I'm not sure this is the right place (if not, a moderator will undoubtedly move this ), but I think it would be appropriate to have a discussion area for feedback on whether moderators are correctly exercising their judgment/discretion, particularly in moving threads.

For example, the thread, "Federal Frequent Fliers May Be Freed to Keep Miles" was recently moved from "MilesBuzz" to "In the News" by a moderator. While from a technical standpoint it does refer to a newspaper article covering proposed legislation, the substance of the discussion is about the proposed legislation, not the newspaper article.

Further, the substance of the proposed legislation is of major importance to many on this board.

I don't know about the rest of the folks, but I personally seldom look at "News" anymore. For some time now that forum seems to have deteriorated into some sort of a clipping service serviced (in the main) by one individual, and the posts are (to me) usually trivial or of little interest in general. Note, for instance, how often either no response is generated, or the response is posted by the same individual who posted the topic. I suspect most FlyerTalkers would not have learned of this proposed legislation had the only mention been in the "News" forum.

I would submit that this thread is indeed "Discussion of the latest frequent flyer buzz..." and thus was properly situated in MilesBuzz.

Now, let me also say that I realize these are judgment calls, and reasonable persons may reasonably differ on some of these calls. I sugest this type of forum/discussion only to assist the moderators in "calibrating" or fine-tuning their exercise of discretion. And finally, I certainly do appreciate the introduction of moderators. They are needed (in my opinion), unfortunately, and they do good work. I'm simply trying to make some constructive suggestions here.