Except for forged messages, the moderators will not cancel any messages. The human moderators may update the robomoderator so as to reduce the number of off-topic postings. The responsibilities of the human moderators are to maintain the robomoderator and to handle those situations that require individual attention. The human moderators take over for an unspecified length of time and will be assisted by the robomoderator checking for cross-posts, binaries, and approved posters. The human moderators may elect to give auto-approval status to any number of posters during those periods of human moderation.
All human moderators have the right to accept or reject articles for rec.gardens.ecosystems.
The reasoning behind the temporary shifting to human moderation is to provide the human moderators with the means to deal with difficult situations, these include but are not restricted to flamewars and a high percentage of off-topic postings. Articles that are blatantly commercial and have nothing to do with home gardening or articles that contain foul or offensive language, e.g., flames, are considered inappropriate for rec.gardens.ecosystems. Articles that are aimed at demeaning individuals as a result of their age, nationality, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation are also considered inappropriate. In the event that such an article should appear, the human moderator would contact the author, attach a copy of the group charter as a reference, and request the author's cooperation. In the event that all efforts to gain cooperation fail, the human moderator may elect to have all future articles from that author auto-referred to human moderators for individual consideration.