So apparently I've been banned from this list

Max Zettlmeißl max at zettlmeissl.de
Sun Sep 30 22:28:30 EDT 2018


On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 6:30 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> Notwithstanding Ethan's comment about having posted the suspension notice
> on the list, I see no sign that he actually did so. At the risk of
> further retaliation from the moderators, I am ignoring the ban in this
> instance for the purposes of transparency and openness. (I don't know if
> this will show up on the mailing list or the newsgroup.)
[...]
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: Temporary Suspension
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 07:09:04 -0700
> From: Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us>
> To: Python List Moderators <python-list-owner at python.org>
>
> As a list moderator, my goal for this list is to keep the list a useful
> resource -- but what does "useful" mean?  To me it means a place that
> python users can go to ask questions, get answers, offer advice, and all
> without sarcasm, name-calling, and deliberate mis-understandings.
> Conversations should stay mostly on-topic.
>
> Due to hostile and inappropriate posts*, Steven D'Aprano is temporarily
> suspended from Python List for a period of two months.
>
> This suspension, along with past suspensions, is being taken only after
> careful consideration and consultation with other Python moderators.
>
> --
> ~Ethan~
> Python List Moderator
>
>
> * posts in question:
>
> [1] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-July/735735.html
> [2] https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-September/737020.html
>

I can assure you that I did not receive Ethan's message via the mailing list.
First of all I would have noticed it, if it would have been a separate thread.
But I also just went over all the messages and tried to find it. It
never arrived in my mailbox.



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