Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 618.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 06:58:20 +0000
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: dealing with the ill-mannered
Recently my advice on running discussion groups was sought by two
list-owners who have been overwhelmed by the volume of ill-mannered
contributions to their unmoderated lists. As a result of these
vomitings-forth, ad hominem attacks etc, some of the learned people who
actually wanted to discuss the ideas subsumed by the fields in question
have left. So I was asked, what does one do? I could find no other answer
than to moderate these lists. Is there any other answer short of suffering
abusive messages then removing the individuals in question? (Note that
having been ejected some of these characters appear simply to find other
ISPs and resubscribe under different names. They are *very* determined.)
Thanks.
Yours,
WM
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