While I am not regularly vociferous in my criticisms of moderation in the Delta forum, I want to point out the following examples as of late, as I look at page one of the Delta forum:

This thread is definitely off-topic for the Delta forum, but nobody seems to mind. It is the only off-topic thread currently active in the Delta forum, but Delta FlyerTalkers seems to be enjoying it. The moderators even contributed to that thread.

This thread was locked by gleff — and rightfully so. Nobody complained about this thread being locked — at least, to my knowledge.

Other threads that were either off-topic or contained heated debate eventually died of their own volition. Once in a while, they may be brought back to life, but that is the exception rather than the norm.

What I am trying to say is that the regulars of the Delta forum have often expressed how they feel about moderation through advice and opinions, as well as heated debate — and these moderators listened by adjusting their methods of moderation.

In light of the way the Delta forum has been moderated as of recently, it should be regarded as a prime textbook (web site?) example of how a forum should be moderated.

I would like to express my thanks and congratulations to Rssrsvp, obscure2k, gleff and bdschobel (in no particular order), the four moderators of the Delta forum, for an excellent job in moderating that forum. I have never been a moderator, so I am not sure as to the travails of that voluntary position. It must be a thankless job — but not at this moment. Thank you for listening, Delta forum moderators, and please keep up the good work.