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DSquared
aka Aristotleded24
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Location: Winnipeg
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 Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:26 am Post subject: Let's Try This Again |
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So, as this term winds down, I would like to address the Speaker and announce that for the second time, I am running for global moderator.
Moderators have a great deal of authority to set the tone and the direction of discussion forums. Should I be elected, I have no intention of using that authority to do so. Rather, I have a good understanding of the dynamics and flow of the board, and I will be consistent with that as a moderator.
Specifically, one thing I don't want to talk about is how I will enforce the AUP. I trust the EM community to be respectful towards each other and stay within the spirit of the AUP, meaning that such enforcement should not be overly necessary. I'm okay allowing discussions to run their natural course, and I won't be looking over people's shoulders, and I don't want people to feel they have to walk on eggshells wondering whether or not each thing they want to say is appropriate.
Having said that, should any action need to be taken, I will handle it promptly. To this end, if my status shows that I'm online and you see something wrong, please feel free to bring it to my attention.
I thank the Speaker for allowing me to raise these points.
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West Coast Tiger
Super-Link Mistress
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Location: Obviously Concealed
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Try This Again |
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OH! Mr. DSquared... a couple of questions, if you will...
Regarding your position on NOT setting the tone and direction...
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Moderators have a great deal of authority to set the tone and the direction of discussion forums. Should I be elected, I have no intention of using that authority to do so. Rather, I have a good understanding of the dynamics and flow of the board, and I will be consistent with that as a moderator. |
Does this mean that you will NOT be encouraging discussions along should threads die off? Or will you continue to participate and encourage discussions in threads that have few comments? And could you be more specific about what you consider to be the "dynamics and flow of the board" beyond your point here:
| Quote: | | Specifically, one thing I don't want to talk about is how I will enforce the AUP. I trust the EM community to be respectful towards each other and stay within the spirit of the AUP, meaning that such enforcement should not be overly necessary. I'm okay allowing discussions to run their natural course, and I won't be looking over people's shoulders, and I don't want people to feel they have to walk on eggshells wondering whether or not each thing they want to say is appropriate. |
I would just like to know what kind of dictator we may be up against. 
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And will there be any free beer if we vote for you, Sir? 
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DSquared
aka Aristotleded24
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Location: Winnipeg
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Let's Try This Again |
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| West Coast Tiger wrote: | OH! Mr. DSquared... a couple of questions, if you will...
Regarding your position on NOT setting the tone and direction...
| DSquared wrote: |
Moderators have a great deal of authority to set the tone and the direction of discussion forums. Should I be elected, I have no intention of using that authority to do so. Rather, I have a good understanding of the dynamics and flow of the board, and I will be consistent with that as a moderator. |
Does this mean that you will NOT be encouraging discussions along should threads die off? Or will you continue to participate and encourage discussions in threads that have few comments? |
Absolutely not. What you're dealing with in that case is individual threads on individual topics. Sometimes people want to encourage more responses, sometimes the thread is going in the direction of aspect B, and someone would like to re-direct the thread to discuss aspect A. I'm not sure how often that happens, but if I were to do either, I would definitely be doing so with my mod hat off.
| West Coast Tiger wrote: | And could you be more specific about what you consider to be the "dynamics and flow of the board" beyond your point here:
| Quote: | | Specifically, one thing I don't want to talk about is how I will enforce the AUP. I trust the EM community to be respectful towards each other and stay within the spirit of the AUP, meaning that such enforcement should not be overly necessary. I'm okay allowing discussions to run their natural course, and I won't be looking over people's shoulders, and I don't want people to feel they have to walk on eggshells wondering whether or not each thing they want to say is appropriate. |
I would just like to know what kind of dictator we may be up against. |
Remember the Moderator Vacation last month? That's what I was referring to. Basically, the mods said, we trust you to discuss things in a civil manner, as do I. I believe in free speech, so please feel free to speak your mind *ducks*.
| West Coast Tiger wrote: | | And will there be any free beer if we vote for you, Sir? |
Free beer, wine, ice cream, groceries, you name it.
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TS.
Delicious schadenfreude
Joined: 11 Apr 2006
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Location: Toronto, ON
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:10 am Post subject: |
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DSquared, over the last while we saw (I think) one banning for violations of the AUP (the case of one Tedall). I would like to know whether you would have acted in the same manner as the mods at the time. Would you have voted for Tedall's banning or against it?
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DSquared
aka Aristotleded24
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Location: Winnipeg
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject: |
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You're talking about that particular case? While I respect our convention of not speaking about the banned, in this case, I believe it was clear that this indivdual was here to bait and insult, so yes I would have voted likewise.
BTW, I know I said I'd be happy to answer any questions, but in the future could we please refrain from the "would-you-have-suspended/banned-so-and-so-in-this-particular-case?" questions, as they have the potential to become divisive? Thanks! 
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skeptikool
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Joined: 01 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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As important as the issues of suspending and banning are, is the matter of formal warnings. Unless there are obvious infractions, let the thread discussion speak for itself. It's not good enough to put one's finger to the wind before pandering to a perceived, majority opinion - if that does, on occasion, occur.
It was quite unnecessary, for instance, to PM me that my post in the thread regarding the Mel Gibson anti-Semitic tirade appeared to support his anti-Semitic remarks. That was challenged within the thread at the same time that I asked for specifics.
The life of a message board is its differing opinions. We may disagree without being disagreeable and do not need abusive monitoring. |
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ickydicky
Fulltime enMasse Member
Joined: 12 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| skeptikool wrote: | | We may disagree without being disagreeable and do not need abusive monitoring. |
Monitoring would not work on your posts anyhow, you seem to manage to offend many in the manner that you express your opinion while avoiding breaking any rules. |
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DSquared
aka Aristotleded24
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Location: Winnipeg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| ickydicky wrote: | | Monitoring would not work on your posts anyhow, you seem to manage to offend many in the manner that you express your opinion while avoiding breaking any rules. |
Speaking of offensive, just out of curiosity, what's up with the screenname you've chosen for yourself?
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ephemeral
Radical Sock-Mismatcher
Joined: 12 Apr 2006
Posts: 595
Location: Under a bridge with a laptop
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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Cool. I deleted my post. Now, I know how to do that.
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and on that note... |
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ickydicky
Fulltime enMasse Member
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| Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| DSquared wrote: | | what's up with the screenname you've chosen for yourself? |
My great-grandfather sang the song "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" to me when I was a toddler. The actual lyrics that repeat are "Hinky dinky parlez-vous" but it seems that I would yell 'ickydicky' when I wanted him to sing it so it has stuck since then as my family's (affectionate, they say) nickname for me. My younger brother's is 'turkeylurkey', which he blames me for giving to him. |
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