Moderation Discussions

arbilad · arbilad

Moderation in Bountiful is accomplished by several moderators. If you disagree with the action of any one moderator, please either contact another moderator to help you resolve the issue, or start a public discussion in the Moderation area. If requested by the complaining party, a panel of modera...

arbilad · arbilad

This is the area to discuss rules, moderation decisions, or moderators. Other discussions may be summarily deleted. -- Edited by arbilad at 15:33, 2007-12-27

arbilad · arbilad

I have had to take the unfortunate step of banning RayB. Ray has recently repeatedly violated the rules of this forum, apparently with the aim of testing the moderation system. According to the rules of this forum: If you choose to not abide by the rules, your posting privileges may be suspended or you...

bokbadok · bokbadok

Quick suggestion: I think that all the mods should be able to edit and delete posts on all forum areas. Arbi is too busy to monitor the forum, and Hoss's post this morning has stood for hours longer than it should have. Just as an example. Just my opinion...

arbilad · arbilad

Hoss Cartwright has been banned. I must confess mystification as to why he chooses to spread hate and derision. But he won't be doing it here any longer. Hopefully now we can get back to our regular programming.

Hoss Cartwright · Hoss Cartwright

Hey, Arbi and Mirkwood: Cocbeam swore on the "goodbye" thread. -- Edited by arbilad at 19:25, 2008-04-22

bokbadok · bokbadok

It's getting so a body can't even post without getting edited anymore. Arbi, you need to get your minions under control!!

rayb · rayb

It was discussed privately among the moderators, and the moderators have decided to change the intent of this forum and the method of moderation on the board. From now on, The moderators will simply take action as they see fit. There will be no more public or private notification of the moderation ta...

arbilad · arbilad

I deleted a snide comment from the thread Goodbye. It was posted by Hoss. I also deleted a post by Jen referring to Hoss' post. Hoss, we're happy to have you participate here if you abide by the rules of the forum. But this is official warning that willful rulebreaking will not be tolerated.

arbilad · arbilad

Since it seems that Hoss is itching for a fight, I have deleted his post and moved it here. arbilad wrote: DaKnife, please refrain from the use of pejorative words. Just because you do not agree with a source does not make it propaganda. Does the source use incomplete information? Is the information in...

arbilad · arbilad

I am temporarily suspending democracy on this board. For a week from today, I will be summarily deleting personal conflicts, insults, etc. as I perceive them. I'm not perfect, and I won't get all of it. And there will be some stuff that is perceived by some as contentious that I don't perceive that way....

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

Obviously, I have said another bad word by using the word "absurd" in context to a discussion elsewhere and at least ticked two people off in the process...

arbilad · arbilad

There has been quite a big to do over Cat's use of an uncivil word. The argument is spilling over into all sorts of discussions. I've deleted some of those argument extensions, and this is forewarning that I will be deleting any such discussions I find anywhere. This is a warning to everyone to keep a civ...

rayb · rayb

Hope for Ron Paul thread has been temporarily closed, due to a misunderstanding surrounding his website. --Ray

rayb · rayb

The latest discussions about exchanges and counter-exchanges got me to thinking about some basic rules of ettiquette. Here's what I've come up with thus far... Do you agree, disagree? Think there should be different bullet points, no bullet points, fewer? Are they redundant? Do they even need to b...

arbilad · arbilad

I closed the "Attack the Competition" thread. Everyone (yes, everyone) take a deep breath, sit back, and think about if there was a kinder way to put what you wanted to say. Refer to the "Tongue of Angels" thread in the rules area.

rayb · rayb

Alrighty folks. I've not been PM'd or emailed or anything like that, and I have no desire to cause any strife, but this is your forum, folks, and I'm curious. Should I moderate the Marine Sniper joke? Clearly the allusion to profanity is there, and the use of the word "homo" as a derogative st...

arbilad · arbilad

The "I'm back" thread has been closed for contention. Please let me know if you have any objections to this action.

