RE: [syndication] From your list manager: "name-calling"

[Nick Lothian <nl@essential.com.au>]

I was just randomly scanning my mail archive when I came across this post,
and was struck by what a useful message it is.

Perhaps it could be arranged to have it periodically re-posted?

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Nottingham [mailto:mnot@mnot.net]
> Sent: Saturday, 3 May 2003 11:39 PM
> To: syndication@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [syndication] From your list manager: "name-calling"
> 
> 
> [ with my list-manager hat on...  ]
> 
> I'd like to get a sense of the list as to whether the "name-calling" 
> and similar traffic here is too distracting.
> 
> In the past, I've adopted a hands-off policy, because a) 
> intervening in 
> every incident is high-maintenance and b) it can easily be seen as 
> being partisan. However, it is (perhaps once again) getting over the 
> top. Although there does need to be some sort of "pressure valve" for 
> the community (hey, it'll happen somewhere), I'm starting to wonder 
> whether this is the appropriate place, especially since we have a 
> number of newbies and other folks who could care less about 
> this stuff.
> 
> One of the goals (or at least my personal goals) for this list is to 
> drive convergence in the syndication community. I'd like to hear from 
> the list members if they would have any problems with the following 
> policy:
> 
> 1) Posts containing ad hominem attacks against other people 
> *or* their 
> work (e.g., "bob is stupid", "bob's software sucks") are off-topic.
> 2) Posts not relating to syndication (e.g., "I'm going to ignore joe" 
> (perhaps because he is stupid; see #1)) are off-topic.
> 3) People making off-topic posts will be warned on-list (so 
> that no one 
> follows up) once.
> 4) A person continuing to make off-topic posts after being 
> warned will 
> be banned from posting to the list for a minimum of two 
> weeks; a person 
> who continually makes off-topic posts after being warned will be 
> permanently banned.
> 
> Please reply to this message if you have any issues with 
> this, or think 
> that it isn't necessary; if the community feels that this list is the 
> appropriate outlet for this kind of stuff, I'm happy to oblige, but I 
> don't think that's the case (OTOH, it could be that some people are 
> subscribed to this list for the entertainment value only).
> 
> 
> On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 01:02 PM, Julian Bond wrote:
> >
> > And now back to our regularly scheduled name-cal^h^h^h^h^h^h^h^h
> > discussions about syndication.
> 
> 
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