[ale] New Mailing List initiatives for ALE

[Jerald Sheets]

On Sep 26, 2006, at 6:22 PM, James Sumners wrote:

> I think moderation as you are proposing is absolutely the worst way to
> go. Greg already pointed out the biggest problems with that idea. It
> is slow and will probably drive more people away than it brings in.
> Don't get me wrong; my head might actually explode if I see one more
> useless "Ping!OMFG IM NOT GETTING EMAIL!" thread. But leaving it up to
> one, or a handful of people, as to what gets through and what doesn't
> is not the solution.


Well, honestly, I was so tired of the circumstances that got caused  
from time to time that I was willing to moderate solo.

Now keep in mind that we are all aware of Mailman's capabilities, and  
I see the disconnect here.  I don't actually intend on turning on the  
"all emails" moderation queue feature of mailman.  My idea was to do  
precisely what has been suggested a few times.  Essentially, the  
thwacking head-side with a large trout and making fun of your mother,  
thus moving threads to -chat when necessary.

If someone continually abuses, then post-banning for awhile (not well  
thought out yet...don't freak) or some such thing to enforce the  
rules.  After all, what good are rules and asking people to nicely  
follow the rules if you can't enforce those rules should someone get  
unmanageable?

Anyhow, please do keep the ideas coming.  It appears we're all on the  
same page.



--Jerald