Author: John Merlino
Date: 19:09:41 02/05/05
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On February 05, 2005 at 06:29:35, Steve B wrote: >Elections will be held soon once the powers that be decide if the ballot will be >in normal or reverse alphabetical order.. > >My question.. > >OT posting >the very first dictate of the CCC Charter states ,and i quote.. > >"Once a member gains access to the message board, he may read all messages and >post new or response messages with the proviso that these new or response >messages: >1)Are, within reason, on the topic of computer chess " > >however as in normal in any forum where people meet each other,friendships >develop and the desire to talk about other chess related subjects does >occasionally surface >indeed ,in the past, threads have developed having nothing to do with computer >chess >some are about chess in general(current players,chess politics,history ..etc >etc) >some about Internet chess(cheating,various servers,etc) > > >As a moderator,if you received a properly submitted compliant (on the Moderator >e-mail form)from a member objecting to the OT nature of these posts,even though >the posts relate to chess, but not computer chess,(as dicated by the >charter),how would you respond? > >Steve First, to quote from my moderation philosophy that will soon be posted: ------------ (In my past experience as a moderator) I found that off-topic posts are typically not a problem, and usually provided the occasional welcome distraction from the main purpose of this board. I would be hard-pressed to remove an off-topic post if it was inoffensive. ------------ To elaborate, I usually enjoy the occasional off-topic post, because these are typically humorous sidebars. But if I received a reasonable complaint about an OT post, I would obviously treat it with respect and try to understand the nature of the complaint. If I felt that the complaint had merit, I would (assuming that after discussion with the other moderators it made sense to do so) ask the initial poster of the thread to refrain from making any further posts about the same topic. The job of a moderator is not only to make judgments about certain questionable issues, but also to stand up for the members of this board. Even if only one member found a post objectionable or offensive, that member's opinion needs to be respected. jm
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