[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

Sun Oct 14 08:21:19 UTC 2007

Casey Brown wrote:
> On 10/13/07, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>   
> Now the
>   
>> suggestion is to actually moderate (punish) the participants.
>>     
> Moderation is not punishment.  If your posts are on-topic for the list, they
> will get put through by the moderator.  If not, they will just be
> discarded.  Moderation is sometimes caused by bad behavior, but it in itself
> is not punishment.
It really comes down to a question of how you define punishment.  From 
the perspective of the person receiving this treatment it most 
ncertainly is punishment.  The practical operations are indeed as you 
say.  Even the delay of on-topic postings can be regarded as punishment.

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