[Reader-list] list protocol

[Monica Narula]

Dear All,

As List Administrator I have previously requested that list members  
desist from frivolous posts and from personalized attacks.  Despite  
this, we have continued to see a spate of posts that can be seen as  
nothing short of flaming.

I have received repeated requests from several list members asking  
for some intervention on account of the abusive content, tone or  
language of postings, or to the way postings pay no heed to the  
purposes of this list. We have so far refrained from doing so because  
this is a space committed to freedom of expression, and we value this  
freedom highly.

Taking advantage of this freedom, however, to indulge in a very high  
volume of posts that effectively dominates the discussion list for  
days and weeks on end is also not very good for the health of freedom  
of expression on the list.

Keeping this in view, I would like to request the following high- 
volume contributors not to post to the Reader-list for a period of  
two weeks in order to allow other discussions to resume.  I hope that  
after this "cooling-off" period, exchanges between these contributors  
will be more considered, and more considerate of the need to allow  
space to other voices.

Shuddhabrata Sengupta
Gargi Sen
Zainab Bawa
Partha Dasgupta
Pawan Durani
We Wi/Dhatri
Rahul Asthana
Kshmendra Kaul

Thank you.

regards
list admin

Monica Narula
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