[Fiware-wpl] proposal to change the moderation of fiware-wpl/wpa lists

[Davide Dalle Carbonare]

Dear Thorsten and all,
     +1 for Stefano's proposal.

cheers,
Davide

On 20/03/2013 03:02, stefano de panfilis wrote:
> Dear Thorsten and all,
>
> Being the wpl/wpa more a governing body than a free forum for 
> discussion i'd prefer option 2 for the wpl/wpa mail list, while i'd 
> implement option 1 for all the wps mail list.
>
> My two cents,
> Stefano
>
>
> 2013/3/19 Sandfuchs, Thorsten <thorsten.sandfuchs at sap.com 
> <mailto:thorsten.sandfuchs at sap.com>>
>
>     Dear WPL/WPA
>
>     We would like come forward with a proposalto change the policy on
>     how mails to the lists fiware-wpl at lists.fi-ware.eu
>     <mailto:fiware-wpl at lists.fi-ware.eu> and
>     fiware-wpa at lists.fi-ware.eu <mailto:fiware-wpa at lists.fi-ware.eu>
>     are currently moderated/filtered.
>
>     Please indicate if you support this approach or want to object to
>     it and what option would be your favorite one. Please respond
>     within the next two weeks (EOB 29.03.) to hopefully implement the
>     changes starting with the second week of april (8^th of april).
>
>     Current situation:
>
>     -All emails of non-members get in a queue of a moderator
>
>     -The moderator judges by the relevance for "general interest" and
>     is denying or allowing the request (in most cases the request
>     passes this filter and is posted to the list)
>
>     Rationale:
>
>     -The rationale behind this is to have a tight control on who is
>     able to post on the list *and* to filter spam
>
>     New approach:
>
>     Option 1: filter & automatically approve emails based on regular
>     expressions on company level related to FI-PPP members (e.g.
>     @tid.es <http://tid.es> @ibm.com <http://ibm.com>, ...)
>
>     Option 2: filter & automatically approve emails based on members
>     subscribed to the forge (if members has an account-email address,
>     take this emailaddress as valid poster to the list)
>
>     -All non-pre-filtered (option 1 or 2) emails will still be routed
>     to the moderator as is the current situation
>
>     -New: the moderator should allow *every* "human" and obvious
>     "non-spam" email to pass to the list
>
>     New Rational:
>
>     -The *sole purpose* of the new filter mechanism is now to filter
>     out *spam* emails by bots
>
>     -Responsibility on who is posting to the list lies solely on the
>     poster. The lists are not governed by a moderator from a content
>     perspective.
>
>     -We enable more timely emails to the lists by members and non-members
>
>     The new approach of both options is from a technology perspective
>     quite easy to implement (given standard mailman functionality).
>
>     Our recommendationand preferred option: option 1 as it as well
>     lowers the administrative overhead for the moderator and is the
>     most "open communication" encouraging approach.
>
>     This initiative is not really related to a particular case, but
>     the general notion of having emails delayed is to our opinion a
>     potential risk for the project success. While the effort of
>     filtering spam is highly appreciated, as it is lowering our burden
>     to process more mails, we shouldn't constraint ourselves to much
>     and allow every (human) voice to be heart on the listsand
>     encourage and support the communication to be as open as possible.
>
>     Thanks for your support & best regards,
>
>     -- 
>
>     Thorsten Sandfuchs
>
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