How is the KB-L Newslist moderated?
The KB-L Newslist has specific rules governing membership and the posting of messages on the list. The KB-L list rules are not unique and are fairly uniformly applied in many professional newslists around the world. While the published rules are quite detailed, they are all common sense: no personal attacks or attacks on the Foundation, only messages related to Kerries, no commercial posts, and no obscene language. As with most special interest lists, a moderator oversees the newslist. In the case of KB-L, except for the first message, messages are NOT reviewed by the moderator before they are posted. When a subscriber violates the published rules, the moderator has several options. He may require that that person submit her posts to the moderator before they are posted for all to see (“on review”). Or, in severe cases, he may ban the subscriber from the list or even petition Lsoft to ban her/him from ALL listserv lists. A KB-L subscription is a privilege, not a right.
