Author: James Robertson
Date: 23:28:14 01/25/00
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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.
Yes. An established member has already demonstrated that they can behave
normally, at least sometimes. If a new poster starts acting wierd immediately,
we cannot say whether there is a good chance they will shape up later.
>
>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.
Simply a "stop this or else", and if the useless posting continues I will seek
the help of other moderators to ban the offending member for a time or
permanantly.
>
>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.
No. It may be perfectly true. If the post is obviously insulting ("your testing
sucks and you ought to be ashamed of it") of course the post deserves deletion
as a personal insult.
>
>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)
The only option I see is to have is a vote among the moderators. If two agree
the post should be brought back, then bring it back.
>
>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 will have to use my judgement when the situation arises. This covers a very
wide range of posts and a very wide range of reactions, and there is no easy
solution.
>
>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.
I will be less tolerant. The very fact that they use a fake name seems to me
they are less dedicated to the group. However, if the new person posts
constructive posts, then I see no reason to boot them. I do not like aliases,
but I will put up with them if that is the way the group runs. Plus, many people
with fake names are perfectly normal, as KarensDad has shown himself to be.
>
>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.
I don't know how one would prove this is happening. But if it can be proven, I
would ask the other two moderators to remove the offending spammer.
It is late at night here and I am tired. I hope my answers make sense; if they
don't, I'll come back later and clarify what I mean. :)
James
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>
>Well that is all for now, I will think of some others I am sure.
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