Moderators Responsibilities

oncesubtle wrote:

O.k, that didn't work. How about; How would you moderate this board?

Sorry about that derailment.

In my opinion you guys have it right, and strike the right balance. You have the Octagon which is where everyone can go to behave badly, and that is inevitable on these forums. And you moderate the other forums with.....as you said....."common sense applied consistently".

Don't change anything.

Ya'll doin a GREAT JOB....
an for mah part .... I just wanna say to those sensitively feeble... I'm Sorry....
I've Probably Been In The Grapes & Ruhbarb Again!!

Hoxx Luvs Ya !!!

moderate with your conscience, you know who is out of line and what is off limits.

viajero wrote:

espíritu del lago wrote:I never said not to write or speak in another language. I said:
Another thing I find amusing is when people speak or write in Spanish thinking that only the buds they're addressing understand. That goes for other languages also.

So I guess you thought that only your buds would understand what your handle meant,espiritu del lago?

All I can say is that....he is easily amused....but I did get a chuckle when somebody started writing in Russian.
Some of my worst enemies speak Spanish, in fact, only Spanish. I wouldn't put it past anyone on this board to comprehend, at least a little, or even a lot of, Spanish....sobre todo, es México.

slainte39 wrote:

viajero wrote:

espíritu del lago wrote:I never said not to write or speak in another language. I said:
Another thing I find amusing is when people speak or write in Spanish thinking that only the buds they're addressing understand. That goes for other languages also.

So I guess you thought that only your buds would understand what your handle meant,espiritu del lago?

All I can say is that....he is easily amused....but I did get a chuckle when somebody started writing in Russian.
Some of my worst enemies speak Spanish, in fact, only Spanish. I wouldn't put it past anyone on this board to comprehend, at least a little, or even a lot of, Spanish....sobre todo, es México.

I don't believe I have any Enemies.... Only Competitors....
least usta be..... anyone wanna Golf

hockables wrote:

I don't believe I have any Enemies.... Only Competitors....
least usta be..... anyone wanna Golf

I think you are trying to address your buds in English....sort of.

viajero wrote:

espíritu del lago wrote:It is obvious who the agitators are.

The agitators?
Without agitators this forum would be boring as all get out IMO, .

Big difference between "agitation" and personal attacks.

IMO would be for the jerks (define that term as you want) to be shunned by the members of the board as to their negativeness and personal attacks . The jerks thrive on people who either respond in kind or defend themselves. Ignore them long enough, deprive them of the "nourishment" of responses, and they will give up. That's how I do it; I give their posts all the attention I feel they deserve, which is none.

In other words: Consider the source and don't waste time on the likes of them.

IMO of course.

Jerkiness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder--er, the bereader. Well, you know what I mean.

Lady Otter Latté wrote:Jerkiness, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder--er, the bereader. Well, you know what I mean.

Or the beheader?

This forum ain't broke and doesn't need fixing. Carry on.

I believe that if you want to follow official "Robert's Rules of Order" - the moderators are bound to provide all board members with liquid refreshments during Swarm meetings.

"I believe that if you want to follow official "Robert's Rules of Order" - the moderators are bound to provide all board members with liquid refreshments during Swarm meetings." --

I believe that rule would be found in Robert´s Rules of Disorder.

I moderate the Events and Paws, Claws Fins and Feathers forums. Doesn't seem to be much controversy going on there. However there was an event awhile ago where someone jumped in and made several nasty and negative comments about a particular event. I moved those nasty comments to the Octagon since I didn't see any value to the comments concerning the event - just someone looking for a fight. I like at least the two forums to be about the subject. If someone had a bad experience I have no problem if they state that, but I don't want any nasty stuff or fights in those forums I moderate. At least their comments still exist in the Octagon so there is freedom of speech, but I like to keep these forums about the events and the animals.

And PS I rarely read the Octagon.

simpsca

Sounds like a sane and sensible policy, simpsca.
Thank you and the other mods for the time you spend helping with the forum. I appreciate it.

I noticed that the mods are now editing the posts of members. That is worse than deletion, IMO.

Rolly tends to set an excellent example on MexConnect where he posts that he made an edit and the reason why.

seisdedos wrote:I noticed that the mods are now editing the posts of members. That is worse than deletion, IMO.

Speaking for this mod, no, I just delete 'um.

seisdedos wrote:I noticed that the mods are now editing the posts of members. That is worse than deletion, IMO.

I don't edit people's posts either (except once by accident).

IMHO youse guys are doin' it right. If it aint broke - don't fix it

CanuckBob wrote:

seisdedos wrote:I noticed that the mods are now editing the posts of members. That is worse than deletion, IMO.

Yep, if you post crap (IE.personal attack) outside the Octagon, the crap will be culled off if the post is otherwise usefull, or it will be deleted entirely if it is total crap. I guess yours was only partial crap........go read the rules.

Get real. Saying someone is a chump is now against the rules_

i believe you can call them a knob. bob has nuked a coupla my posts when i responded to a knob in kind. no big deal, i say-SNORK!

CanuckBob wrote:You can call em anything you want in the Octagon. Knob, chump, butt nugget, ass breath, etc....makes no difference to me.

BTW....all that "knob" stuff was culled out of the general section too.

Oh yeah? When? After pedro brought it up?

The rules seem to be simple with consequences clearly spelt out. Don´t know why anyone is having a problem understanding or following them. It ain´t rocket science.