Thoughts on moderation

[Dale Thorn]

Douglas Barnes wrote:
> Goodness knows most people who are fully engaged in a mailing list
> get involved in an unproductive discussion or argument from time to
> time. My main assertion about Sandy is that although he has his likes
> and dislikes (and is not shy about sharing them) I can't see him
> bouncing messages just because someone was disagreeing with him. There
> might be someone who is less opinionated, but I think that you need
> to find someone who cares enough about a subject to be interested in
> moderating it (one antonym of "opinionated" is "dispassionate" --
> think about it.)
> The only way to tell if Sandy will be fair _as a moderator_ is to
> give him a chance.  [snip]

Gee, Doug.  You think he's fair and I don't.  Is that enough consensus
to say "let's give it a shot"?  I don't think so.

Moot point anyway, since there was no prior discussion on the list.