> > Dear Pluggies, > > We are all aware of the mailing list issues and various threads about the > same. > > After going through them and considering list-members reactions, there > were lot of discussions off-list with moderators and many others about > the issues. Finally, the time has come to change things. > > This is the proposal for change from the current state of the list. > Please do send your comments, suggestions. > > 1. All the users moderation flag (that is currently set) to be > removed. Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation > flag set. > > 2. All the current filters to be removed and started from scratch. Let > us use the list of filters from Arun Khan's mail to start of the new > filters list. > > 3. Any change (add/delete/modify) of filter and add/remove moderation > flag for a list member and removing of any list member is to be done > by voting. 15 votes in favour of the proposal required for approval. > (eg. 20 votes in favour and 5 negative votes is OK) > > 4. There will be moderator/s but they will act only once in a week. > This is considering that there will be hardly anything in moderation > and > there will be less filters applicable. Moderators identities will not > be disclosed. > > 5. It is the responsibility of the list members to maintain the list > active, vibrant and useful. If they feel that some member or post (top > posting to be allowed or not?) is not appropriate, they should propose > action against it and that will also be passed through voting. > > 6. Considering the above, it will be decided on the list itself if the > list is to be declared moderated or un-moderated. > > 7. All these decisions will be posted on the PLUG website and will be > updated according to the decisions on the list. > > RFC remains open till 31 Jan 2013, during which all the initial > filters, moderation methods etc will be crystalised. > After that, from Feb 1, 2013, the decisions will be implemented. > > Please start different thread for suggesting/approving/voting for > filters or other actions. Currently, all these postings will also > undergo current filter rules and moderation. Moderators will ensure > that there is minimal delay in responding to these mails. > > Please comment/suggest on these points and/or any other things if you > have in mind. > > Thanks and regards, > --Sudhanwa Jogalekar > > > ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! > web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in > Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. > > > I am against removing the moderation completely. I think the moderation flag should be for newcomers or for the first 5 or 10 posts by any newcomer. Once someone has posted 5 to 10 posts while under moderation, then we can remove the moderation flag on her. If the list becomes unmoderated, I would be unsubscribing from this list.
How do you propose to Vote for/against a post? This is a text based mailing list and not some fully featured web application that has voting/liking facilities. Although this idea of yours can be extended to create some kind of mailing list protocol that can handle meta-information. Ideally speaking crowd moderation is the best way to moderate public lists like LUG's but is it feasible with just a mailing list without a lot of noise/metainformation (read voting) being passed, which could also degenerate into flame wars? The IITD LUG practices that were posted earlier seem good and practical. Finally -1 for list to be declared unmoderated. Warm Regards Koustubh Sinkar _______________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
