"It's time for you to leave."

[Gary Waters]

On 12/30/2011 09:56 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/31/2011 10:38 AM, Gary Waters wrote:
>> I know this is going to seem to be a dumb question, but who is/are the
>> modertor(s) of this list? 1) I'm curious. 2) He/she/they must have
>> nerves of steel and must be patient beyond all imagination.
>
> This is an un-moderated list.  A "moderated" list is one where each and
> every post must be approved before it appears in public.
>
> There are "list owners" that manage issues related to the list...but
> they may or may not read the list on a regular basis.  Even if they do,
> they generally stay out of the day to day opinionated discussions unless
> someone really goes over the top....like threatening to hunt down
> another user and bomb their homes or something like that.  :-)
>
> If you have what you feel is a really pressing need to be addressed, you
> can email them.  Their email address is easy to find.
>

It can be in between. I run several herpetology lists. New join requests 
are met with an auto-greet requesting them to write a brief reason as to 
why they want to join. This eliminates the spambots. Once new joins 
prove to be "sentient" they are removed from moderated status.

Problem children can be individually placed on moderated status, 
requiring screening and approval. Undoubtedly, this would be extremely 
labour intensive for a list this size; however, I'm sure the list owners 
sometimes take a peek and cringe at times. ;-)

GW