Hey Kevin. Yes, I remember your situation when you first arrived. I wasn't a moderator then. In fact, there was no forum moderation at all for about the first 6 months, not until Dave Smith later stepped up and took on the thankless job amongst the many other contributions he has personally made at his own time and expense. I appreciate your request and intend to do that. I apologize for any confusion that has resulted recently. Truthfully none of us relish the role of moderator. We would really prefer that the forums function on a self-moderation basis, as has been stated numerous times in numerous places. And, quite often, it has and does. It is usually only a handful that seem to involve themselves in continual conflict that eventually wears thin on everyone's temperament (including their own) resulting in ... intervention. There had been so much of it (noise) recently in these 3 lower, "nether" regions (kevin wrote:Arc-us,
Before the crash of this site, I was blocked from posting on this site, I presume because I was stepping outside of accepted and proven science and theories.
Now there is a seperate section, called new insights , and mad ideas.
I appreciate your efforts to contain threads on track, and do not envy your task.
Could I ask that if any post is moved, or at worse removed, a note is left informing of where/why, please.
As a dowser, I am ever so well used to the skeptic, the ridicule, the term,"BURN THE WITCH"
The constant cry for PROOF.
I am seeking that proof, and feel that contained in this wonderfull site are the people from all walks of life seeking that proof, none of us can be right all of the time.
There's a good old saying,
Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.
Kevin
) that I simply didn't (haven't) had the time to be particularly neat about things and give proper notice of what was occurring, especially when it came to deletion of inappropriate posts. In some cases the posts contained appropriate discussion but were so interlaced with inappropriate ad hominem and rancorous commentary that it would take hours to manually edit and annotate every deletion ... so yes, in some cases the baby has been thrown out with the bath water. As the ones involved in the recent polarization become [hopefully] self-moderating, and the place settles, moderation will return to a minimal level and I, for one, can take the time necessary for proper notation of the whys and wherefores of any given moderation action, especially post deletions. It is mostly a matter of traffic load. Thanks for your remarks, Kevin. I am entirely resonant with you on the matter. You are most wise in noting that "none of us can be right all of the time." Unfortunately, it seems there's a corollary, "some of us can not be wrong any of the time."
best,
bryan
