Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:45:30 11/03/99
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On November 03, 1999 at 03:56:06, Martin Grabriel wrote: >(Just a suggestion): >1) Moderators should be given the right to delete posts which are offending or >against the charter. (everyone will and must agree to this Step 1). > >2) Moderators should not explain or give warning (publicly or by email) about >the deletion. > >Step 2 will help avoid many counter-arguments, fistfights, etc with moderators. >Posters would not then take your act of deletion so personally. Reasons: (a) >Nobody likes to be `warned' >(b) Everybody wants to have the last say. So it is prudent for moderators to >just delete and not explain. Moderators can delete posts now. When I delete a post, email is sent. It is possible that some posts have been deleted in the past six months, without any email being sent, but that's probably not going to happen anymore. Post deletion is a huge power. Email is one check on it. If someone gets email when their post is deleted, they don't feel like they've been turned into an un-person writing an un-post. Another check is the ability to complain. I think it should be possible to complain, within reason, about a post deletion. By this I mean that if someone has a raging hissy fit about it, and goes on after having been shouted down by the whole community, that's too much. But sometimes moderators do make mistakes, and if a person points out the mistake, and support is received, perhaps the mistake won't be made again. That's my person viewpoint, and others may disagree strongly. bruce
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