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

[Danyl Strype]

Kia ora koutou, 
 
I think that is fair. Remember we are not only making 
policy for dk. Hypothetically there could be a problem 
poster in future who might use that 3 (or 6) months to 
think about why they were banned and come up with a better 
way of expressing themselves. 
 
But I was thinking more about how the ban is actually 
enforced. Either a) all postings by the banned poster are 
immediately hidden by ed volunteers or b) banned poster is 
prevented from having their submission accepted by the 
open-publishing software. In case of b) it should be spelt 
out that this is an act of censorship which directly 
contravenes the open-publishing definition on our site: 
"material uploaded to the Newswire is not pre-filtered or 
edited. Everything gets published on the site. The editing 
or filtering process happens *after* stories are published 
to the site, *not before*." 
 
RnB, 
Strypey 
 
Quoting mr sterile <mr.sterile at paradise.net.nz>: 
 
> yep here, thanks for writting it finn 
> since we've mention 3, 6 and indefinite time frame, do 
we 
> want them imposed 
> on that sliding scale, if you fuck up after 3 months, 6 
> months become the 
> next banning time frame, and then after that 
> indefinitely. 
> hows that sound?? 
> kieran 
>  
>  
> > 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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> > - The Oracle, Matrix: Reloaded 
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