On 30 Jan 2005, "Ray Murphy" <raymur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <1gr7ksz.12q4r351853mrlN%skytten.fox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> skytten.fox@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Keera Ann Fox) wrote:
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>>Ray Murphy <raymur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>> Keera began her moderating by making an atrocious attack on one of
>>> her known "usenet enemies",
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>>I did? How did I manage that?
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>>> Ed Wollman which had the result of him
>>> withdrawing his contributions from the group --
>>
>>Yeah, like anyone misses him.
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> RM: This is not a good thing for a moderator to admit on usenet,
> especially after being told that bias was shown on aamod to wards a
> poster.
Heh! Like any moderator who sticks a fork in Edmo is going to get any
grief about it.
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>>> and then she proceeded to allow Heather to continue posting insults
>>> after
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>>Aw, poor baby. I let Heather defend herself against you and you don't
>>wike it.
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> RM: I'm referring to the insults prior to that.
With several hundred thousand possibilities on record, any ones in
particular? I rather liked the dumpster diving insults myself.
>>
>>> having viewed them, and again after having closed a heated thread.
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>>I closed a thread? Not to my knowledge.
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> RM: You closed the thread.
Good move.
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>>> Everyone makes poor decisions in moderating, but moderators with
>>> "usenet enemies" ought to be particularly careful not to carry their
>>> prejudices into their volunteer work.
>>
>>BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! OK, _you_ won't become moderator if that's
>>the criteria!
>>
>>> Moderation needs moderate people, or alternatively, people who can
>>> follow the rules without too much bias.
>>
>>It also needs people who are willing to make decisions that may invite
>>personal attacks and insults, even though the charter has been
>>followed.
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> RM: The charter was not followed repeatedly.
That's the Charlie Brown exemption rule coming into play.
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>>You are just such a case in point, Ray. Look where your "rejection
>>notice" ended up: Not in a reasoned e-mail to the moderator, asking
>>why the post was rejected, but on an unrelated newsgroup, belly-aching
>>for all to see.
>
> RM: Right.
> That's why I got Google to carry AAPro -- so nothing on the moderated
> newsgroups was ever swept under the carpet again.
Who gives a bats butt about it besides you?
>
>>--
>>****** Keera in Norway ******
>
> Ray
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