https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges Track the most recent changes to the wiki in this feed. en MediaWiki 1.43.1 Thu, 14 May 2026 12:47:02 GMT https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2026-05-07&diff=4420&oldid=4418 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2026-05-07&diff=4420&oldid=4418 <p>Clarification of communications from misc.tax.moderated moderator</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 09:34, 8 May 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="diff-multi" lang="en">(One intermediate revision by the same user not shown)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Present: RL, MM</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Present: RL, MM</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Apologies: TM</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Administration</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Administration</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL has re-familiarised himself with where the STUMP setup process previously got to.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL has re-familiarised himself with where the STUMP setup process previously got to.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: Response from Jonathan Kamens noting that he is no longer responsible for hosting the asktax.org domain, and giving a contact address for the last known moderator. MM reports that the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">moderator </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">no longer interested and </del>there should therefore now be an RFD to decide what to do with the group.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: Response from Jonathan Kamens noting that he is no longer responsible for hosting the asktax.org domain, and giving a contact address for the last known moderator. MM <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has contacted the moderator, who </ins>reports that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">he has nothing to do with </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">technical side of the moderation system and that the group </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">effectively dead. MM suggests that </ins>there should therefore now be an RFD to decide what to do with the group.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|comp.binaries.cbm}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|comp.binaries.cbm}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.</div></td></tr> </table> Fri, 08 May 2026 09:34:47 GMT Rayner Lucas https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Talk:Minutes/2026-05-07 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2026-05-07&diff=4418&oldid=0 https://www.big-8.org/w/index.php?title=Minutes/2026-05-07&diff=4418&oldid=0 <p>Page creation</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Present: RL, MM<br /> Apologies: TM<br /> <br /> * Administration<br /> ** {{news|comp.lang.asm.x86}}: RL has re-familiarised himself with where the STUMP setup process previously got to.<br /> ** {{news|misc.taxes.moderated}}: Response from Jonathan Kamens noting that he is no longer responsible for hosting the asktax.org domain, and giving a contact address for the last known moderator. MM reports that the moderator is no longer interested and there should therefore now be an RFD to decide what to do with the group.<br /> ** {{news|comp.binaries.cbm}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.<br /> ** {{news|rec.arts.anime.creative}}: RL contacted the prospective moderator to ask for a status update and whether they are still interested in moderating the group.<br /> ** {{news|comp.protocols.dns.bind}}: Reply from Dan Mahoney for an update on the mail-to-news gateway; he reports no progress since our previous correspondence.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Meeting minutes for 2026]]</div> Thu, 07 May 2026 19:49:44 GMT Rayner Lucas https://www.big-8.org/wiki/Talk:Minutes/2026-05-07