Inappropriate tone on this mailing list and requirement for governance

[Ken Rune Helland]

Gilles Gravier wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:
>> Oliver Grawert wrote:
>>   
>>> In a discussion i had with one of the administrators we came to the
>>> conclusion that a governance team should be put in place taking the
>>> administrator role for it, consisting of people actively participating
>>> in the list and functioning similar to the IRC council [3] we already
>>> have in place for our IRC channels.
>>>     
>> Why not just this list + another "moderated" one?
>>   
> One problem is that list moderation is resource intensive if you want
> systematic pre-approval of messages posted.

I suggest semi-moderation. That all is accepted by default, but
abusive or noisy (excessive OT) posters are added to a greylist
that causes their email to be held for approval. If they start to
behave they are taken of the greylist after a trial period.

> Another problem is that discussions start very legitimately and then
> drift off to less on-topic subjects...

Some admins with authority to add posters to de greylist would have
some leverage to end these threads or point them to a arena fitting
the new topic.


Best regards
Ken Rune Helland