The news is true and has been for some time, though I've tried to be professional about it and not broadcast individual names and actions. There have been several posts lately that seem to indicate this is fairly unknown and that I am not doing anything. Factly not true. There are currently 5 members serving 'timeouts' from FlyerTalk - where their user names are disabled. There have been 3 other members who have served their timeouts over the last month. Actions taken have been the result of the use of inapropriate language and flaming. These two items are the focus of our efforts to moderate in the background without anyone feeling overshadowed. As in sports, anyone who flames and flames back is subject to a possible timeout. The first timeout is for one week. The second time out is for one month and there is no third timeout. All who have served timeouts so far (except for one person) have been more than reasonable of the penalty and have told me they respect the decisions and actions.

I am preparing a "State of the Union" address to all members alerting them to formal actions that can be taken by FlyerTalk, and that should be emailed to all current members shortly.

It is not my goal to become a firmly entrenched police person on this board. However, I am concerned that some members have not been able to stay on topic and frankly, I enjoy the information far too much to allow this to be spoiled for the many who do continue to enjoy the contributions and takeaways.

I have also spent the last month addressing the issue of multiple user names. Because of the large number of members that this effects, it will take some time to resolve, but it is being addressed (some 900+ members with roughly 2814 total multiple user names).

However, I will not name those being addressed for any action and why actions were taken and prefer to operate in the background. Why? It's simple. There are tens of thousands of members registered here on FT (and hundreds of thousands who lurk each month) and only a handful of people are our problem childs. I will not be the one that crys'Fire' in the theatre when only two people light a cigarete.

I would ask that this community continue to stay on topic and each share in their roles as members to give and take.

I hope I have answered your question of what is being done. As for the line: don't flame or be drawn into reacting to a flame and we will never have a 'chat'. Best advice of all: Talk travel and remember what your Mother taught you - play nice with others.