27 Mar '08 14:21>
Originally posted by adramforall
Who decides what is acceptable and what isn't?
...It should be the members as a whole, after the site-owners define the boundaries appropriate to a 13+ site. It's not the task of the moderators to censor other people's words, only to carry out the wishes of (1) the site owners (2) those members who are upset or offended by some other poster.
If people thinks something is unacceptable then click the Alert Moderator and say why. If the post should be removed, it will.
...But the Forum Moderator then has to make an impartial assessment of whether the claim is valid, or whether the alerting member has a hidden agenda. Sometimes there is not sufficient grounds and the post must be allowed to stand. A post alerted by two individuals is 99% guaranteed of removal.
All the forums are subject to, and should remain subject to, the same moderation regime.
...Threads often wander off topic, this is not necessarily a hanging offence, if it is apparent that the original topic has been abandoned we will move the thread to another forum, if we are alerted by an appropriate member request.
Thanks adram for providing me with the material for the Q/A format. 🙂
Who decides what is acceptable and what isn't?
...It should be the members as a whole, after the site-owners define the boundaries appropriate to a 13+ site. It's not the task of the moderators to censor other people's words, only to carry out the wishes of (1) the site owners (2) those members who are upset or offended by some other poster.
If people thinks something is unacceptable then click the Alert Moderator and say why. If the post should be removed, it will.
...But the Forum Moderator then has to make an impartial assessment of whether the claim is valid, or whether the alerting member has a hidden agenda. Sometimes there is not sufficient grounds and the post must be allowed to stand. A post alerted by two individuals is 99% guaranteed of removal.
All the forums are subject to, and should remain subject to, the same moderation regime.
...Threads often wander off topic, this is not necessarily a hanging offence, if it is apparent that the original topic has been abandoned we will move the thread to another forum, if we are alerted by an appropriate member request.
Thanks adram for providing me with the material for the Q/A format. 🙂