- iamthey
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The only coin for which I have to purchase loyalty is honor.
Prognatus Archos
Sometimes I just do not understand some of this community. I just saw four posts about moderators get locked simply because they involved the discussion of a group of people. These threads were positive, (even the moderators were participating.) and not caustic in anyway, yet they were locked why? Because they discussed Moderators, and thus were in violation of a rule regarding the discussion of people. I believe that in this case these rules were taken out of context.
The rules are created to prevent distasteful threads that falsely accuse, or attack individuals personally. Yes these rules need to be enforced, but there needs to be a bit of judgment on the part of the one who is doing the locking. It is the moderators job to interpret the rule, and see it the thread in question was in any violation. In this case, these threads were not discussing any individual. And second they were not harming anyone.
In a bureaucratic system instead of taking responsibility, and making a judgment, or decision they pull out the rule book, and look for some obscure rule to decide for them. These rules were not created to be inflexible, they were not created to be so rigid they were created to fit specific circumstances. Now if those four posts had been openly attacking a specific individual then I agree, they should be locked, but in this case they were not, in this case they were innocent questions. There is no moderator info page, and there is little discussion pertaining to the topic. People tend to want to know more about who they are, and what they can do (Moderators that is.). In my opinion at least the best way to do that is not to pull out the rule book, and shove it in their face. The most effective way to answer their question is with the creation of some on site info page explaining exactly what they are, and what they can do. That way you avoid the asking of similar questions again, and you don’t offend someone who was simply curious.
What does everyone else think? Do we want people to judge situations, or do we want inflexible, rules to decide for us.
I apologize if this is offensive to anyone, I am not meaning to single out anyone I am just bringing up the point that the moderators need to use their judgment, and the rules, not just the rules.
-Iamthey
[Edited on 10/4/2006]