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Requests for Charter Enforcement // Communitythe ladyNov 24, 2003, 11:04am
Many prominant citizens have expressed their disappointment regarding the
newsgroup being a place where attacks seem to dominate posts. In light of this, many have refused to post. It's important for everyone to have the opportunity to post AW community related topics and replies. Perhaps the Community Charter could be more closely followed and enforced to allow this newsgroup to regain popularity as a place for discussion of AW business. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Charter of the news.activeworlds.com/community INTRO: The need for a moderated group is best explained by taking a casual look at the many off-topic postings in other, non-moderated group. Often times, disputes arise of personal nature or insults are thrown about with no care or regard for the rights or feelings of others. This flaming is not the purpose or intent of this particular newsgroup. We would like to avoid such problems from the start. News.activeworlds.com/community has been set up as a media for dissemination of Information relative to the AW community and the AW software in general. Events of interest to this community and the sharing of knowledge and community discussion will be posted here. We invite you all to take an active share in this newsgroup and hope it will be a positive addition to your AW experience. Please join in and have fun. CHARTER: news.activeworlds.com/awcommunity newsgroup is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of information and opinions on AW culture, language, history, economics, science, and other topics related to ActiveWorlds. Posts appropriate for news.activeworlds.com/community include, but are not restricted to, all aspects of ActiveWorlds, informational posts about AW culture, history, etc. Language issues related to AW. Discussion of education, health, environmental issues , politics, elections, etc. Discussion of books , articles, webarticles, movies, etc., about AW or the 3D internet in general. Discussion of minority issues, including language, within AW. Job opportunities within AW. Discussions involving PeaceKeepers and GateKeepers. Suggestions and tips for newcomers. Suggestions and tips for World Owners. Additions and alternative implementations of the AW client or server. AWCOM. posts relevant to the AW community and public meetings. News.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup is for anyone who is interested in AW and who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this charter. There is no test or requirement as to how much of an AW citizen a person is who wants to make a submission and participate. Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to keep to the topic of AW, and are not intended to restrict anyone's expression of opinions. Free speech exists within the context of AW as a topic as defined in this charter. If the topic is not about AW, forums other than news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup are probably more appropriate. Submissions unrelated to the AW Community shall be rejected. Commercial advertisements unrelated to AW shall be rejected; all personal ads shall be rejected. Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be rejected. Personal attacks on individual posters will also be rejected. Attacks on AWCOM, its employees, contractors or partners will be rejected. When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an announcement will be made on news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup inviting interested people to respond and thus participate via email. The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter are met by any submission to news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup. The moderators recognize that they should be as unbiased and objective as is humanly possible. Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1) they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate for the group membership as a group (rather than something that belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other submission standards as defined in the charter. The deletions of the rejected submissions to news.activeworlds.com/moderated newsgroup by the moderators should be in a timely manner. Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will delete the complete with no notice to the group or the submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours). All of the other moderators shall be included in any notification of the deletion. Should the moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a submission, a minimum a coin toss majority is required to override it. Other details will be refined during the initial existence of news.activeworlds.com/moderated newsgroup, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate all of the details of moderation in advance. Submitters to news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup should recognize the volunteer nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether or not a post or deletion was made in a timely way. The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of AW. We appreciate your cooperation, be excellent to each other and enjoy your stay here in Active Worlds. builderzNov 24, 2003, 2:59pm
I believe that only the community group is moderated, the others are not
(well, the beta group is limited access, so that's an exception). However, there are numerous other forums and discussion groups on various Web sites that others can post to if they don't feel comfortable posting here in the "official" groups. For example, the SW City Forums, Andras' Newsgroups, the ImaBot Forum, etc. E N Z O usually deletes any post within a day or so where someone mentions the words "E N Z O please delete" in the thread. And you can always call the AW offices or e-mail one of the AW staff if you have a problem with a particular person or thread here. Builderz http://www.3dhost.net [View Quote] > Many prominant citizens have expressed their disappointment regarding the > newsgroup being a place where attacks seem to dominate posts. In light of > this, many have refused to post. It's important for everyone to have the > opportunity to post AW community related topics and replies. Perhaps the > Community Charter could be more closely followed and enforced to allow this > newsgroup to regain popularity as a place for discussion of AW business. *snip* ep0chNov 24, 2003, 10:22pm
A citizen moderation team would be a nice idea. Perhaps GKs.
