Interview the Mods

[TameFarrar]

Also when a post gets deleted it gets made invisible while it remains in the thread right? (It could also be transfered to a trash bin forum) But do you suppliment those posts with comments containing the reasoning as to why it has been deleted?

As for deleted threads, they go to a forum trash bin I assume? Do the mods supply comments with the reasons for their decision in those deleted threads?

Just to expound on this question

When we *soft delete* a post we do normally leave a note on it so other Mods can see our reasons for deletion. That way if one of us has an issue with it we can discuss it back in the Mod Forum.

We have been known to go back and just {snip} out sections of a previously deleted post after discussions because due to the fact that this forum is world wide some things don't always have the same meaning in one country that they do in another.
So we discuss that, weigh the pros and cons of the offensiveness and snip out what needs to go but leave what can be left so the person in question can still have their post.

Then we inform the person that select things are not accepted *Globally* and can not be posted here

This also helps us update the filters so they apply on a more *World-wide* basis.

Deleted threads are treated the same way for the most part unless as Skydiver said they are just completely irredeemable. Then they go to the *thread-dump*. We can still see them but you can't BUWhahahahaha

[parisindy]

Mods don't break the rules

Dude i loves ya but we both know thats not true

[Gregorius]

Question time: How many PMs do you get on average notifying you that you were wrong and are a meany for closing/deleting posts and threads?

[Integrabyte]

Question time: How many PMs do you get on average notifying you that you were wrong and are a meany for closing/deleting posts and threads?

...it will take them a while to count them . We'll wait here two weeks for an answer .


*Greg, you are every where *

[Gregorius]

It seems that I am, for that I'm also being called an Ori or so I read somewhere on the forum.

[Pegasus_SGA]

read thsi http://forum.gateworld.net/showthrea...highlight=team

Ah yes, I remember Major Clanger, she used to hit me with her spoon. Ahhhhh the good old days, now instead of an indent, I just get thwacked with a wet noodle, that gets stuck in my hair for days. Thankfully Tame is their to hug me better and all is right with the world!

Ah Sky you know I luffs ya really Just one question, please tell me them noodles are fresh.

Ok so it's late and now i'm brain dead.

[Kliggins]

major clanger's pink rat???

oh, that's a story all on its own

You could call it a "pink rat"? Aren't those fighting words?

[Gregorius]

Are we going to see The Spoon vs The Noodle?

Question for the mods: Who would win if The Spoon, The Noodle, the Hug and the Paddle would enter a Battle Royale?

[SunKrux]

can we ask for autographs too ?

Can we ask for hugs? Can we drone on endlessly about our lives before we ever get to the question? ;D

[KatG]

major clanger's pink rat???

oh, that's a story all on its own

Ah yes. The Pink Furry Rat Thing otherwise know as a PFRT.

*runs away*

What the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

why did she stop being a mod??? (some say she's crazy)

*pops back in quickly*

Actually she finally came to her senses.

*runs away again*

[Skydiver]

Question time: How many PMs do you get on average notifying you that you were wrong and are a meany for closing/deleting posts and threads?

it depends. Sometimes none. Other times we're taken to task publically in a thread, sometimes in the ask the mod's thread, and other times we get reds for our efforts.

Of course, i have also gotten PM's of thanks, greens for doing something and had folks thank me in a thread

[jelgate]

Okay, joke time. Who prevents Sky from getting too power mad

*runs away from Sky's noodle*

[Erik Pasternak]

why did she stop being a mod???

Let's just say it involved blackmail, tartar sauce, an orange hippopotamus, several canisters of industrial waste, and a plate of cold goulash.

[TameFarrar]

Dude i loves ya but we both know thats not true

ssshhhh you think I would say I broke the rules ....

You could call it a "pink rat"? Aren't those fighting words?

*whispers* we are hoping MC doesn't notice the thread and see the faux paus

[TameFarrar]

Question time: How many PMs do you get on average notifying you that you were wrong and are a meany for closing/deleting posts and threads?

I can honestly say I have only gotten a few of those. Usually when I get that type of PM it is due to someone wanting me to acknowledge that they are vastly superior to me in intelligence and they know more than I.

I usually sit back, smile, shake my head and say, "Dude...its a Star Gate Forum....but if you want to feel as if the Nobel is riding on this..have at it."

I try to just not take anything personal since I don't get personal when I am talking to someone on a Moderating level