators adopt the same >>> approach. >>> >>> S. >> >> -1 >> >> We are MODERATORS, not the list police. >> >> Dave --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
