Dear Archlinux Governing Board, I formally request a review of how and why I am moderated on AUR. I have been given no explanation, and my posts (including the one below) simply do no make it to the list and I receive no determination on them. After being a member for more than 15 years, I feel this action was unprofessional, uncalled for and completely arbitrary and the result of an "I'll show you" abuse of position rather than a legitimate use of moderation authority. I strongly suspect this was the result of an off-list reply explaining to Jelle that I didn't appreciate him jumping into a thread and claiming to be able to read my mind. That was uncalled for, inappropriate and to suggest he knew my thoughts was utter speculation. This has been going on for months, and apparently the moderation is permanent as I've been given no information on when the sentence will end. I've always been respectful and mindful of my posts and this was no different. I formally appeal the determination and request a review and full determination on the merits. There was no justification for this and we should have all grown beyond kindergarten and wanting to show who is top-dog on the playground. That has no place in open-source. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: What is the policy/thoughts on embedding icons/emojis/unicode glyphs in package descriptions in PKGbUILD Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:13:21 +0000 From: aur-general-owner@lists.archlinux.org To: drankinatty@gmail.com Your message to the Aur-general mailing-list was rejected for the following reasons: The message comes from a moderated member The original message as received by Mailman is attached. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.