I’m currently a mod here on lemmy. I would at the very least click the link before banning or removing. In the link, they’d see this note:
L’Anarchia was written in 1891, appeared in English translation in the monthly journal Freedom (September 1891—June 1892) and was reprinted as a pamphlet by Freedom Press in 1892.
The mod of r/books should be even slightly aware that anything printed before 1929 is public domain
How much time have you spent complaining about it here, as compared with trying to talk directly with the mod who removed it to address the problem with them?
Edit: Maybe I’m kind of being a jerk about it and I apologize if so. But it sounds from like your answers like you maybe haven’t spoken directly to the mods there about it, but just went to some other venue to complain, which seems like a bad way to handle it if that’s accurate. Anyone can make a mistake or etc. If you never talk with them about it, then they’ll never find out or have a chance to correct it.
In which case I would direct the same statement to the aggrieved party, or maybe a note to the mods “Hey just so you know this thing’s in the public domain, did you still mean to remove it?” before jumping to mods are fash dsfkjhsdgkjhser. Mostly I spoke up because the title, to me, is misleading – they didn’t “want to discuss” they “wanted to post full text” which can attract a whole different reaction (whether mistaken or not is a different issue).
As a moderator I’m sure you know that overwork or lack of time / attention is a reality sometimes, and complaining to someone other than the person who’s in a position to fix things is rarely a good place to start. Again if they tell you to get lost, it’s a different story.
I’m currently a mod here on lemmy. I would at the very least click the link before banning or removing. In the link, they’d see this note:
The mod of r/books should be even slightly aware that anything printed before 1929 is public domain
How much time have you spent complaining about it here, as compared with trying to talk directly with the mod who removed it to address the problem with them?
Edit: Maybe I’m kind of being a jerk about it and I apologize if so. But it sounds from like your answers like you maybe haven’t spoken directly to the mods there about it, but just went to some other venue to complain, which seems like a bad way to handle it if that’s accurate. Anyone can make a mistake or etc. If you never talk with them about it, then they’ll never find out or have a chance to correct it.
I’m not the aggrieved party here, and I deleted my reddit account several months ago.
In which case I would direct the same statement to the aggrieved party, or maybe a note to the mods “Hey just so you know this thing’s in the public domain, did you still mean to remove it?” before jumping to mods are fash dsfkjhsdgkjhser. Mostly I spoke up because the title, to me, is misleading – they didn’t “want to discuss” they “wanted to post full text” which can attract a whole different reaction (whether mistaken or not is a different issue).
As a moderator I’m sure you know that overwork or lack of time / attention is a reality sometimes, and complaining to someone other than the person who’s in a position to fix things is rarely a good place to start. Again if they tell you to get lost, it’s a different story.
Anyway that’s enough time spent on that