Originally Posted by
RSSrsvp
Every forum on FT is different as you well know. What has worked on the DL board might not be needed on another forum.
I am totally opposed to having a dedicated forum for moderation input. In addition, if there is a thread on a particular forum for this purpose as we have on the DL board one would think that a longtime member like yourself would trust the judgment of the moderators on those forums as to whether or not we need a sticky. In addition, on forums that do not have these mod discussion threads you should also trust the judgment of those mods as to the need for a thread such as this. BTW, the DL mods could have simply closed down our mod discussion thread in 2003 and used the TOS as our reason but we totally understood the need to have this dialogue with some of our members and opted to keep it open. In my book this is called a judgment call.
If the mods on a particular board decide to start such a thread there would be no argument from me.
The bottom line is that the TB should allow the mods to decide if this is needed and have a little faith in our decision making process.
As I say upthread, I agree with you that best practice seems to be a thread in a forum rather than a dedicated forum. And that sticky-ing these threads is needless.
However, I disagree with the notion that each mod should be able to make up their own rules for 'their' forums. There are doubtlessly judgement calls to be made by mods every day. But I think allowing feedback and collaborative input to day-to-day management is more of a structural call than a judgement call. Or at least it should be.
In fact, looking at the DL thread today, it appears that not even every mod of the DL forum has the same view of allowing collaborative feedback in that thread.
The inconsistency both within as well as among forums should, imho, be addressed, implementing a best practice FT-wide so that posters get a consistent and meaningful opportunity for collaborative input site-wide.
If there is a down-side to this, I have yet to see it articulated or demonstrated.