"This mailing list has a moderated membership policy. Please explain why you would like to join the list."
This is for an "open standard", people.
This is for an "open standard", people.
On the plus side, they did approve my "membership", but still.
I've seen a similar case where the moderation was just spam prevention and anybody whose explanation passed the turing test was accepted; I believe that the text gave an idea that this was the reason for the moderation, however.
Otherwise, WTF.