Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:44:47 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? > How is this to be interpreted? IE I don't like the chessmaster questions/ threads. So I don't read them. Would I delete them or inject moderator suggestions that they be stopped? No. So if you mean "personally, how do you rate your tolerance for off-topic posts and do you read them?" I would call myself a 6. If you mean "would you delete posts...?" then I would call myself a 3. I can live with stuff I don't read. > > >2) If a new member signs on and immediately starts to >attack a current member, what action would you take? Immediate warning, with a watchful eye to see if he needs to be kicked out. (IE is he an alter-ego for someone else and only here to make trouble?) > > > >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). Seems perfectly reasonable to me. So long as the thread discusses why the person was removed, rather than "you moron, he should never have been kicked out..." > > > >4) How many of the three moderators should agree before >a message is deleted? Harder to answer. 1. obvious garbage: 1 moderator to delete it immediately. The other two could overrule him and restore it if they see fit. 2. borderline: 2 moderators ought to agree, so 2 out of three. 3. special case: a moderator involved in a discussion ought to not delete anything in that discussion, period. It should be referred to another moderator for action, since impartiality is necessary. > > > >5) How many moderators should agree before a member is >suspended? Two. Three is probably asking too much. But all three ought to enter into the discussion before the decision is made, as the hold-out might change his mind. > > > >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? > Delete the post if it is offensive, send an email warning, and then get on with life. > > >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. > > >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 wouldn't mind either a post pointing out that such announcements don't belong here, or a private email pointing out the same thing off-line, so that a long discussion doesn't flare up. I grew up in the management approach called "praise in public, chastise in private." It works.. > > >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 would assume that I have another moderator's approval already. IE I wouldn't think it reasonable to unilaterally make such a decision. Which would mean that the member could start a thread about the disagreement, but the current thread would be stopped manually (by deletions if necessary) assuming that the thread contains objectionable material. If it has drifted way off topic, I simply don't care much about that. If members are enjoying the discussion, then isn't that the reason we are all here? Don't expect me to join in, but also don't expect me to police such threads either unless someone complains and has a valid point. > > >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? I wouldn't like it. And I would probably use private email to explain copy- right laws to him. And if he continued, I would recommend to the other moderators that we suspend him. > >Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games)
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