POLL: Would you participate in a rec.aviation.piloting.moderated newsgroup?

Mark wrote:
On Sep 20, 12:03*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
The RFD would simply state that posts will be approved so long as
they are reasonably on-topic and non-inflammatory in the subjective
judgement of the moderators.

Scratch all that!

It is quicker and easier for all involved if users must perform a
one-tim
e
registration post (in which their e-mail address, posting handle, and
NSP are recorded, though if a posting handle is used the e-mail
address is no
t
published.) The registration is manually validated by a moderator who
approves all registrations. After registration approval, when the
user posts, the NSP and posting handle are automatically checked
against the record list and the post is approved if a record is
found.

Pros:
No delay in postings.
No extra work for moderators.
No easy nym-shifting by malevolent posters.

Cons:
De-registration for abuse can only occur after-the-fact.

Well let me ask you this Jim, what would be your
criteria for acceptable posts?

The above proposal doesn't screen posts - merely requires registration in
order for posters to post. Since performing any sort of "due process" prior
to unregistering a poster is a hassle, a poster would have to engage in
some egregious behavior to find themselves unregistered.

In your case, the person who is currently posting using multiple 'nyms from
multiple NSPs would be unable to do that under the proposed scheme. And
would have been unregistered by me had their posts appeared in such a
moderated group. So you'd benefit there.

On the other hand, the thread that you started on this group that contained
the personal insult in the subject line "Jim Pennino or...Jim Pinheado?"
would have resulted in your deregistration in any group I was moderating.
So you'd have a reason not to join.