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In <<A HREF="msg00157.html">Pine.GSO.3.96.970717003026.9947I-100000@dryslwyn</A>>, on 07/16/97
at 08:13 PM, Martin Keegan <martin#cam,sri.com> said:
>On Tue, 15 Jul 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
>> Writing as List Owner:
>You should get a separate email address called listowner@foo if
>muddev goes public.
Agreed.
>> A) Should the archives be requestable or browsable by non-members?
>> Note that this effectively makes ever poster's email address open.
>The archives would be of great use for brainwashing (wrong word)
>newcomers into "The Ways of the List"
<kof> Worked for you, eh?
>> B) Should the list be echoed (one way) to a newsgroup? If it is
>> echoed to a newsgroup should that group be a private group on a
>> private newsserver, or should I create a moderated alt.mud.development
>Private newsservers don't go to DejaNews. They also pose technical
>problems for many non-NNTP-admin users.
DejaNews == making traffic public == automatic external archiving ==
publicised email addresses.
>> group?
>Such a group would simply have to be moderated, and each message
>would have to have an annoying tag appended to it telling people not
>to reply but to join the list, etc.
That is the intention should I go the group route.
>> C) Should the list be split into seperate lists, divided by topic?
>> What should the topic splits be? (Note: I'm not keen on this motion.
>> Convince me)
>
>Everyone's gut reaction is no.
Not quite accurate FWIW. Tho that is the publicaly stated position.
Careful with the generalities.
>> E) How should new membership be handled?
>>
>> Possible membership options:
>>
>> 1) Publicise the list but only allow membership by application.
>> ie New members would have to apply, stating *why* they should be
>> considered as members. These applications would be posted to the list
>> as well as my decisions on them. (I'm not fond of this approach for
>> the overhead it puts on me).
>>
>> 2) Publicise the fact of the list, but leave membership by
>> invitation only. Require any new member to be sponsored by an
>> existant member.
>I'm in favour of this as opposed to #1. (probably with #3 thrown in -
>though you need to define "actively posting")
Okay. Currently I don't query the source of new subscribe messages,
or how they found out about the list. Should I require that existant
members email me on other's they invite? Essentially this equates to
existant members sponsoring new members to the list. If I do that,
should the sponsoring member be held accountable to any exent for the
new member's conduct on the list?
>> 3) Variation on #2: require the sponsor to also be an actively
>> posting member.
>>
>> 4) Make membership uncontrolled.
>
>No. Your moderation power goes out the window then.
Defninition of "uncontrolled membership":
The subscription address and instructions are widely promulgated.
I retain the ability to ban specific email addresses, domains, users
etc, or refuse them membership.
I retain the ability to put specific members postings on hold, or to
require all of a specific members postings be authorised by me (ie
standard moderated list style).
I retain the ability to wave my ASCII arms about and whine at people
on the list.
>> 5) Something else?
>"Abuse it and lose it" means that AOL will eventually have read-only
>access to the Net. The Net could be given read-only access to the
>list through the web or Usenet. Getting onto the list could be an
>intelligence test like on your BBS.
It has a certain appeal.
>> Do realise however that taking the list public opens it to the Reese
>> idiot intolerace flames, Katrina's dunno-how-C++-works prattles,
>I submit that a lot of those people are fired up by the flamebouyant
>culture of r.g.mad, and would be able to distinguish between JCL
>(writing as list-owner) and JCL (anti-reset whipping boy) after a few
>days on the list. I don't see Reese getting himself kicked off for
>disobeying a "This thread dies here" request from JCL (walo).
Combat MUD freaks understand big guns. As list owner I have-um big
gun.
<guffaw>
>In another post, you define "infraction". Disregarding requests from
>the list owner ought to be included in this definition (hopefully not
>explicitly)
True.
>> Addledbrain III's LP-is-da-deity pieties, DikuHeads R00L chants etc of
>Addledbrain III's blatant lies are what get to me. He's not the sort
>of person who'd get invited anyway, though, is he?
*I* wouldn't invite him. I'm not about to make that claim for all the
other members, tho I would hope its also true.
>I am in favour of a "minimalist" change to make the list public,
>probably by making it and its archives publicly available, and
>keeping membership rules as they are. As it is now, there are people
>who refuse to join because the thing isn't public.
I keep meaning to have a chat with him. <sigh> One of these weeks.
Right now I'm stuck in LibC test runs...
>One problem with this approach is that newbies would have to send
>begging letters to list members in order to get on, and this would
>bring about pressure for a further liberalisation of the rules.
Bingo. Sponsorship and stated results on sponsorship attempts might
help.
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J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00147" HREF="msg00147.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Wed 16 Jul 1997, 21:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00155" HREF="msg00155.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 17 Jul 1997, 04:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00164" HREF="msg00164.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00157" HREF="msg00157.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00170" HREF="msg00170.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00167" HREF="msg00167.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 18 Jul 1997, 00:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00190" HREF="msg00190.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 19 Jul 1997, 01:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00172" HREF="msg00172.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Public Archives (META: Making the list public?)</A></strong>,
Brandon Gillespie <a href="mailto:brandon#roguetrader,com">brandon#roguetrader,com</a>, Fri 18 Jul 1997, 03:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00146" HREF="msg00146.html">META: Making the list public?</A></strong>,
S001GMU <a href="mailto:S001GMU#nova,wright.edu">S001GMU#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 16 Jul 1997, 20:31 GMT
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