Wow, so much for peace and harmony around here. As I've done before in another post, let me set the record straight about moderation and the goal of it here....

The goal of the moderator is to:
- contain and guide the direction of conversation

- lock and/or delete posts which contradict or conflict with the User Signup Agreement

- point newcomers (with what we all would call "newbie" questions) to the correct resource to find the answer

- report users who may be consistently violating the guidelines of the User Signup Agreement

That's basically it as far as the duties of the moderator.

Now, as far as policies on moderating posts, I think we'll just get in the habit of deleting (vs. editing) posts of a questionable nature. No sense in leaving garbage around that just clutters up the system. Therefore, going forward, if your message is deemed "questionable" by the moderators (and yes, that's up to them to deem it that way), it will be deleted. If a moderator determines that the majority of a thread is valuable, and just a small number of the posts in the thread are junk, only the questionable posts should be deleted. If the majority of the posts in a thread are junk, then the entire thread should be deleted.

Yes, I'll be putting more moderators in place when the new forum upgrade is complete toward the beginning of next month. If you have disputes about any moderator, please e-mail the moderator and copy me (jamie@maxima.org) on the e-mail so I can know what's going on.

If anyone has questions, feel free to e-mail me.

 

I love bill.. he keeps me sane

 

Thank you Jamie. I found this to be very informative and professional.

 

jambo: do you read most of the posts here at maxima.org or do you only glance through once and a while? how many hours a day do you spend on maxima.org just curious

 

Just check the "User's Online" from time to time and you'll see me watching.

 

Big Brother is watching

i think we had a full moon or something this past week. it has been a lil crazy...

 

Whats it take to be a moderater? What are the requirements? It seems to me once in a while some moderaters will be rather partal, which seems counter productive.

 

Anyone picked to moderate is going to have opinions, it's more important that they step in where there's a problem and close threads, move threads, talk to members privately if necessary, etc.

 

How long do moderator's remain in office?

 

Until they get the pink slip from the big man up top.

 

These moderators are fine. Unless if you want to add me to the team

 

I'm getting scaried

BTW, we should have like an election NO RECOUNTS!!!, however wins, will be "trained", on the Duties of Moderator..

MY 2Cents

 

No we shouldn't, because being a moderator isn't a popularity contest. Such an election would be.

 

it's cool how modertators here don't in a way scream at members. I think everything is still under some control, alot of fellow members try to step in and put things in order.

 

For you all.

 

arent some of the big wig dudes that run churches called moderators too??????

 

Question for you: When is the content on the main page going to change? Kind of old and outdated with events from June and July on there. Almost September. Will it change soon? Keep up the good work.

Shadou