arbilad · arbilad

I have temporarily closed the "virtual vacation" thread. I think that emotions are still raw enough right now that it could easily flare up. I'll reopen it later when it seems that we have all forgiven and forgotten.

arbilad · arbilad

I have closed the "trip" thread in Humor because of the charged atmosphere of the discussion.

arbilad · arbilad

Effective immediately, Cat Herder is no longer a moderator. I appreciate his service, and he helped this board grow at a time when it wasn't clear that there would be enough participation to justify the monthly fees. But, I have decided that it is unhealthy for the board to have a moderator that is freq...

arbilad · arbilad

Since the vote seems to be overwhelmingly in favor of including some private moderation in the process, here is my proposed language for the new rules. Let me know what you think: Thanks to Cat Herder for the bulk of the language of this post. In the effort to remain fair and impartial when emotions, tem...

arbilad · arbilad

There has been much discussion lately about private contact between moderator and offender being more kind than public intervention, which frequently results in humiliation. If you vote yes on this question, I will amend the rules and submit them for approval before making them official.

arbilad · arbilad

I have banned Fear of Shiz, because he no longer meets one of the basic requirements of this forum. Simply put, he is no longer a member of the LDS church. I regret Shiz leaving this forum. I regret him leaving the church. But only he and Casi can determine the path which they will take, and I wish them well a...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

This week, I made two requests to Coco to self-edit small portions of posts she made in two LDS Discussion threads. To avoid confusion and consternation by anyone as a result of these requests, I am posting the reason for the requests here. The first was in "Topics that employ". While raz...

arbilad · arbilad

I edited Ray's post in the Porn thread because it contained a lot of what seemed to me like details of a specific situation, and not an abstraction as is more appropriate to the thread. I will close down the thread if it starts dealing with specific situations.

rayb · rayb

The Chatbox appears to be broken/nonfunctional/disabled or under new management.

bokbadok · bokbadok

I would like to formally request that we adopt a community rule that flushing the chatbox is disallowed.

Hoss Cartwright · Hoss Cartwright

I would just like to renew my request that we make the super-secret vault a place where we post exclusively those things that we don't want non-board participants to see. It's tedious to me to have to log in to see stuff that could be posted anywhere. Frankly, there hasn't been a decent "members...

hiccups · hiccups

As suggested by Cat, I am brining my concerns about the recent moderation in the porn threads here for discussion. Concern #1: I am unclear about standards of posting in the LDS forum. Cat said: Folks, in the effort to keep LDS Discussions threads on topic and gospel related, I may start exercising the...

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	STICKY: Moderation Process (closed) (Preview) Moderation in Bountiful is accomplished by several moderators. If you disagree with the action of any one moderator, please either contact another moderator to help you resolve the issue, or start a public discussion in the Moderation area. If requested by the complaining party, a panel of modera...	arbilad	0	1590	Aug 31, 2006 by Pink Floyd
	STICKY: Discussions in this area (closed) (Preview) This is the area to discuss rules, moderation decisions, or moderators. Other discussions may be summarily deleted. -- Edited by arbilad at 15:33, 2007-12-27	arbilad	0	1585	Aug 31, 2006 by arbilad
	RayB has been banned (Preview) I have had to take the unfortunate step of banning RayB. Ray has recently repeatedly violated the rules of this forum, apparently with the aim of testing the moderation system. According to the rules of this forum: If you choose to not abide by the rules, your posting privileges may be suspended or you...	arbilad	5	4633	May 19, 2008 by DoubleD
	Moderator powers (Preview) Quick suggestion: I think that all the mods should be able to edit and delete posts on all forum areas. Arbi is too busy to monitor the forum, and Hoss's post this morning has stood for hours longer than it should have. Just as an example. Just my opinion...	bokbadok	6	1828	Apr 25, 2008 by Cocobeem
	Hoss Cartwright has been banned (Preview) Hoss Cartwright has been banned. I must confess mystification as to why he chooses to spread hate and derision. But he won't be doing it here any longer. Hopefully now we can get back to our regular programming.	arbilad	4	1676	Apr 25, 2008 by Cocobeem
	Swears (Preview) Hey, Arbi and Mirkwood: Cocbeam swore on the "goodbye" thread. -- Edited by arbilad at 19:25, 2008-04-22	Hoss Cartwright	22	3085	Apr 23, 2008 by mirkwood
	Power Hungry Heavy Handed Goats! (Preview) It's getting so a body can't even post without getting edited anymore. Arbi, you need to get your minions under control!!	bokbadok	19	2644	Apr 23, 2008 by bokbadok
	New Moderation Policy: Where did your post go? (Preview) It was discussed privately among the moderators, and the moderators have decided to change the intent of this forum and the method of moderation on the board. From now on, The moderators will simply take action as they see fit. There will be no more public or private notification of the moderation ta...	rayb	11	1903	Apr 22, 2008 by arbilad
	Snide comment deleted (closed) (Preview) I deleted a snide comment from the thread Goodbye. It was posted by Hoss. I also deleted a post by Jen referring to Hoss' post. Hoss, we're happy to have you participate here if you abide by the rules of the forum. But this is official warning that willful rulebreaking will not be tolerated.	arbilad	13	2185	Apr 10, 2008 by arbilad
	Deleted post (Preview) Since it seems that Hoss is itching for a fight, I have deleted his post and moved it here. arbilad wrote: DaKnife, please refrain from the use of pejorative words. Just because you do not agree with a source does not make it propaganda. Does the source use incomplete information? Is the information in...	arbilad	12	2415	Jan 17, 2008 by mirkwood
	Martial Law (closed) (Preview) I am temporarily suspending democracy on this board. For a week from today, I will be summarily deleting personal conflicts, insults, etc. as I perceive them. I'm not perfect, and I won't get all of it. And there will be some stuff that is perceived by some as contentious that I don't perceive that way....	arbilad	1	1538	Jan 12, 2008 by arbilad
	List of taboo words for Bountiful ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Obviously, I have said another bad word by using the word "absurd" in context to a discussion elsewhere and at least ticked two people off in the process...	Cat Herder	76	8278	Jan 4, 2008 by ACDC
	Deleted a bunch of posts (Preview) There has been quite a big to do over Cat's use of an uncivil word. The argument is spilling over into all sorts of discussions. I've deleted some of those argument extensions, and this is forewarning that I will be deleting any such discussions I find anywhere. This is a warning to everyone to keep a civ...	arbilad	17	2796	Jan 3, 2008 by rayb
	Hope for Ron Paul (Preview) Hope for Ron Paul thread has been temporarily closed, due to a misunderstanding surrounding his website. --Ray	rayb	1	1460	Jan 2, 2008 by Duke of Mirth
	RayB's Basic Bullets of Bountiful Babble: (Preview) The latest discussions about exchanges and counter-exchanges got me to thinking about some basic rules of ettiquette. Here's what I've come up with thus far... Do you agree, disagree? Think there should be different bullet points, no bullet points, fewer? Are they redundant? Do they even need to b...	rayb	10	2532	Dec 15, 2007 by Ros
