you threaten to take action, privately, before taking action, publicly. is this policing of tone? Lloyd Wood lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx > On 24 Aug 2022, at 09:05, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hang on Keith, all they said was they've been in touch with somebody > off-list. There's no suppression of discussion that I can see. > > Regards > Brian > >> On 24-Aug-22 03:39, Keith Moore wrote: >> I'm very concerned about this behavior on behalf of the moderators, as >> suppressing valuable discussion (even if I disagree with what was >> actually said). There is far too much censorship and suppression of >> discussion in IETF already, and this has had a very unfortunate effect >> on IETF's relevance. I hope the moderators exercise more restraint in >> the future. >> Keith >>> On 8/23/22 10:50, IETF Moderators wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We wanted to let the list know that the Moderators team for >>> ietf@xxxxxxxx (described in more detail at [1]) has been in touch with >>> Masataka Ohta off-list concerning their recent messages [2][3]. We >>> encourage everyone to review the IETF discussion list charter [4] and >>> avoid postings that include uncivil commentary [5]. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dhruv Dhody on behalf of the Moderators team for ietf@xxxxxxxx >>> >>> [1] https://www.ietf.org/how/lists/discussion/ >>> [2] >>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/mg6pT8Po-QcsB8g6N1z2aFSbqLw/ >>> [3] >>> https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/3z7VZDqvfcuWkVS4eYO1vPLH6KI/ >>> [4] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9245.html >>> [5] >>> https://github.com/ietf/Moderators/blob/main/unprofessional-commentary.md >>>