Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 23:02:48 12/19/98
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On December 19, 1998 at 23:27:24, Will Singleton wrote: >There have been a number of messages recently pertaining to the moderator >election, that have been posted by unknown members, usually using only a first >name. > >Just for informational purposes, I would support restricting memberships to >those who provide a full legitimate name, with a valid email address. And, >mambers must show a track record of legitimate computer chess posts prior to >posting on procedural issues. Actually, if you look into it further, you will discover that some of these people have been using secondary email sites (I don't know what they are really called), which let you make a new email address to order, effectively. The use of these things can cause a lot of problems here, for instance someone can vote many times in the moderator election, and someone can attempt to legitimize their viewpoint by agreeing with themselves, which is actually a very powerful rhetorical tactic, as you'll know if you ever have it used on you. I think it is possible that this is happening in the "ChrisW Nomination Snow Job" thread, where at least three "different" responders have been using these things, and all have expressed similar viewpoints. I think it might be worthwhile to allow votes only from accounts established before the election schedule became public, unless it is possible to reliably detect users with multiple accounts. bruce Copyright (C) Bruce Moreland, 1998. All rights reserved.
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