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Re: SRH: Umpteen complaints about existing moderation policy
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To: soc-religion-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: SRH: Umpteen complaints about existing moderation policy
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From: ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari)
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Date: 26 Jan 1996 15:37:49 GMT
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Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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GOPAL Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana (gopal@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
: COMPLAINTS ABOUT EXISTING MODERATION POLICY
: Here are some complaints against the present moderation.
: [i *definitely* know that there more complaints than what
: i am presenting in this post]
: grounds for complaints include (1) rejection of appropriate
: posts, (2) acceptance of posts dealing with politics (3)
: acceptance of posts that directly attack god-men of hindu
: fold without any substantive reasoning, (4) improper formatting
: of articles that make the articles 'illegible' (5)articles
: with personal attacks etc. While it is imperative that the
: posters should desist from making personal attacks, it also
: the responsibility of moderator not to accept such posts, so
: that is how Dhrubaji's advice to a poster to desist from
: personal attacks also got included here.
: Summary: The charter for moderation *needs* to be revised.
: and that is what RFD attempts.
My response:
1. I do not know anything about the Shiv-Purana episode. So
I cannot comment on it. Further, it was on alt.hindu.
2. Reg. poorly formatted article, I agree. I think we should
decide on a format, and stick to it. No problem.
3. Reg. the Nazi thing, look who all were participating in the
debate. However, let us leave that. But did'nt you see that
the thread actually stopped. So, the moderator can be advised
reg. the relevance of the thread. Initially, the thread was
there, since it had to do with the re-org. stuff. Later, it
became a debate as to who was a Nazi, and was rightfully
stopped (by the moderators or/and the people involved).
4. Reg. the Sai Baba stuff, I have posted my views in other
posts. Pl. read them. The area is extremely a grey one, and
I personally would not like to have moderator play umpire.
Rather the wise netters should be in that position. Further,
you could have very good reasons, as to why X is a hypocrite.
Some exteremely controversial people could be: Dhirendra
Bramhchari, Chandraswami, Rajneesh, ... So, IMO the moderator
did the right thing to let the article appear. Remember,
that atleast Rajnessh (I do not know about the rest) was
extremely knowledgeable, and learned about Hindu Dharma.
5. Articles like Ultras' etc. IMO are mere lapses. However, if
we want, we can beat moderator to death for such a lapse. This
could as well happen in a multi-moderator setup. So, do not
carry this reason too far.
--
Nachiketa Tiwari
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