On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:43:22 +0000, Matt B wrote:

> Simon Brooke wrote:
>> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:09:05 +0000, Matt B wrote:
>> 
>>> Peter Clinch wrote:
>>>> However, a place on a pass list is
>>>> earned, so is that such a bad thing?
>>> What are the (actual) required qualifications?
>> 
>> The actual required qualification is that you don't troll, you don't
>> get into needless disputes, and you don't make extra work for the
>> moderators.
> 
> Ah, I should be up there soon then.
> 
> Hang on though... who gets to suffer if the mods make extra work for
> themselves by picking on an individual who does neither of those things,
> but whose views are unwelcome?

I've no idea. When such an individual comes along, perhaps we'll find out.

-- 
It's much better if the moderators are mysterious and arbitrary, and 
every moderation decision is unexplained and final.