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

[Danyl Strype]

Kia ora, 
 
Looks OK. Maybe needs something spelling out how the ban 
is implemented? 
 
RnB, 
Strypey 
 
Quoting 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.  
 
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