On 3/29/2004 4:02 PM Tom Penney wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 11:42, Bob Tanner wrote: > >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>I'm looking for help on generating a policy that applies to removal of >>postings from the tclug mailing list archives. >> >>The current policy was "never". > > > The point has been made, you can take a post off the archives but it's > kind of like taking the turd out of the punch bowl, theres still stuff > floating around _but_ the residuals are harder to find. > > I can see there being cases where if I were the admin of the list I > would want the option to remove something from the archives. For example > "Remove that post or I will hunt you down and kill you and your family", > I'd just remove the post, call the cops and call it a day. We can't > foresee every circumstance that might come up, we don't have a legal > department to consult. What if someone said "MBI inc. has Malaysian > slaves chained in the basement soldering for 18 hours a day"? Unless the > person posting can back that up with some proof they should not be > saying it, MBI would not be out of line to request that it be removed. > > Id say the policy should be we gerally do not remove posts but the admin > can use his discretion in unusual cases, like slander, legal threats, > crazy people, etc. > > I've certainly posted some things I wish I wouldn't have but I can live > with my mistakes. If you let me remove my posts just because I was being > stupid then you would have to do the same for everyone, the admin job > would become a babysitting job. > > </$.02> Make that $.04 - I feel exactly the same way. The admin should be able to remove posts (slander, legal threats,crazy people, etc.) at his/ her/its discretion. One of the (few?) perks of being admin is having some authority. Abuse of this authority is a matter for the group to resolve (via slander, legal threats, acting crazy, etc.). ;-) -- jcf _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list