Moderator request on BOINC dev list

Banning or blocking users = prior censorship

Releasing private user information to "outsiders" = REALLY bad privacy policy.

You act like it was a Rosetta request. It obviously is not so why post it here.

You act like it was a Rosetta request. It obviously is not so why post it here.

How do you know that? You're guessing based on a third party reference to actions of a moderator at CPDN.

Do you know for sure that "Arnaud" is NOT Moderator9 or one of his/her cohorts?

Will they categorically deny it? Or own up to it? I doubt it.

Regardless, it is VERY bad form for a moderator of ANY BOINC forum to publically refer to their users as "out-of-their-mind" or "crazier". It would get someone fired in real life.

Hi,

Moderators really need the following functions in the Boinc forums:

1) Possibility to move entire threads, not only isolated messages. (One
of the BBC moderator moved 72 messages, because there is no possibility
to move entire threads: She didn't want to delete the whole thread)
2) Possibility to lock some overheated threads.
3) Possibility to ban/lock some "out of their mind" users, temporarily
or definitively, of a forum.
3 bis) Or to filter some "out of their mind" users so that usual users
don't see their raving messages: it's too much time-consuming for
moderators to watch all the messages of the weirdos and to
edit/delete/move these messages (and the crazier, to more they write :o))
4) Possibility to see the email address or to send a PM to discuss
before moderating (IMO, censorship/moderation is the ultimate reaction
to have: I prefer to talk and explain before acting like a cop)

Thanks for thinking about these suggestions....
I think 1) and 2) are the most important to implement.

Regards,
Arnaud

Your profile says you are from the Pitcairn Islands. The last time I checked, there were about 50 people living there, it had almost no phone service, no air strip, was under British rule, and it was administered from New Zealand. So you have no constitutional right to free speech for project mods to trample anyway.

consists of a series of legal documents, including certain acts of the UK and New Zealand Parliaments, as well as The Constitution Act 1986, which is the principal formal charter; adopted 1 January 1987, effective 1 January 1987

adopted 30 November 1838; reformed 1904 with additional reforms in 1940; further refined by the Local Government Ordinance of 1964.

Your profile says you are from the Pitcairn Islands. The last time I checked, there were about 50 people living there, it had almost no phone service, no air strip, was under British rule, and it was administered from New Zealand. So you have no constitutional right to free speech for project mods to trample anyway.

This is the Guantanamo attitude: the US claims that nobody except US citizens have constitutional rights.

... but please don't assume that the American way is the only way and that no other way even exists. When you do assume that, us aliens will (no doubt unfairly) think you are being somewhat biased, especially when you ignore facts you can get from your own intelligence agency's website.

River~~

edits: added link to CIA website

@Moderator9:

Yes, we discussed the privacy issue here some time ago, and I agree totally with you that private information, such as e-mail addresses and other unique user identification data linked to an account, should not be given to any volunteer moderator. If a post is so offensive, that a personal contact beyond the "usual" mail telling "I've moved your post" and such is necessary, the red button is there for this, so the project staff can take care of it.

You say:
"One thing I have noticed about the CPDN project is that they have a user agreement that is a condition of participation on their forums. Either the user agrees or they may not post. This makes the Moderation function much easier, as all registered users have been provided a clear statement of the rules. I would very much support this for Rosetta."

I haven't been much around for the past couple of months, as my mother died two months ago, so I have been very busy clearing her stuff and followed that up being ill with a serious bronchitis, so I haven't been a regular here in that time. But has there been any "incidents" lately to justify this step? Besides the rules, that's stated up at the left of the edit window "Don't use obscene language or images, and don't threaten other participants; otherwise we may delete your messages.", is there any need for further rules?

Fuzzy,

I remember well the discussion and thank you again for your participation. No there have been no issues. But as you know there was some discussion about how Moderation is done and what type of things might prompt moderator actions. I think a statement as stiff as the one at CPDN would not be necessary, but some kind of statement, perhaps telling people how to contact the Project and something about posting formalities (where to put things to get the best response and so on), might help people. This could also be used to let people know what their rights are as users and where to report abuses by moderators and other users.[/color][/b]

As a personal aside please accept my condolences on the loss of your mother. I have been through that myself and I know it is difficult. While the loss never leaves, time will bring back the memories of better times. Kitty will help get you there.

[b]"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me[/b]