Biblical Hebrew Forum

[fred putnam <fred.putnam AT gmail.com>]

I concur heartily with R. Sherman-Gold.

Fred Putnam

On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Yodan <yodan AT yodanco.com> wrote:

> Restricting posts to 2 (or 3?) a day sounds like a great idea!
>
> If someone feels strongly about their post, they can send it on the next
> day, but it will give them time to rethink and maybe rephrase!
>
> This can be done while the moderators go ahead with their plan of "keeping
> a
> slightly tighter grip on the reins", especially when it comes to the tone
> of
> posts.
>
>
> R. Sherman-Gold
>
> YODAN Publishing
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Noam Eitan
> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 5:34 PM
> To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Announcement from the Moderators
>
> That's a bit of an anti-climax, or a cop out. I am a list member on
> opera-l,
> which is devoted to discussions about opera. The potential there for
> trouble
> is much larger. What takes care of most of it is that members are
> automatically restricted to up to 2 posts a day. Anything beyond that just
> gets automatically bumped back to sender without the moderator(s) having to
> keep any grip on the reins.
>
> Noam Eitan
>
> Brooklyn, New york
>
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 22:42:25 +1000
> > From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
> > Subject: [b-hebrew] Announcement from the Moderators
> > To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Message-ID: 
> > <C81F5FD1.11E91%george.athas AT moore.edu.au<C81F5FD1.11E91%25george.athas AT moore.edu.au>
> >
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> >
> > Dear Members,
> >
> > We are aware that the tone of some of the recent
> > discussions have been disturbing to many of you, and we
> > appreciate your thoughts on the matter. Since the inception
> > of this list, we have always attempted to encourage free
> > discussion and have avoided any censorship of ideas. We
> > acknowledge that professional scholars as well as
> > non-professional all have much to contribute to the study of
> > the Hebrew language in its biblical context. We have also
> > always allowed discussion to "wander" from the strictly
> > linguistic and to include historical and literary aspects of
> > the biblical text as well, as we understand that language
> > cannot be studied without an understanding of its wider
> > context. All of this still holds true. However in light of
> > recent activity on the list, we will be keeping a slightly
> > tighter grip on the reins, and will be more active in
> > curtailing threads that seem to be going nowhere or that
> > seem to be degrading into shouting matches. We hope that all
> > members will practice
> >  self-control and not force us to take stronger measures.
> >
> >
> > GEORGE ATHAS
> > YIGAL LEVIN
> > KIRK LOWERY
> > (Moderators)
> >
>
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