But who's going to do the moderating? Sounds like a 24 hour-a-day job to me, unless postings are delayed and only posted a few times a day. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 11:50 AM Subject: Re: Some details on a moderated pianotech > Andrew > > This is a great idea, pretty much along the lines of what I suggested a > couple months back for handling the archives... just set up another list > that has one function only.. to subscribe to pianotech and serve as a > filter for all OT posts. Your particular twist on that general theme is > even better... allows those who like the list for what it is to continue > as is, and allows those who clamour for a moderated list to have their > wish filled, and at the same time takes care of the achive question as well. > > I congratulate you on a brilliant idea ! > > RicB > > Andrew Rudoff wrote: > > > I don't have the list changes ready to go yet, but since there's > > some discussion going on about what moderating pianotech means, > > I thought I'd let people know what's in the works. I've got some > > travel coming up, so it will be a couple weeks at least before we > > go live with it. In the mean time I welcome comments on how it > > will work: send them to ecc@ptg.org. > > > > We're not changing pianotech. Any post from a list subscriber, on-topic > > or off-topic, will still go through (with the exception of things caught > > by our virus and SPAM filters, of course). So please do not feel you > > have > > to argue against moderating the list. If you just stay subscribed to > > pianotech, you'll received all posts, unmoderated, as you always have. > > > > What we're doing is creating a new way to view the same list. For those > > of you who do not wish to read off-topic posts, you'll subscribe to a > > list > > called "pianotech-m" instead of "pianotech" and you'll only see the > > pianotech > > posts that the moderator approves. All replies and posts from members of > > pianotech-m go to pianotech, just as if the subscriber was still on > > pianotech. > > But only posts that meet certain criteria will go out to pianotech-m > > subscribers. > > > > I'll say it again: pianotech is not changing. We're just giving people > > a new way to view the posts if they choose to use it. And it is > > important > > to understand that this is an *experiment* and if we don't like the > > way it > > turns out or if we cannot keep the moderator position staffed, we'll just > > consider it a failed experiment and no harm will be done. > > > > Here are some ideas on the guidelines a moderator could use to decide if > > a post goes through to pianotech-m. Again, all messages would still > > go out > > on the regular pianotech list, so saying a message is "dropped" below > > simply > > means it doesn't go out on pianotech-m. > > > > - If it contains nothing piano-related, it is dropped. > > > > [ so everthing below refers to posts that *are* piano related...] > > > > - If the moderator considers the post to be flamebait, vulgar, or rude > > it is droppped. > > > > - If it contains a joke, but no serious content, it is dropped. > > > > - If it contains a redundant reply, one which is equivalent to an earlier > > post on the same thread, it is dropped. > > > > Posters who wish to understand why their post was dropped may send > > mail to > > pianotech-m-owner@ptg.org and ask. Feedback on how to tweak these > > rules is > > welcome but no promises are made -- posters annoyed that their posts were > > dropped are reminded that the post still went out on pianotech and > > that moderating > > is not an exact science. > > > > -andy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC