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Administration => Public Staff discussion => Topic started by: Sepp on May 10, 2008, 08:46:48 pm

Title: Moderation guidelines
Post by: Sepp on May 10, 2008, 08:46:48 pm
Matthew Woodring Stover said:
There are no rules. But there are rules of thumb...


So you're basically saying that we should try not to use any of our moderation powers, not to delete, edit and lock things?? Yeah that's exactly it. They're only secondary options, fallbacks.

You don't need any special board permissions a normal user doesn't have for the most important moderation work. That also means you don't even need to be Moderator in order to moderate. :o

[i]Pirates of the Carribean[/i] said:
Hang the code, and hang the rules.

They're more like guidelines anyway.
Title: Re: Moderation guidelines
Post by: Sepp on January 13, 2010, 06:49:01 pm
One should always double-check before taking action, always.

This whole situation personally disgusts me, from both the "mod" and the "user" side. This whole "issue" should have ended on the first post.

"In an act of trying to contain this random, an innocent thread was destroyed.". Honestly?

I really think that as mods we should only act whenever the situation calls for it; trying to "contain the random" is a really stupid concept in itself that goes against forum activity. If this is what we want then the rules should be revised immediately. If I were in his position I would completely understand the feeling of being "targeted", the wording of posts didn't help either.

[T]he moment you start playing their game is the moment you start giving them reasons to continue, changing your avatar and your nick was uncalled for and a really immature move on your part. It was the right cue to take action, let only the action take place and nothing else. Remember that we are nothing but users that have been trusted with the task of keeping the forum healthy and leading by example.