[View Quote] ------------------------------------------------------------------ Charter of the news.activeworlds.com/community INTRO: The need for a moderated group is best explained by taking a casual look at the many off-topic postings in other, non-moderated group. Often times, disputes arise of personal nature or insults are thrown about with no care or regard for the rights or feelings of others. This flaming is not the purpose or intent of this particular newsgroup. We would like to avoid such problems from the start. News.activeworlds.com/community has been set up as a media for dissemination of Information relative to the AW community and the AW software in general. Events of interest to this community and the sharing of knowledge and community discussion will be posted here. We invite you all to take an active share in this newsgroup and hope it will be a positive addition to your AW experience. Please join in and have fun. CHARTER: news.activeworlds.com/awcommunity newsgroup is a moderated newsgroup for the free exchange of information and opinions on AW culture, language, history, economics, science, and other topics related to ActiveWorlds. Posts appropriate for news.activeworlds.com/community include, but are not restricted to, all aspects of ActiveWorlds, informational posts about AW culture, history, etc. Language issues related to AW. Discussion of education, health, environmental issues , politics, elections, etc. Discussion of books , articles, webarticles, movies, etc., about AW or the 3D internet in general. Discussion of minority issues, including language, within AW. Job opportunities within AW. Discussions involving PeaceKeepers and GateKeepers. Suggestions and tips for newcomers. Suggestions and tips for World Owners. Additions and alternative implementations of the AW client or server. AWCOM. posts relevant to the AW community and public meetings. News.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup is for anyone who is interested in AW and who can follow Usenet newsgroup netiquette, basic rules of polite human interaction, and any further restrictions imposed by this charter. There is no test or requirement as to how much of an AW citizen a person is who wants to make a submission and participate. Any restrictions concerning the contents of a post are intended to keep to the topic of AW, and are not intended to restrict anyone's expression of opinions. Free speech exists within the context of AW as a topic as defined in this charter. If the topic is not about AW, forums other than news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup are probably more appropriate. Submissions unrelated to the AW Community shall be rejected. Commercial advertisements unrelated to AW shall be rejected; all personal ads shall be rejected. Submissions containing ethnic slurs, or submissions intended to hurt any given race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation, shall be rejected. Personal attacks on individual posters will also be rejected. Attacks on AWCOM, its employees, contractors or partners will be rejected. When major changes to the charter are to be considered, an announcement will be made on news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup inviting interested people to respond and thus participate via email. The role of the moderators is to ensure the conditions of the charter are met by any submission to news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup. The moderators recognize that they should be as unbiased and objective as is humanly possible. Submissions are evaluated as to whether or not (1) they are on topic, (2) they meet netiquette, (3) they are appropriate for the group membership as a group (rather than something that belongs in e-mail to an individual(s)), and (4) meet any other submission standards as defined in the charter. The deletions of the rejected submissions to news.activeworlds.com/moderated newsgroup by the moderators should be in a timely manner. Should a moderator reject a submission, s/he will delete the complete with no notice to the group or the submitter in a timely manner (usually within 48 hours). All of the other moderators shall be included in any notification of the deletion. Should the moderators as a group disagree with a moderator's decision about a submission, a minimum a coin toss majority is required to override it. Other details will be refined during the initial existence of news.activeworlds.com/moderated newsgroup, recognizing that it is impossible to anticipate all of the details of moderation in advance. Submitters to news.activeworlds.com/community newsgroup should recognize the volunteer nature of the moderators, possible equipment problems with the server, etc., and keep such issues in mind when considering whether or not a post or deletion was made in a timely way. The moderators will also work among themselves to define the details of moderation, for example, addressing such issues as how many moderators are actively moderating at a time and how to deal with threads that appear to have strayed from the subject of AW. We appreciate your cooperation, be excellent to each other and enjoy your stay here in Active Worlds. zeofatexNov 24, 2003, 10:54pm
LOL I could see it now.
"You have been ejected from the activeworlds newsgroups for saying 'ass'!" [View Quote] jermeNov 24, 2003, 11:07pm
A group of several (3-4) people to moderate these groups more closely would
probably be a good thing.... Then again... there's *absolutely* no way that AWI could keep things reasonable, as ep0ch illustrated. I have a fear that it would turn into an extended version of AWGate, with the ridiculous and whimsical judgments of some of those GKs. -JerMe [View Quote] pc hamsterNov 25, 2003, 2:12am
Hi everyone:
[View Quote] And I will soon have a forum on the City Of Hamsterville's website as well.. It'll be modeled similar to the SW City Forums, only there will be room for other towns and worlds to have a spot too. :-) I'll be sure to post the details as soon as the board is created. :-) [View Quote] For once, even I can agree with The Lady. Looks as though she's rented a clue lately..... :-) Keep up the good work :-) Cheers for now everyone :-) PC Hamster Mayor - City Of Hamsterville Hamster Ground Zero Area - AW 5000N 272E NEW WEBSITE - http://hamsterville.tripod.com/ pchamster at comcast.net Denver, Colorado (my REAL city :-)) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.542 / Virus Database: 336 - Release Date: 11/18/2003 ferruccioNov 25, 2003, 2:42am
The Lady, try shortening the lengths of your posts. After reading that
charter idea of yours, several ideas were conveyed in a very curcuitous fashion. Half the sentences in there were unnecessary. andrasNov 25, 2003, 6:55am
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> The Lady, try shortening the lengths of your posts. After reading that
> charter idea of yours, several ideas were conveyed in a very curcuitous > fashion. Half the sentences in there were unnecessary. > > Excuse me - that IS the official NG Charter for the community group. She simply reposted it which is a good idea to do it frequently especially for users who doesn't read the older posts <hint hint>. -- Andras "It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson) bowen ten.sardna@newobNov 25, 2003, 7:24am
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