[Wikipedia-l] Moderation

Thu Dec 12 11:15:47 UTC 2002

Larry Sanger wrote:
> The idea of having a list of people who need approval first would be
> *highly* controversial, and that's controversy we don't need.

I think that's right.  We're hoping here to be more inclusive by
providing a friendlier forum, and setting everyone, even the
moderators, on equal footing, is a good thing.  (So, generally,
moderators should not approve their own posts.)

> There is, by the way, one implication of making WikiEN-l moderated but not
> Wikipedia-l.  I think it's safe to predict the following sort of
> situation.  Some people will no doubt try to post something on Wikien-l
> and when it is rejected, they will post it on Wikipedia-l and scream
> bloody murder about abuse of power.

This is a virtual certainty, yes.  :-)

--Jimbo