Author: Slater Wold
Date: 13:57:25 09/18/01
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On September 18, 2001 at 16:39:49, Mark Young wrote: >On September 18, 2001 at 16:28:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 18, 2001 at 16:17:19, Mark Young wrote: >> >>>On September 18, 2001 at 15:06:44, Steven Schwartz wrote: >>> >>>>The autobiographies and philosophies of moderation from >>>>nominees who have sent them are now available at: >>>>http://www.icdchess.com/ccc/resource/moderators/index.html >>>>Miguel A. Ballicora >>>>Peter Berger >>>>Uri Blass >>>>Roy Eassa >>>>John Merlino >>>>Gian-Carlo Pascutto >>>>Ed Schröder >>>>Slater Wold >>>>Fernando Villegas >>>> >>>>Elections shall begin this Friday, September 21 and end >>>>next Friday, September 28. >>>> >>>>We will announce the rules for voting prior to elections. >>>> >>>>You may wish to use the next couple of days to ask moderators >>>>questions here on the board. Once the elections begin, the >>>>board can return to "normal". >>>>Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) >>>> >>>> >>>>Miguel A. Ballicora >>>> Peter Berger >>>> Uri Blass >>>> Roy Eassa >>>> John Merlino >>>> Gian-Carlo Pascutto >>>> Ed Schröder >>>> Slater Wold >>>> Fernando Villegas >>> >>>Mr. Schwartz could you explain what procedures the moderators must follow when >>>deciding on what post(s) are to be deleted? >>> >>>Does a majority of moderators have to agree on what post(s) should be deleted? >> >>I can speak for the current group. We agreed on two policies when we started >>about 6 months ago: >> >>1. To kick a user out, requires two of the three moderators to concur. We >>can't actually ban a user, we have to send a request to Steve/Tim to do this. >>When they see two agree, they act. There are exceptions. If someone goes >>nuts and they see it, and one of us says "kick him out" they will do so, >>with the proviso that if the other two moderators disagree then this will be >>un-done. This lets us handle the "friday night fights" easier and quicker. >>People know that Tim/Steve are harder to reach on weekends, and generally the >>troublemakers come out of the woodwork during that 48 hour window of opportunity >>when they can run amok without getting busted. >> >>2. We delete posts, message by message, when we feel it reasonable. If it is >>questionable, we have email discussions. If it is an obvious case, we delete >>them and _then_ email each other. As messages can also be undeleted by Steve/ >>Tim if the majority of the moderators agree. So far, this has never happened, >>while I was a moderator. We don't delete very much. > >Thank you Bob for your answer, the above is very reasonable, I hope the new >group of moderators follows your example. I just fear having one guy setting >policies over the wishes of the other 2 moderators. Maybe that's something you should ask them, before voting. We all know the people who are up for moderator. You've seen their posts. You know their personalities. IMHO. Slate > > > > > >> >> >> >> >>> >>>If not, why do we elect 3 moderators, since the moderator with the strictest >>>posting policy sets and overrides the posting policy for the other 2 moderators >>>and the whole of ICC regardless of the other 2 moderators more moderate posting >>>policies written before the election? >>> >> >>I don't see any evidence of this happening. We try to work as a _team_ >>and we try to avoid moderating threads we are involved in, to avoid any >>sort of conflict of interest. >> >> >> >>>Is there no check and balance, or is it every moderator for them selves? >> >> >>It is a _team_.
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