Ok im here at last.
First i agree with morbid on all his points..they are well-thought out (as usual) and will work perfectly. However, what i think we need is minimal moderation where moderators do very little - i.e. have the ability to lock threads and in extreme cases delete or block but first of all it should be a communal decision (as was the case on cai9 and ballard).
The last thing we want is randomly deleted threads.
I also agree with dumass
, i think either morbid or vader or preferably both should be made moderators, as, no offence breadfan, they are well known, have been here as long as i can remember (long
) and are respected.
***new idea just appeared into head****
How about some of the most frequent members get a "sub moderator" title - they have the ability to lock, (in extreme circumstances delete threads) but they act for the rest of the community
e.g. an extreme person comes into the forums and posts random abuse and / or rasist posts, then the rest of the community do not want certain posts/ some threads and they are therefore locked or deleted
quickly and he is banned by the "main moderator" namely Bruno and Stephan