Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-02-02 Thread Brijesh Kartha
As a lurker for sometime now I was in two minds about putting my vote in. Finally thought might as well. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > Dear Pluggies, > > We are all aware of the mailing list issues and various threads about the > same. > > After going through them a

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-29 Thread Praveen A
2013/1/23 Sudhanwa Jogalekar : > 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. Fi

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-27 Thread Darth Chatri
On 27 January 2013 20:48, शंतनू wrote: > > > Earlier, almost everyone seemed to be against moderation. Why the moderators > should be given the task to keep track of > members mail count. Can you (anyone) volunteer do it on the list itself? Isn't that something that mailman automates? If not, th

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-27 Thread Manish
On Wed, 2013-01-23 at 12:48 +0530, Navin Kabra wrote: > Sudhanwa Jogalekar writes: > > > Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation > > flag set. > > -1. This does not make sense. New users should have moderation flag set > until the first post gets approved or 1st month or somet

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-27 Thread Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 8:41 PM, शंतनू wrote: > > On 23/01/13 11:21 AM, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे wrote: > > The reaction seems like "You asked for it, you are getting it. Don't > blame > > us for it." ("it" indicates spam) > > In a way, yes it seems to be like that. People were asking for freedom.

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-27 Thread शंतनू
On 23/01/13 12:13 PM, Darth Chatri wrote: > On 23 January 2013 01:24, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: >> 1. All the users moderation flag (that is currently set) to be >> removed. > +1 > >> Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation >> flag set. > -1. We should moderate the first couple

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-27 Thread शंतनू
On 23/01/13 11:21 AM, Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे wrote: > The reaction seems like "You asked for it, you are getting it. Don't blame > us for it." ("it" indicates spam) In a way, yes it seems to be like that. People were asking for freedom. they get it now. Freedom comes with responsibilities. (Wit

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-25 Thread Navin Kabra
Sudhanwa Jogalekar writes: > Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation > flag set. -1. This does not make sense. New users should have moderation flag set until the first post gets approved or 1st month or something like that. Otherwise this list will get buried in spam. > 2.

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-25 Thread Navin Kabra
Sudhanwa Jogalekar writes: > Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation > flag set. -1. This does not make sense. New users should have moderation flag set until the first post gets approved or 1st month or something like that. Otherwise this list will get buried in spam.

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-22 Thread Darth Chatri
On 23 January 2013 01:24, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > > 1. All the users moderation flag (that is currently set) to be > removed. +1 > Any new member joining the list will not get a moderation > flag set. -1. We should moderate the first couple of posts to prevent automated signups from spambot

Re: [PLUG] Proposal for change from the current state of the list.

2013-01-22 Thread Mandar Vaze / मंदार वझे
The reaction seems like "You asked for it, you are getting it. Don't blame us for it." ("it" indicates spam) Specific comments follow : 1. All the users moderation flag (that is currently set) to be > removed. -1 I'm assuming these users were put under moderation for a reason. Any new member jo