A couple of comments:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by robb:
"Bruce, did you email the moderator, flipside? I would think that would be the most straightforward place to get an answer to the question."</font>
Actually, I wasn't going to do anything until a relative newbie made a second posting asking why the first thread had been closed.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">originally posted by zsero:
"Er, why was this closed? How could a question about how to find out the mileage of flights not be related to mileage?"</font>
zsero's question brought the following reply:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">originally posted by gleff:
"If you'd like to comment on moderating, there are a few venues for doing so without opening a new post in this forum about moderating decisions and distracting the MilesBuzz board discussion from miles and points.
You can:
Email the moderators. We all publish our e-mail addresses, and the list of the four of us is on the top of the thread listing.
Post your thoughts in Randy's forum. He chartered the moderators and we continue to be answerable to him. If we are being unreasonable, he can intercede on your behalf. It's his board and he wants to see it run as well as possible, with as much value to members as possible -- so if you have a valid complaint, he will no doubt be receptive.
You can also email Randy directly. He publishes his email address in his profile.
But let's not detract from real conversations about miles and points with threads about moderators.
I hope you'll understand when I close this thread."</font>
And back to your post:
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"I hope you'll agree even if one or two individual posts might leave you scratching your head."</font>
It isn't just one or two posts that leave me scratching my head. Read
Punki's thread
Trigger happy moderators in this same forum.
Maybe it's something in the Northwest air, but I am 100% with
Punki.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">originally posted by punki:
"IMHO only posts containing personal attacks and/or vulgarity, or those posts obviously intended to incite and/or annoy, should ever be deleted. The only situation where I think it would be appropriate to close down an entire thread is when there is a heated battle going on between or among a small number of posters who are posting (attacks upon one another) faster than the mopderator can delete them--in that case just lock it down.
If a thread is simply boring or overdone, it will die of lack of interest and should be given the opportunity to do so--that may be an even better lesson to the poster than closing the thread.
I just happen to dislike that moderation style. You are free to use that style and, as long as I am polite and considerate of others' feelings when so doing, I am free to express my disapproval of the style.
I personally believe that, so long as it fits within generally accepted rules of common decency, post content should be driven by the desires of the community, not the whim of a moderator."</font>
My initial reaction was simply to post in
Punki's thread, but in that case the moderator had answered the question before closing the thread. In this case, there was no attempt to answer the poster's question, and the only response to a second post asking why the first thread had been closed, was the response above suggesting a post to this forum. I know some have questioned why any one other than the originator should comment on a closed thread, but since I doubted that anyone who had only posted 26 or 18 posts was likely to brave this forum, I thought it deserved its own thread.
Bruce