[sumo] FW: Tide Turns in Ramadi [off-topic]

[Jimmy]

IMHO, this is a poor idea.  In the years I've been a member of this
List, I can count one one hand the number of posts that "might've"
been improper.  Switching to a moderated list would be solving a
problem that doesn't exist—at quite a cost (of time and energy) to Joe
*and* to the sweet spirit that nearly always guides this list.

Your mileage may vary, of course,

Squashiki

On 5/5/07, Barbara <barbara at technogirls.org> wrote:
> I strongly disagree.  An incident like this is a perfect example of the
> failings of an unmoderated mailing list.  Spam, whether commercial, or
> political, or unintentionally misplaced messages, can murder a mailing
> list faster than you can say BS.
>
> I've been moderating and running mailing lists for 20 years and have
> seen it all.  The message in question should never have gotten to the
> list.  Look at what it did. It spawned 20 more messages of useless
> content, upset some, made others defensive, and left a bad smell in the air.
>
> I suggest the owner of the list change it to a fully moderated one, and
> squash off topic messages without mercy.  This is NOT a chat room. We
> don't need to debate how offended or not we are when an off topic
> message comes through.  We should only be discussing sumo.
>
> Barbara Murasakihana