Re: [AGA-mcm] AGA Discussion Forum

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

--- Phil Edwards <biotypical@hotmail.com> wrote:

> It all depends on how public friendly we want the site to
> be.  I'm staff on 
> a couple sites that are fairly intolerant of
> offensive/flammable material 
> when compared to a place like APD.  Usually a post will
> be "edited for 
> content" and the public is asked to keep things on the up
> and up for the 
> duration of that thread's discussion. 

If you edit, then you are liable for the content, whether
you agreee with what the content says or not.

> If the user is
> habitually problematic 
> they'll be booted.  

That stands to reason, if they are hawking wares or
libeling someone or talking nasty.

> Two of the sites have an archive for
> pre-edit copies of 
> the offending posts as a butt-cover.

That sounds liek a good idea.
> 
> I'm personally in favor of strong moderatorship and a PG
> rated code of 
> behavior.  Aquariums are a family friendly hobby and we
> should keep our site 
> that way.  One thing I would like to avoid on our site
> that I see on a lot 
> of others is a sub-forum specific moderator(s).  We would
> be better off 
> having a contingent of global moderators that take care
> of the whole site.

More than one seems right, but the policy has to be
consistent. So it seems to me that someone has to exercise
some oversight.

sh
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