Re: [UUPoly-L] Public Archives Redux

["Dwight A. Ernest" <dwighternest@gmail.com>]

Hi, Tara, I think you misunderstand. It is indeed technically very
easy to switch the list archives from public to private. It is however
very hard to edit the archives to remove individual posts to expunge
all evidence of participation as some who hve had second thoughts have
from time to time requested.

-Dwight

On 2009-08-29, Tara Shakti-Ma <dakinitara@tantrikapath.com> wrote:
> Hi Dwight:
>
> I'm just getting back from some adventures, and just saw this.  All the
> lists I own/moderate are private....archives are not visible to non-members
> and everyone must give a lucid and relevant reason to join.   In the Yahoo
> format this is just a couple of clicks to accomplish.  I'm sorry to hear
> that to make that transition for this list would be so difficult.   However,
> my vote, if that is what you're asking for, is "private".
>
> Namaste':
> Tara Shakti-Ma   )O(
>
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> within the next 6 months (hopefully)!!
>
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> © Copyright Tara Shakti 2009
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dwight A. Ernest
>   To: uupoly-l@uupa.org
>   Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 8:11 AM
>   Subject: [UUPoly-L] Public Archives Redux
>
>
>   Those of us who moderate or manage the list from time to time receive
> notes
>   from folks asking us to expunge evidence of their having been participants
>   here. (List archives get indexed by search engines like Google, of course,
>   because, as noted in the disclaimer which appears on every message, the
> list
>   archives are public. However, the list of members' email addresses is
>   private, so if you just receive and never send, no such publicly-indexed
>   evidence will exist.)
>   While this expunging is technically possible, the process is onerous
> because
>   it's complicated and time-consuming. It also raises some ethical dilemmas,
>   such as how to handle others' quoting of the requester's content in their
>   own responses.
>
>   So I put the question to you all, dear fellow manager/moderators, and to
> you
>   as well, dear contributors: Should we make the archives private?
>
>   -Dwight Ernest
>   Mosaic Commons Cohousing in Sawyer Hill Ecovillage
>   (We are looking for neighbors!)
>   Berlin MA USA      +1.860.532.0650
>   dwighternest@gmail.com
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-- 
-Dwight Ernest
 Mosaic Commons Cohousing in Sawyer Hill Ecovillage
 (We are looking for neighbors!)
 Berlin MA USA      +1.860.532.0650
 dwighternest@gmail.com