[Systems] Trac moderation confuses users

Aleksey Lim alsroot at member.fsf.org
Mon Nov 22 02:54:15 EST 2010


On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 06:26:10PM -0500, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> Adding Seth on cc, as he's not subscribed to this list.
> 
> On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 18:23 -0500, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> > Sascha,
> > 
> > we should tell people how moderation works, probably in the front page
> > or in the new ticket page.
> > 
> > <isforinsects> bernie: well that's part of my first quesiton.  Bugs are moderated?
> > <isforinsects> also, there seem to be very few listed bugs in my query
> > <bernie> isforinsects: give me the url...
> > <isforinsects> bernie: I can't.  My bugs are moderated and I can't even find them.  I'm 'sethwoodworth' on trac
> > <bernie> isforinsects: I think you should ask silbe to mark you as someone who doesn't need moderation
> > <bernie> isforinsects: we had plenty of trouble with spammers
> > <bernie> alsroot: are you a moderator of trac?
> > <bernie> isforinsects: damn we should really tell people abut this!
> > <isforinsects> I hadn't registered on this trac install, or I don't recall my old username.
> > <isforinsects> bernie: my thought also
> > 

Moderation happens only for new users, imho, good enough method. We just
need to have common email address like bugs@ and point it to all trac
admins.

-- 
Aleksey


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