For what it is worth, I hate with a passion heavy handed administrators of lists. The more heavy handed a moderator is - I just leave a list and never post. It has already happened with some lists in Wales. I do understand the juggling act that goes on, I've moderated several lists for 12 years (one of which has 9k subcribers), but that does not excuse. Family history is supposed to be fun! As a general rule - you want to be encouraging people to post. Sure, headings are helpful ... but not at the expense of being a dictator. Other things get in the way - like the way Gmail sorts postings by threads. Someone breaks a rule and they're not harming anyone else ... so what! We can try next time, but nothing to get worked up about. There's much bigger fish to fry in life. Within rigid rules, you could have lost some very valuable information. Best wishes, Alison
Well said, Alison! Have a Happy Christmas. Ann. --- On Mon, 20/12/10, Alison Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: From: Alison Bryan <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [POWYS] errant posters To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 20 December, 2010, 20:25 For what it is worth, I hate with a passion heavy handed administrators of lists. The more heavy handed a moderator is - I just leave a list and never post. It has already happened with some lists in Wales. I do understand the juggling act that goes on, I've moderated several lists for 12 years (one of which has 9k subcribers), but that does not excuse. Family history is supposed to be fun! As a general rule - you want to be encouraging people to post. Sure, headings are helpful ... but not at the expense of being a dictator. Other things get in the way - like the way Gmail sorts postings by threads. Someone breaks a rule and they're not harming anyone else ... so what! We can try next time, but nothing to get worked up about. There's much bigger fish to fry in life. Within rigid rules, you could have lost some very valuable information. Best wishes, Alison =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message