Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:48:46 08/08/00
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On August 08, 2000 at 17:21:51, Steven Schwartz wrote: >Some questions for our Moderator nominees: > >1) On a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the most tolerant >and 10 being the least tolerant, where would you place >yourself when it comes to posts that are off topic? > Depends on the post. Anywhere from totally intolerant to who cares. > >2) If a new member signs on and immediately starts to >attack a current member, what action would you take? > No way to answer. Attacked in what way? These are judgement calls. If you could put them in a magic can and have the answers ready there would be no need for moderators. Just write a "moderator-bot" instead. But that is impossible, since human intelligence is needed for any decisions of this nature. If the attacks are severe and obvious, probably warn and if unheeded, remove the account. But any answer is not necessarily some formula that can be applied blindly. > >3) Would you allow discussions ABOUT moderation on the >CCC board (i.e. someone is banned and people wish to >voice their opinion one way or the other). > Discussion of topicality is always topical. Think about it. If we can't ask what is topical, how is it possible for a new poster to get a grip on it? There is a longstanding USENET tradition that topicality discussions are always topical, and it is there for a reason -- it makes sense. > >4) How many of the three moderators should agree before >a message is deleted? 1. If the other two later say that it should be restored, or if the original moderator has a change of heart and one other moderator agrees with him, it could be restored. > >5) How many moderators should agree before a member is >suspended? > 2/3. It's not a death sentence. It's just sending someone obnoxious away to go pee in someone else's sandbox. > >6) If a member "flies off the handle" (i.e. starts cursing >at another member) in a single post, what action, if any, would >you take? > I have no idea. I would certainly drop the post, but I cannot say what action I would take from there. > >7) If you are outvoted by the other two moderators on a given >issue, and yet feel very strongly about your opinion, what, if >anything are you prepared to do? > Nothing. I was outvoted. My opinion is no better than theirs. >8) If someone posts some information on a human chess tournament, >do you feel as if they need to be notified that this is a >computer chess forum or would you wait for follow up posts? > I would probably just ignore it unless we got complaints. > >9) If you ask a thread to stop and one of the prticipants posts >that he disagrees with your directive, what, if anything, would you do? > Possibly, kill the thread if I thought that was best or maybe just ignore them. These questions seem strange to me. How do we know what we will do? We don't know the exact wording, or the content of the thread, or anything of that nature. To make a judgement now is nothing short of silly. >10) If a member of CCC were to go to the chess newsgroups and constantly >attack a member here and quote messages from CCC and comment negatively >upon those messages, what, if any action, would you choose to take? Possibly nothing at all and possibly ban them for life (well, 6 months anyway). It would have to be brought to my attention, and I would have to feel that it merited action. Again, it's a judgement call.
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