[Imc-aotearoa-ed] Re: [Imc-aotearoa] PROPOSAL: ed policy amendment [banning]

[ksimpson at ihug.co.nz]

Yes from me. Ken

On 26 Jan 2004 at 23:27, finn c. wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Here's an amendment for the ed policy
> [http://indymedia.org.nz/edpolicy.php3] - we should really agree to this
> before we ban anyone .. It should be pretty straight forward, but check
> it for typos as I'm quite sleepy :)
> 
> seeya's
> finn
> 
> --
> 
> D. Banning authors
> 
> In extreme circumstances the Editorial Collective may ban authors from
> publishing. This action is only taken when the Editorial Collective has
> exhausted all other methods to deal with a problem spammer, and they are
> causing significant disruption on the newswire. Only designated spammers
> may be banned.
> 
> An author may be banned for 3 months, 6 months or indefinitely. This can
> revoked at any time when consensus is reached by the collective.
> 
> Process for banning an author:
> 
> 1.An empowered editor proposes to the Editorial Collective that the
> author be banned from publishing, and outlines the reasons
> for banning. The proposal should also include a duration for banning.
> 
> 2.The Editorial Collective reaches consensus, deciding that all other
> avenues have been exhausted.  
> 
> 3.A further proposal is sent to the general Aotearoa IMC list by the 
> Editorial Collective, outlining why the author should be banned and what 
> actions the Editorial Collective has taken previously to mitigate the 
> disruption caused by the author.
> 
> 4.When consensus is reached, a member of the Editorial Collective emails
> the author informing them that they have been banned, the reason and the
> duration.  5.The Editorial Collective notes the duration and the date
> the author was banned on the SpammerList wiki page. 
> 
> -- 
> now you guys with this animal activists rights have overstepped the line.
> _______________________________________________
> imc-aotearoa mailing list
> imc-aotearoa at lists.indymedia.org
> http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/imc-aotearoa
>