First of all I am a firm believer that less is more. Especially so in the case of sticky threads. Anyone that is a board regular on forums which have these mod discussion threads are aware of their existence. Frankly for a newbie or infrequent visitor, a RBP or PM to the moderators should suffice. When we receive a question concerning moderation, the DL mods always respond and when possible provide an explanation as to why we took a particular action. Needless to say, there are situations which we cannot discuss what has taken place, especially so when suspensions are issued.

Also I would like to remind everyone that the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...vacuation.html thread is unique in it's history. It was the first one allowed by Randy on FT when discussion about moderation was not allowed as per the TOS. In fact there was another DL mod discussion thread that Randy closed and never reopened on the DL board.

There were 2 factors that convinced the DL mods at the time to keep the http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/delta...vacuation.html thread going. The first was that there was a violent reaction to having the DL board moderated by many of our members. Secondly the SkyMiles program was in the midst of a drastic reduction in benefits and there was a popular uprising of Medallions taking place. The www.saveskymiles.com movement (which I was a proud member of) was going full blast and the DL moderators had their hands full keeping the board civil and also removing duplicate and triplicate posts.

IMHO the bottom line is that LESS IS MORE and we don't need a forum dedicated to moderation input or placing a mod discussion thread in each forum.