[Mod-discuss] Re: Review of IETF Community Moderation

[Brian E Carpenter <[e-mail]>]

On 16-Sep-25 10:59, Jay Daley wrote:
>> On 16 Sep 2025, at 10:56, Nick Hilliard <[e-mail]> wrote:
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>> Jay,
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>> Can you unroll your suggestion a bit?  As I read it, either you're proposing something which is redundant (i.e. topics which are valid for discussion are valid for discussion),
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> Pretty much that, just seeing if making that explicit in a different way will address Simon’s concerns about possible misuse.
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>> or else you're proposing to exclude all valid topics from being subject to moderation, even if the topic delivery is disruptive (which is contrary to my understanding of what the charter is aiming for).
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> I was specifically talking about the policies - the rules that the moderation team draws up - not that moderation actions, which of course have to say something like "in your post about X topic you …"

I'm not sure it would really clarify much. What would clarify is what I suggested recently ("Writing as a moderator, in your post about X topic you...").

    Brian

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> Jay
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>> Nick
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>> Jay Daley wrote on 15/09/2025 23:35:
>>> Simon
>>> Would a statement along the lines of "the moderation policies must not include any reference to topics that are valid subjects for discussion within the IETF standards process" fix this for you?
>>> Jay
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