Perhaps it (the thread) was moved because the guy whose name appears on this forum does not necessarily share the views about the sunshine law. Note that it's not the only thread that was moved out of ORP. I am a betting man, and I've got $20 that it's not a coincidence. edited to add: Randy beat me to the punch, so clearly I win $20. If he brings them back, I lose the bet.

The reason (and I'm speaking for myself here, certainly not Randy or any other moderator) that mods like to discuss their actions (or potential actions) among themselves is to avoid exactly what we have had here in the last 3 days.

Mod1: User X is doing something bad.

Mods2-5: discussing action.

Consensus: ask Randy to intervene in the form of a timeout.

Can you imagine what this would look like if it was deliberated in the open? If User X is part of one of the many established cliques?

And, the funniest part about all of this is that, with the exception of the OMNI "exception," the moderators lack the ability to actually time somebody out from a technical perspective. Randy (or somebody at webflyer) has to be the trigger.

Forget that example. Let's say I have a thread that I happen to think needs to be intervened in or perhaps locked. Why in the world should I not be able to discuss that in confidence with a group of people who are peers (in terms of being able to move/lock/edit threads)? It can (and has) often resulted in much better decisions for flyertalk as a whole.

edited to subtract: a bunch of theories that Randy confirmed before I got the chance to hit submit.

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[This message has been edited by ClueByFour (edited Feb 02, 2004).]