On 05/07/2010 03:05 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 17:46 -0400, Brian Pepple wrote: > >> Normally, I'd be against it killing a thread, but the thread that >> started this discussion had already been done awhile back and this new >> thread added *nothing* new to the discussion. Frankly, it was more >> deserving to be on Slashdot more than the fedora-devel list. The Hall >> Monitors were totally justified in killing this one imo, and frankly if >> folks want more repetitive flame-bait threads like that I've got zero >> interest in staying subscribed to it. > > I'm not actually particularly interested in whether this is true or not. > What worries me is that it was always my understanding, and I think the > understanding of others, that the hall monitoring policy does not grant > hall monitors the power to shut down threads they judge to be > repetitive. My understanding is it should only grant them the power to > shut down threads which violate the 'be excellent to each other' motto - > i.e., it's about the civility of the discussion, not the subject matter. The problem with this distinction is that in some cases the very act of bringing something up again *isn't* civil. That being said, I think the Hall Monitor concept is pretty awful. -- Peter What we need is either less corruption, or more chances to participate in it. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel