Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 21:14:13 01/24/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 19:36:20, Michael Cummings wrote: >1. >Will you be less tolerant when a new member posts off topic troll related >threads when they first join and continue to post off topic for most of their >posts there-after. Will you ban this new member easier than if a long time >established memeber started doing this. No. Long-time member crap is just as bad as new member crap. >2. >If a new members post something which starts a fight, which is not computer >chess related and ends up blown into a huge CCC rumble, eg the (bella sexist >threads) what will you do or say to this new member. It depends. I will review the original post. If I think it wasn't intended to start a fight, I will simply tell the member to consider other people a little more. If it was intended to start a fight, but wasn't very inflammatory, I will give the member a stern warning. If it was intended to start a fight and it was very inflammatory, the member needs to be kicked out for a few months to consider the relative merits of starting fights. Of course, any posts that are very inflammatory will be deleted ASAP. If a big, off-topic, heated rumble gets going, I will make a few public posts to tell people to knock it off. If people keep posting to the thread, I will blow away the whole thing and probably give some people warnings. >3. >If a member is a computer chess related thread say to another member, that their >testing methods are wrong and that there results will have little point or >value, do you regard this as a insult to a fellow member. It depends on the post. I've heard Ernst Heinz (sp?) say "there are not enough games in your trial to have statistical significance." I think that's perfectly fine. I've heard Vince say "Your work is crap." That is not perfectly fine. If somebody posts "your work is crap," I will delete the post and send a totally stern warning to the poster. >3a. >If one moderater finds that the post is fine and another does not, what will you >do if that person complains to you because you are a moderator that thinks this >is a valid opinion and wants there post bought back. Will you support his >efforts. (note - do not answer that you think the testing method post was wrong >and you do not support it, just answer that you are a moderator that would >support it and what you would do) If some moderators like the post and some don't, then I think the poster should be asked to post again in a manner that all of the moderators like it. >4. >Someone posts a saying or quote which to you is acceptable but you admitt is >strong, and you get moderator emails saying that that it is very offensive, >maybe due to culture or religion. I'll use my best judgement in these cases. I think it's possible for posts to be very offensive, but I also think it's possible for readers to be way too sensitive. >5. >Will you be a moderator who will have less tolerance for new members who have >strange names, eg (ChessGod) and has a free hotmail or email account, and posts >chess releated trolling rubbish. Will you ban these account, knowing that we do >have Sean and other trouble making people constantly creating new accounts. Of course. >6. >A member complains that he has been reciving emails from another member who is >sending him "how to make a million dollars" and "join this sex site and get a >free video", and that this member is using other members emails to use for their >spam emails. This is a tricky issue. Maybe person A doesn't like person B, so he sends the moderators saying "person B is sending me crap e-mail!" If it's not entirely clear what's going on, I will probably try to see if other people are getting similar crap e-mail. Of course, if it becomes clear that B's only purpose in life is to send crap e-mail, he will be banned immediately. -Tom
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