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

[Morbus Iff <morbus@disobey.com>]

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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mark Nottingham" <mnot@mnot.net>
>To: <syndication@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 10:09 AM
>Subject: [syndication] From your list manager: "name-calling"
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>> [ with my list-manager hat on...  ]
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>> 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).
>>
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>> 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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