Creating a set of moderation guidelines to cover the few people on
moderation on this list is not really an efficient use of my time. I would
imagine most people feel the same way.

Dan


On 24 July 2014 10:57, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote:

> You're on moderation because you have (a) moderated your posting
> behaviour here, where you are on moderation (b) continued to post in
> this manner elsewhere, where you are not on moderation.
>
> This strongly suggests that moderation is the only thing keeping your
> posting behaviour acceptable.
>
> Remember that the actual point is to make the list not toxic. So far,
> it appears moderation is doing that job.
>
> I have noted that I am not personally inclined to remove the
> moderation, but that if any other moderator did I wouldn't object. So
> far none have done so, and instead have concurred with the above
> analysis.
>
> Nobody has a right to post to this list. But so far every post you've
> made while on moderation has gone through.
>
>
> - d.
>
>
>
> On 23 July 2014 11:41, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Re:
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mailing_lists/Guidelines#Second_attempt_at_Moderation_guideline_.28July_2014.29
> >
> > Based on a thread I started at Wikimedia-l, the above general
> > guideline for email list moderation is being improved above, ensuring
> > better transparency of list moderation. I am hoping that Wikimediauk-l
> > will adopt this as best practice. Please do take part on meta if you
> > have some thoughts about improvement.
> >
> > I have been moderated on this list for quite a while now, I guess it
> > will be forever unless a guideline for appeals is adopted. My
> > moderation was not started for any post on this list, the explanation
> > I had from David, was that he personally did not like my posts to
> > Wikimedia-l and so responded by moderating me here (I have never been
> > moderated on any other list than this one).
> >
> > A key disadvantage to moderation is that my emails to this regularly
> > take 2 days to get posted, so I am not inclined to take part in any
> > active discussion - instead I just post off-list or have used
> > Wikimedia-l or one of the other lists that volunteers interested in
> > the same projects as me take part in. I have never had an email not
> > get posted, they just confusingly appear "pre-dated" as if they were
> > posted when I sent them. Of course there are advantages in spending
> > more time in other places rather than a UK centric email list, so it's
> > swings and roundabouts.
> >
> > Fae
> > --
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> >
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