Re: Setting moderation bit for members who consistently hijack topics

["Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>]

On Wed, January 9, 2013 5:28 pm, Tobias Mueller wrote:
> Heya,
>
> On 09.01.2013 23:15, Andrew Cowie wrote:
>> Would it be possible to set the moderation bit for Richard Stallman's
>> posts to GNOME lists?
> sure it would be. The list is managed by mailman and it has that feature.
>
>> As Stormy pointed out, every time there's a conversation about anything
>> he jumps in and swerves off thread.
> I see neither the "every time" nor the "swerving off" part. Even if I
> did, I hope that it takes some more effort like providing references
> before being able to block someone from posting to GNOME mailing lists.
> Proof:
> <https://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2013-January/msg00000.html>

I agree. I should also note that Richard brings up a really solid point in
his post, and while he should have started a different thread and perhaps
worded it a little differently, his post could be relevant to GNOME
Foundation members to read.

Moreover, it's probably more polite to make requests about changes to
moderation policy off-list to the admins,

karen

>> but constantly hijacking other people's threads is getting
>> frustrating.
> You can probably tell your client easily to not display mails in these
> instances then.
> I don't think that your personal frustration should be the reason for
> everyone not to receive some type of email.
>
> Cheers,
>   Tobi
>
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