Giovanni Greco

Usenet

Statute of Democratic Moderation

Lo statuto originale, pubblicato su Usenet il 29 settembre 2000, per una moderazione democratica dei newsgroup. Il testo è riportato in inglese, così come fu pubblicato.The original statute, posted to Usenet on 29 September 2000, for a democratic moderation of newsgroups.

  1. Three months after the result of the ballot, the first elections must be held; in the first three months the newsgroup is not moderated.
  2. In the first legislature the newsgroup proponent is elected by right; voting lasts fifteen days.
  3. The moderation team is comprised of five moderators (plus two backups, the first of the non-elected candidates).
  4. Any of the newsgroup’s posters may stand for election as a moderator.
  5. Only the newsgroup’s posters may vote and each user may vote for one single legislature at a time.
  6. The elected moderators hold office for a year and may stand for re-election.
  7. Each moderator may moderate only one newsgroup at a time.
  8. After the election the moderators shall elect a spokesman (the one who gets most votes) to handle any explanations on news.admin.moderation (a simple majority of three moderators is required to replace the spokesman).
  9. Should one or two moderators resign, their place will be taken by the first of the non-elected candidates; should the majority resign, new elections must be held within a month.
  10. A moderation commission (fifteen members plus seven backups) must be elected every year by users to settle controversies in all the newsgroups.
  11. Anyone may stand for election as a member of the moderation commission.
  12. Outgoing members of the moderation commission may stand for re-election.
  13. During their period in office, commission members may not moderate newsgroups.
  14. The moderation commission shall elect a spokesman (the one who gets most votes) to deal with the official posting of its decisions on news.admin.moderation (a simple majority of eight members is required to replace the spokesman).
  15. Should members of the moderation commission resign, their place will be taken by the first of the non-elected candidates; should the majority resign, a new election must be held.
  16. In the case of a member’s absence for more than two months without giving notice, the moderation commission may propose a substitute (confirmed with a simple majority).
  17. In the case of an article considered off-topic, the moderator shall submit the article to the moderation team: the decision of the majority of the moderators, voting within 24 hours, shall be final. Should the ballot result in a tie, the article shall be considered on-topic. In the case of an article considered off-topic by the moderation team, the poster shall be notified, explaining the reason why, and also informed of the existence of the moderation commission on news.admin.moderation, to which an appeal can be made.
  18. A simple majority of the moderators may propose the suspension of a moderator to the moderation commission (which, with a simple majority, may confirm the suspension).
  19. In the case of appeal to the moderation commission regarding users’ articles, the decision of the majority of the commission members, voting within 48 hours, shall be final. Should the ballot result in a tie, the article shall be considered on-topic.
  20. In the event of disputes not settled unanimously the moderation commission must specify how members have voted.
  21. The moderation commission may suspend individual moderators or the whole moderation team and call new elections.
  22. Suspended or resigning moderators may not stand for re-election at the next election held by the same newsgroup.
  23. Should part of the moderation team fail to comply with a decision taken by members of the commission, the spokesman for the moderation commission shall report the incident to the person in charge of the hierarchy (David Lawrence) so that the moderation bot owner be notified, or for rmgroup should there continue to be problems.
  24. A 2/3 majority of the commission members may write new rules for moderation or may change the rules contained in this Statute.
  25. For each moderated newsgroup there must be a corresponding unmoderated one.

Proponent: Giovanni Greco

Il messaggio originale su Google GroupsThe original post on Google Groups

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