Change of one list member's status to "moderated"

[Sean Wilson]

... the only problem with moderation is that it requires one to read those items 
that you believe are "political rants."  If, in fact, a steward of this list is 
performing such labor upon such a thing, one could imagine the community 
being grateful. However, it would seem to me that two alternate options exist. 
The first is to set criteria for participation in the forum -- say, only to 
professors (and perhaps students under their tutelage for issues directly 
arising out of the same). I believe that was something in the nature of Eugene's 
rule. I call such a thing a "professor list." Finally, there is a free market 
solution: email filters. If you set one of these, you never see the mails. It's 
quite amazing how that works.

Each rule, of course, has its own costs and benefits. Just passing along some 
suggestions as a person who also thinks about email fora of his own.  My 
apologies if the contribution isn't helpful.  
Regards and thanks.
 
Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
Assistant Professor
Wright State University
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From: "Scarberry, Mark" <Mark.Scarberry at pepperdine.edu>
To: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
Sent: Tue, September 21, 2010 11:39:43 AM
Subject: Change of one list member's status to "moderated"


One list member, despite my polite request off-list, has continued to post an 
unreasonable number of messages, some of which in the past have been off-topic 
political rants. I've changed that member's status to "moderated," so that 
further messages have to be approved by one of the co-moderators of the list. If 
anyone wants details or thinks my action is unjustified, feel free to contact 
me. 

 
Best wishes,
Mark Scarberry
Pepperdine Univ. School of Law


      
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