[Bioc-devel] Helping with moderation/cleanup of the support site

[Dan Tenenbaum]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Tenenbaum" <dtenenba at fhcrc.org>
> To: "Sean Davis" <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>
> Cc: "Steve Lianoglou" <lianoglou.steve at gene.com>, bioc-devel at r-project.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:13:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Helping with moderation/cleanup of the support site
> 
> Hi Sean and Steve,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sean Davis" <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov>
> > To: "Steve Lianoglou" <lianoglou.steve at gene.com>
> > Cc: bioc-devel at r-project.org
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:08:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] Helping with moderation/cleanup of the
> > support site
> > 
> > I've been meaning to suggest the same thing. Istvan can probably
> > clarify
> > the details of who can do what on biostars, but it really does
> > improve the
> > site to have active moderation if that is technically feasible.
> > 
> > Sean
> > On Sep 24, 2014 2:00 PM, "Steve Lianoglou"
> > <lianoglou.steve at gene.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > > I'm curious if you "we" could help w/ some moderation/cleanup of
> > > the
> > > support site by granting folks access to edit posts (spelling,
> > > code
> > > formatting, tags, etc)?
> > >
> > > On biostars and (I think, SO) these things are "handed out" based
> > > on
> > > reputation, or whatever -- we could do the same here, or you
> > > could
> > > choose to do some application process with appropriate
> > > fingerprint/background checks ... something.
> > >
> 
> Good idea. I was under the perhaps mistaken impression that with
> enough reputation, one would automatically earn the right to
> moderate posts.
> I'll look into it some more and find out what the deal really is, and
> let people know.
> 

OK, Istvan says that there is no automatic granting of Moderator status. So we will discuss today a policy for awarding it to trusted users.

Thanks,
Dan


> In the meantime we will discuss giving moderator status to long-term
> trusted users.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan
> 
> 
> > >
> > > Just a thought,
> > > -steve
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve Lianoglou
> > > Computational Biologist
> > > Genentech
> > >
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