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Originally Posted by DARISC
Regarding that thread, i stand with the pilots.
At any rate, I think the thread should have been moved to PARF after the first few posts rather than staying in place and stinking up PPOT before a moderator finally closed it.
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I disagree - PARF is a forum for Religion and Politics. It is not a forum where derailed threads go. The problem with PPOT is that if someone posts up a controversial topic, the subject matter is not treated with respect and civility. Female pilots have nothing to do with religion or politics. The thread got derailed because folks here can't seem to comprehend how to engage in a controversial topic without flinging poo. Incidentally, the OP requested that the thread be closed, and then action was taken.
jeffgrant: what you propose is interesting, but if those requirements were placed upon the moderators here, then I would respectfully resign as a moderator. There are two of us who primarily moderate the OT sections -- Todd (Nostatic) and I. We don't get paid for our work, and we both have full scheduled outside of these boards, believe it or not. Thus, we don't have time to read everything, or as you suggest, read and then approve appropriate content and delete inappropriate content.
These boards are not passive or actively moderated - they are
self-moderated. IE: if a member of these boards takes objection to a post, they can very easily hit a button and report a post to a moderator. Additionally, if a mod comes across an objectionable post, he has the ability to take action. Most forums that I have participated in follow this same model - it is proven, and it works, as long as the following takes place:
1. The members post
mostly appropriate stuff. (ex: less than 10% of the posts need attention/deletion/modification by a moderator)
2. The members use the "report this post to a moderator" button for the 10% of the posts which are inappropriate.
3. The mods are fair in their actions.
Then there is that grey area - posts just short of a personal attack, posts which push the limits of the rules...etc. At that point, it is a judgement call by the mods -- sometimes we clamp down, and sometimes we let it slide. We try to be consistent, but that is not always possible. I think we let things go more than most places, which allows people to speak more freely - but unfortunately, some members take advantage of that freedom.
Oh, and BTW: m21sniper has been banned permanently from these forums at his request.
Carry on,
-Z-man.