Board Moderators For World And Local News Board

[Teddy]

:roll:

You clearly don't understand. And considering other recent handling, strongly doubted.

What I'm saying is, if you see that there is DEDICATED members to moderating a section, you are more inclined to think twice about RULE BREAKING.

This is similar to why police patrol an area, the sheer force of presence of those dedicated are a method of crime prevention.

[Devin]

I see you like capitals and bold. 
I still see no advantage on having a dedicated moderator for the section, members will still break the rules no matter what.

[JayL]

Actually the tools disponible to local moderators are not very intimdating... I don't think an excess of people who can only give a warning of 20% every day will contribute to solving anything.

[Teddy]

Again, it isn't punishments. Its the presence.

presence - The state or fact of being present,  as with others or in a place.

I see you like capitals and bold. 
I still see no advantage on having a dedicated moderator for the section, members will still break the rules no matter what.

Take away all levels of Moderation for a day. Remove all levels of reprimanding, punishments and ban all with those to do so for only a day. You'll see a sheer spike in the amount of rulebreaks. You don't see it affecting much as of right now mainly because this is already in a degree in affect. However, that doesn't mean the theory doesn't work.

[SugarD]

SugarD: what do you mean with not all managers being able to moderate certain boards?

Exactly that...

[Pandalink]

hurting people's feelings

Oh no!


Frankly I don't see what was wrong with the old Politics & Religion section.
Or failing that bring back Kill-Zone. :roll:

[SugarD]

Oh no!


Frankly I don't see what was wrong with the old Politics & Religion section.
Or failing that bring back Kill-Zone. :roll:

This topic explains why, as did the Server Owners at one point.

Also, the sarcastic "Oh no" about people's feelings being hurt isn't exactly the greatest thing to say here, and it's not appreciated. Bear in mind, our community is a friendly one. We aren't here to just RP and not care about how others feel.

[Matt Murdock]

Not needed, I don't think that board should be censored at all, or it won't even exist no more. However, Gandalf still moderates it, and if anyone among the current forum moderators only Caltson can be the one to take ''correct'' decisions there.  :devroll:

[Radagast]

As for the number of reports received, I don't know where people get these low numbers from, because I make more reports than that in a day myself.

And don't we know it! :roll:

Perhaps it's a case of certain people being prudish here. It's better to let an argument resolve itself without intervening than throwing down the hammer. Getting into the habit of reporting every post in sight, just because someone feels that it might possibly offend someone, isn't the way to go. By doing that, we're bordering on political correctness, where nobody can say anything without being chastized for possibly maybe causing offence to someone at some point in time.

I'm all for moderation, indeed it takes up a lot of my time, and I'll stop a situation from escalating if I can see it's going to, but senseless moderation for moderation's sake belongs in censored countries.

Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone has one, and some of them stink, but everyone's entitled to hold one, even if others don't agree with it. Others may hold an opinion of equal value, but it's his right to.

[SugarD]

By doing that, we're bordering on political correctness, where nobody can say anything without being chastized for possibly maybe causing offence to someone at some point in time.

Political discussions aren't even allowed to begin with, so it shouldn't even be an issue in the literal sense.

As for border-lining on it, I'm not saying to correct statements we don't agree with. I'm talking about the things where people say things that attack the other user or clearly break the rules.


If you guys want examples, I'm sure I can provide plenty that are clearly breaking the rules, but I'm not here to point fingers. I just want the negative image of our community to cease, and players get back to respecting each other. This board is not an excuse to get around the rules.

Not needed, I don't think that board should be censored at all, or it won't even exist no more. However, Gandalf still moderates it...

Presently, as it stands, there are no board-specific Moderators for that board. Only those with Global Moderation or specialty rights, or Administrators, can moderate the board right now, and it doesn't appear to be working very well as those with those rights tend to have their focus in more important areas.

As for censorship, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about enforcing the rules. Censorship has nothing to do with that. When someone is flaming and provoking someone else because they don't agree with their opinion, that is breaking the rules. When someone is just giving a point of view that differs from the other users', without attacking the other user, then that is a simple debate, which is perfectly fine within the rules, as it even states.

There is no need for people to flame, provoke, or otherwise attack one another just to get a point across. The point of the topics are to discuss the news articles and what people think about them...not what they hate about every other person posting in the topic.

[Lionel Valdes]

Deploy a forum bot, set sensitivity level HIGH, and let it handle the job.

[KhornateMonkey]

Deploy a forum bot, set sensitivity level HIGH, and let it handle the job.

ba dum tsss


I think that if Managers+ were to have board moderator ranks, like JayL said, the issue would be solved. There would be no need for a forum bot, and there wouldn't be so many errors that a forum bot would create.

[Lionel Valdes]

I gave my opinion, I was not trolling..

[Pandalink]

I gave my opinion, I was not trolling..

Did you reply to a post that isn't there anymore, or did I miss something?

[Ratko Gavrilovic]

World and local news definitely needs board moderators.
It's highly active and most of the time threads go off topic.