Re: Mailing list moderation

On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 12:19 PM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > > I doubt we have any official procedures. I agree with the proposed > suspension as long as the suspension for a set amount of time; I > believe in giving people a chance to reform. If they can't reform... > well then I'm fine with an indefinite suspension. > I, too, would be in favor of suspension over outright ban, simply because I have never seen such a ban happen on this list. It saddens me that, rather than focusing on rigorous discussion, many RFC discussions are completely sidetracked the moment a topic comes up that might encroach on either of these individual's "ego" (I temper language, but agree with Nikita's characterization). There are, indeed, nuggets of truth in contributions both lists@rhsoft.net and tonymarston@hotmail.com have made. Both have legitimate concerns and points of view. Unfortunately, it is on the reader to decipher that from the "ego" measuring that happens every time they start one of their back-and-forths. I hope we can do something about this sooner rather than later. I, myself, refuse to explicitly censor communication from the list based on who's talking and I *DO* value both of their opinions and concerns, but this behaviour has been observed many times with several folks on-list asking for some professionalism in communication. There must be some form of consequence, I feel. Thanks. -- Dustin Wheeler | Software Developer NC State University mdwheele@ncsu.edu "If you don't know where you're going, it's easy to iteratively not get there."