From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: EScott@nyiso.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: moderators for GNU lists (Re: no offense, but what's up with the German political ranting & raving?) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:08:35 -0400 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1087830541 25966 80.91.224.253 (21 Jun 2004 15:09:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:09:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, help-gnu-emacs-bounces+escott=nyiso.com@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 21 17:08:54 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BcQPm-0008EM-00 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:08:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BcQR1-0006fU-SI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:10:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BcQQu-0006fG-P6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BcQQu-0006ex-3U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BcQQu-0006eu-0K; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:10:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [204.152.47.133] (helo=dommail2.nyiso.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BcQPV-00068w-NT; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 11:08:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: Original-To: Joe Corneli X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.1 January 21, 2004 X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on DomMail2/NYISO(Release 6.51HF99 | March 17, 2004) at 06/21/2004 11:08:37 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19011 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19011 I don't see enough bogus messages to justify a large effort. If they get more frequent or more objectionable I would agree, and would be prepared to participate in moderation of the list. G. Eric Scott Senior Analyst, Software Development New York Independent System Operator 187 Wolf Rd. Albany, NY 12205 (518) 356 7635 escott@nyiso.com help-gnu-emacs-bounces+escott=nyiso.com@gnu.org wrote on 06/21/2004 09:09:01 AM: > OK, well this just reaffirms for me that the GNU 'mailing > lists'=='newsgroups' should be moderated. I was thinking that a > system whereby anyone who was subscribed to the mailing list could > also sign up for the power to clear any message for posting to the > list. There could be a simple web interface to see which messages > were in the queue. It would then be posted to the list with an > additional header item > > Cleared-by: Jane Q Hacker (jqh@hotmail.com) > Moderator-score: 3 > > If Jane happens to clear something questionable (Nigerian scams, > German propaganda, sexdrugs, ...), there should be an easy way to > take away her moderator power, presumably by using some "democratic" > ranking mechanism. More steps could be taken to quell bogosity, but > I guess you see the idea. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Help-gnu-emacs mailing list > Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs