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Subject: Re: CCC Elections: Questions for the Nominees.

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 17:39:03 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?

3-4 I think.  But then the question is quite imprecise :)


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>2) If a new member signs on and immediately starts to
>attack a current member, what action would you take?

Warn him via email, and, if s/he keeps on doing the same thing, suspend her/him.


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>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)

Yes. But not ad nauseam.


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>4) How many of the three moderators should agree before
>a message is deleted?

Two.


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>5) How many moderators should agree before a member is
>suspended?

Three.

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>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?

Email the member and warn her/him.

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>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?

I'd do nothing.  And start reconsidering my stance.
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>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?

Wait a little.

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>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?

I'd stop the thread, of course after consulting the other two moderators.

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>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?
>

Probably suspend her/him.  But again, this hypothetical stuff is very tricky :)
You have to encounter the situation in real life and then judge.

>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)



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