[Sw-l] Should the SW List remain open to the public unmoderated?

[Stefan Wöhrmann]

Hi Val, 

I agree with Adam, Ingvild and perhaps most of our sw-list members. 

Do not worry about the few spam mails. Keep focused on what we all are
interested in - to have a forum where we can discuss SIFBWRITING ... smile 

All best 

Stefan

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Von: SignWriting List: Read and Write Sign Languages
[mailto:SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU] Im Auftrag von Adam Frost
Gesendet: Montag, 12. Januar 2015 00:39
An: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU
Betreff: Re: Should the SW List remain open to the public unmoderated?

I agree with Ingvild. I honestly haven’t even noticed any messages because
they went straight to my spam folder. I had to look in there and see why you
mentioned there were some messages. You are right, they are strange
messages. I’m glad I didn't have to see them. Ha!

On another note, I hope everyone had a good new year.

Adam

On Jan 11, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Ingvild Roald <iroald at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Dear Val. 
> 
> keep the list open at least for now. The few strange messages we can just
ignore. If they do become top many we would have to come up with a codeword
in the topic to know it is something we want to read and share. If in the
future another natural moderator should arise we might return to the
qustion. 
> 
> But for now have a happy 2015 doing more wanted things that we all love
you for,
> 
> Sendt fra min iPhone
> 
>> Den 11. jan. 2015 kl. 23:50 skrev "Valerie Sutton" <signwriting at MAC.COM>:
>> 
>> SignWriting List
>> January 11, 2014
>> 
>> Dear SW List Members:
>> 
>> The SW List has always been an open list. Anyone can join and post a
message. All messages are supposed to relate to SignWriting or to writing
sign languages, or other related topics, such as sign language linguistics,
Deaf Education and research
and to date, I have been really happy to see how
we have had very few people break that unspoken rule

>> 
>> In the past few months, I have noticed a few messages from commercial
organizations, posting messages related to commerce rather than our topic.
>> 
>> I looked at the Security Panel on the ListServe software, which is posted
by Valencia College in Florida, and it appears that the only other solution
is for us to make the SignWriting List “moderated”, which would mean that I
would have to review every message before it is posted, and I do not want to
do that
I am afraid it will be less friendly, and people will not be so
happy because their messages will not post immediately and in my situation I
cannot promise when I will have the time to moderate the messages..
>> 
>> Therefore I am voting to keep the SignWriting List as it is
open and free
to join without moderation
and we can hope that the commercial entities who
have been abusing the List will learn that they should not post messages off
topic.
>> 
>> Do you agree with me? Or do you want another solution?
>> 
>> It is my hope that this List will be vibrant and active again - but on
the right topics ;-)
>> 
>> Val ;-)
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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>> 
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> 
> ________________________________________________
> 
> 
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> 
> Valerie Sutton
> SignWriting List moderator
> sutton at signwriting.org
> 
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> 
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