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Subject: Re: Moderation issue: Seirawan lost to Benjamin, loses lead with ...

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 12:57:36 10/10/00

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On October 10, 2000 at 15:21:32, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On October 10, 2000 at 12:56:36, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>On October 10, 2000 at 09:36:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On October 10, 2000 at 01:53:27, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 09, 2000 at 22:50:11, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 09, 2000 at 14:01:32, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 09, 2000 at 10:37:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On October 09, 2000 at 03:28:35, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>On October 08, 2000 at 22:57:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>There was absolute no need for the moderators to interfere. Remember the
>>>>>>>>>>occasion when you was subject to moderation? How did it feel? That's what
>>>>>>>>>>you are doing each time you interfere so it better should be big when you
>>>>>>>>>>decide to speak as a moderator using your power, because that is the
>>>>>>>>>>position you have as an elected moderator.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>NOBODY interfered.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Yes you did.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>When I asked you the question if you were talking as CCC member or
>>>>>>>>as CCC moderator you said the latter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Ed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Please.  It seems definitions are very _loose_ today.  Go look up "interfere"
>>>>>>>and then tell me how I interefered in any of the chessmaster threads, in any
>>>>>>>way or fashion.  I _asked_ the poster to choose more suitable subject lines.
>>>>>>>I didn't prevent him from posting _anything_.  I didn't remove _anything_.
>>>>>>>I didn't threaten to remove _anything_.  I didn't threaten any kind of action
>>>>>>>at _all_.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>So exactly how did I interfere?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BH wrote:
>>>>>>>>>and when the threads here also have complaints about the subjects.  I don't
>>>>>>>>>mind the chessmaster threads, as I said during moderator elections.  But I
>>>>>>>>>don't like "world cup underway".  A person can't hold a "world cup" event.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>ES:
>>>>>>>>Fine with me as long as you say that as a CCC member.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>BH:
>>>>>>>I believe that this falls under the moderator job description.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Here for instance you admitted that your criticism to a header description
>>>>>>was done in the role as moderator and not as being a CCC member. It is a
>>>>>>warning to all CCC members.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do we need this? I don't think so. Which is and was my whole and only point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Why would it matter whether it was done as a member, a moderator, or by the
>>>>>president of the United States?
>>>>
>>>>That we have discussed in length by now. Time to stop.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Did you go to school?
>>>>>
>>>>>College?
>>>>>
>>>>>If you did, how on earth did you respond when a teacher criticized your writing
>>>>>style and suggested you do some things differently?  That's all this was.
>>>>
>>>>A teacher teaches children.
>>>>
>>>>Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Can we stop with the one-liners that have no thought behind them?
>>
>>Another moderator warning?
>>
>>My one-liner contained a serious hint and I think you are clever
>>enough to get the point.
>>
>>Ed
>>
>
>
>No moderator warning of any kind.  And your one liner didn't have any serious
>content of any kind.  I see no parallel with "children" and teaching.  _I_
>teach _adults_ here at UAB.  And yes, I have to correct their grammar, show them
>how to write reasonable reports, how to document source code, etc.  And no one
>balks at the advice.  I pointed out that someone was using an extremely poor
>choice of subject line wordings that were misleading in the extreme.  I asked
>that he be more careful.  As politely as I could have asked.
>
>If you had a serious point, perhaps you had better explain it better.  Because
>I am an associate professor of computer and information science (a teacher)
>and I teach students in class that are _not_ children by any measure of the
>word.

But moderators are not here to teach lessons. This was Ed's point, and he had
one.

On the other hand, Bruce had a point too when he said that Ed should run for
moderator. Moderating well is easier to advice than to do.

Enrique

>>>I am
>>>teaching a class right now where 1/2 of the students are > 30 years old.  Are
>>>_they_ children?  I distinctly said "college".  IE beyond grade 12.  I often
>>>have one or two students in class that are _older_ than I am, this being a
>>>graduate/Ph.D. program as well as an undergraduate program.
>>>
>>>BTW, I don't call _anyone_ 19 years old or more a "child".  They are "adults".
>>>Unless we are sending children off to fight wars.  And letting children vote.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>A
>>>>>critical remark about the subject not agreeing with the body of the post.  Any
>>>>>writing teacher would complain if the title of a paper had _nothing_ to do with
>>>>>the content.  Or if the title was greatly misleading...
>>>>>
>>>>>I didn't even threaten to  "flunk" him.  :)  Just asked him to be more
>>>>>reasonable in choosing the subject.
>>>>>
>>>>>That certainly fits within the definition of "moderator".  Again from my
>>>>>Webster's...



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