mailing-list-unmoderation

Andy Mabbett was moderated (rather than banned for a week) on 2007-01-04 on the microformats mailing lists at the time for both his frequent/excessive off-topic posts, and his ignoring of several warnings from admins to please stop doing so (see microformats-discuss archives for details). Ernie P. (a longstanding overwhelmingly positive contributor to the community) has proposed unmoderating Andy at this point, 2007-03-19. Please add your opinion at the end:

• +1 Ernie P.
• +1 David Janes
• +1 Nic James Ferrier
• +1 Tantek
• +1 Scott Reynen
• +1 Steve Ganz
• +1 Joe Andrieu
• ... add your opinion (+1 unmoderate, 0 no opinion, -1 keep moderated) and your name

Discussion

I'm glad to see this issue getting traction. However, I'm curious why Ernie's standing in the community is relevant to the issue of unmoderating Andy. Tantek, could you explain why that has been presented as an integral part of this decision making process?

Clearly, personal clout always shapes one's ability to influence the community; however, I doubt it should be officially incorporated in these "proceedings". Shouldn't every member of the community have an equal hearing under whatever governance procedures we use? --JoeAndrieu 09:38, 19 Mar 2007 (PDT)--

Tantek also said: "Ernie, as someone who has made overwhelmingly positive contributions to the microformats community, IMHO the occasional OT post is reasonable'".