Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:29:42 12/05/00
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On December 05, 2000 at 05:05:09, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On December 04, 2000 at 23:15:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Here is a good case in point. obviously 100% off-topic. Nothing to do >>with computer chess. not one suggestion to delete it. I have no problem >>with such posts. But it would seem that some do. And some don't. How is >>this different from the constitution discussion? From the legal discussion? >>etc? > >The difference is that noone is at the receiving end, suffering from uninformed >opinions and lack of fact in numerous posts. This thread, or at least the few >messages I've read, are of a friendly nature. And it probably won't last that >long, making it a limited inconveniance for those not interested in the topic. > Didn't the US Constitution thread have that same characteristic? No insults or anything. Just a discussion about why some felt the electoral college was obsolete, others not. >So applying rules of nonconfrontational content and limited timespan to >decisions about off topic posting seems reasonable. Agreeing on a few guidelines >among the moderators as suggested by Sarah doesn't seem unreasonable. It's not a >UN decision after all. > >>Pardon me while I go take something for this headache. Caused by trying to >>figure out just what "standard" everyone wants to see... > >Just wait a while and let the different threads evolve before making a judgement >either way. It's not too difficult to see when a thread is heading in a wrong >direction. And if you're in doubt, wipe it out :o)). > >Mogens. How to wait a while when demands for termination roll in via moderator email? waiting -> inaction -> ignoring a request -> further complaints -> more waiting -> more inaction -> heated threads demanding action ... That was my point.
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