Regarding Deleted/Locked Threads

    Boscoe - Locking and perhaps deleting an abusive thread is one thing, but locking and deleting a thread just because it has become a haven of spam is something else. As for the Moderator CoCs, I can find more sites if you wish but I do not think that it would accomplish much; I´ve made my point <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Chips - I never said anything about Moderator´s writing their own rules, nor did I make any criticisms regarding the current set of TLR rules. I simply stated that I felt that it would be in everybody´s best interests if the new rules ie. the Moderator´s &quot;Code of Conduct&quot; was made publicly available. Does that seem unreasonable?

    <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>I must also state my opposition to thread and post deletion. I feel that it is something that should *only* be done under exceptional circumstances. Locking a thread and then deleting it because it it spam-filled seems like over-kill. Surely a *click* coupled with a post by the staff member in question explaining their rationale for locking the thread is sufficient. What´s the harm in leaving a spam-filled thread up? It would encourage more spam? *Rolls eyes* <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> Sorry, my post was in direct response to that - where i thought you were questioning/disagreeing with moderators about how to undergo their task, and the rules for which they now operate under. As I said, that is for admins to comment upon, not moderators. The administrators set out the rules as they wish for us to carry out the task of ensuring the forums run in the way they wish. If I have the wrong end of the stick there, then I apologise. <font size=1 face="trebuchet ms"><BLOCKQUOTE><hr size=1 noshade>In perhaps amending the Code and/or forum &quot;Rules and Regs&quot; based upon the input of the forum posters may be a good idea, because it would allow them to have a direct say in the way in which the forums are overseen. Such a scheme would work by posting a thread in an appropriate forum and perhaps having it linked to the frontpage, and getting some intelligent and productive discourse made available. After all, if people provide input to a process or procedure, they are more likely to follow it because they were personally involved in its creation. <hr size=1 noshade></BLOCKQUOTE></font><font face=´trebuchet ms, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica´ size=2> The rules and regs are the way the owners/administrators - the people who provide the site which you partake in, wish for other people whom use the website to adhere to. This is the same for the vast majority of internet sites, infact, probabily all of them. As always, if you dislike a rule - then you can always email the admins - putting forth your arguement - and hope that they will make some changes. As the rules always stated, we prefer input into these areas via email. I would ask that you respect the wishes of the staff, and follow those proceedures. Edited by - Chips on 4/6/2005 2:28:27 AM

    it´s very rare i ever disagree publicly with my firry-eared clleague, but in this respect I feel that his suggestion is unreasonable and impractical. firstly, it is *their* site; they *the staff* can run it anyway they want. In view of the staff´s recent efforts to reach out to the membership, which you are well aware of, i think they really ought to be given some credit for that. personally speaking I trust whatever Eraser decides to do will be for the benefit of the community as a whole and won´t be anything unreasonable. secondly, democracy works very well in *another place* where everyone knows each other, precisely because of its privacy; in an open public forum, that level of democracy cannot work. For that reason, public discussion of a Code of Conduct would be self-defeating. thirdly, said Codex isn´t finished yet and is very much a work in progress, as you know full well, Bunny-boy. This is neither the time nor the place for a public debate and you know you have other channels you can use to get your point across, which are just as if not more effective than open forums.

    It´s not my fault! Arcon made me do it! Anyway, the discussion of the CoC was only a suggestion and I actually *wasn´t* aware that that new CoC hadn´t been finalised when I made those posts. I am aware of that now however <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Edited by - esquilax on 4/6/2005 5:06:58 PM