	Closed the "Attack the Competition" thread (closed) (Preview) I closed the "Attack the Competition" thread. Everyone (yes, everyone) take a deep breath, sit back, and think about if there was a kinder way to put what you wanted to say. Refer to the "Tongue of Angels" thread in the rules area.	arbilad	35	5092	Dec 13, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Humor Forum: Marine Sniper joke (Preview) Alrighty folks. I've not been PM'd or emailed or anything like that, and I have no desire to cause any strife, but this is your forum, folks, and I'm curious. Should I moderate the Marine Sniper joke? Clearly the allusion to profanity is there, and the use of the word "homo" as a derogative st...	rayb	14	3640	Dec 12, 2007 by Duke of Mirth
	"I'm back" thread closed (Preview) The "I'm back" thread has been closed for contention. Please let me know if you have any objections to this action.	arbilad	48	5301	Dec 4, 2007 by Hoss Cartwright
	Temporary closing of "Virtual Vacation" thread (Preview) I have temporarily closed the "virtual vacation" thread. I think that emotions are still raw enough right now that it could easily flare up. I'll reopen it later when it seems that we have all forgiven and forgotten.	arbilad	4	2503	Nov 28, 2007 by mirkwood
	"Trip" joke thread closed in Humor (Preview) I have closed the "trip" thread in Humor because of the charged atmosphere of the discussion.	arbilad	38	5547	Nov 27, 2007 by rayb
	Cat Herder is no longer a moderator ( 1 2 ) (closed) (Preview) Effective immediately, Cat Herder is no longer a moderator. I appreciate his service, and he helped this board grow at a time when it wasn't clear that there would be enough participation to justify the monthly fees. But, I have decided that it is unhealthy for the board to have a moderator that is freq...	arbilad	80	7985	Nov 26, 2007 by Roper
	Proposed new moderation process language. (Preview) Since the vote seems to be overwhelmingly in favor of including some private moderation in the process, here is my proposed language for the new rules. Let me know what you think: Thanks to Cat Herder for the bulk of the language of this post. In the effort to remain fair and impartial when emotions, tem...	arbilad	4	2021	Nov 26, 2007 by LoudmouthMormon
	Open or closed moderation? (Preview) There has been much discussion lately about private contact between moderator and offender being more kind than public intervention, which frequently results in humiliation. If you vote yes on this question, I will amend the rules and submit them for approval before making them official.	arbilad	35	4077	Nov 26, 2007 by rayb
	Fear of Shiz banned (Preview) I have banned Fear of Shiz, because he no longer meets one of the basic requirements of this forum. Simply put, he is no longer a member of the LDS church. I regret Shiz leaving this forum. I regret him leaving the church. But only he and Casi can determine the path which they will take, and I wish them well a...	arbilad	16	2749	Nov 5, 2007 by Hoss Cartwright
	Self edit requests (Preview) This week, I made two requests to Coco to self-edit small portions of posts she made in two LDS Discussion threads. To avoid confusion and consternation by anyone as a result of these requests, I am posting the reason for the requests here. The first was in "Topics that employ". While raz...	Cat Herder	0	1350	Nov 1, 2007 by Cat Herder
	Edited a post in the Porn thread (Preview) I edited Ray's post in the Porn thread because it contained a lot of what seemed to me like details of a specific situation, and not an abstraction as is more appropriate to the thread. I will close down the thread if it starts dealing with specific situations.	arbilad	12	2222	Oct 31, 2007 by rayb
	Victimization of Chatbox... Poor Victim... Poor, poor Victim. (Preview) The Chatbox appears to be broken/nonfunctional/disabled or under new management.	rayb	2	1355	Oct 30, 2007 by Cocobeem
	Chatbox rule - no flushing (Preview) I would like to formally request that we adopt a community rule that flushing the chatbox is disallowed.	bokbadok	42	4237	Oct 25, 2007 by Jen
	Super-Secret Vault (Again) (Preview) I would just like to renew my request that we make the super-secret vault a place where we post exclusively those things that we don't want non-board participants to see. It's tedious to me to have to log in to see stuff that could be posted anywhere. Frankly, there hasn't been a decent "members...	Hoss Cartwright	18	2680	Oct 25, 2007 by arbilad
	Moderation concerns regarding the LDS discussion forum ( 1 2 ) (Preview) As suggested by Cat, I am brining my concerns about the recent moderation in the porn threads here for discussion. Concern #1: I am unclear about standards of posting in the LDS forum. Cat said: Folks, in the effort to keep LDS Discussions threads on topic and gospel related, I may start exercising the...	hiccups	67	246525	Oct 19, 2007 by Cocobeem
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