Proposal: Disconnect comp.lang.python from python-list

[Jon Ribbens]

On 2021-05-06, Richard Damon <Richard at Damon-Family.org> wrote:
> On 5/6/21 9:12 AM, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote:
>> Are you saying that the messages that appear occasionally from people
>> such as Ethan Furman claiming to be moderators and alleging that
>> particular people have been banned or suspended are lies? And that the
>> message I received once saying that my comp.lang.python post had been
>> rejected from the list was also a lie?
>
> No, as I mentioned in my other post. a "Moderated Mailing List" is
> generally described as one which EVERY message is hand reviewed by a
> person, and alloweed onto the list. python-list is NOT such a list.

It's a list. It has people who describe themselves as "moderators",
who moderate it. If you want to say that a list with moderators who
moderate it is not a moderated list then feel free to go right ahead,
it's a free planet.

> One advantage of mediums like mailing lists, is that it is quite easy to
> setup methods where all the mail goes through a gatekeeper, and it
> automatically approves most messages, but a limited number of messages
> get held to be reviewed. This is generally NOT described as a Moderated
> List.
>
> Usenet being a distributed system, doesn't support this model.

You are mistaken, that is exactly how a moderated newsgroup works.