Originally Posted by wharvey
In regards to letting people post their deals to a general forum and gaining access if a moderator moves the thread is not appropriate. First, our TOS states that you should be posting to the appropriate forums... that suggestion just encourages people to violate the TOS.
The TOS could be adapted to reflect that exception. Here is a suggestion:
"Error fares are to be posted in the error fare forum. If a user does not yet have acess to the error fare forum but believes he has found an error fare, he may post this fare in the mileage run forum. Should a moderator consider the fare to fit the requirements for the error fare forum, the post will be moved to the error fare forum and the user will be granted access to the error fare forum."
Bingo. "Problem" solved.
Originally Posted by wharvey
Second, that would place the moderator in the position of determining whether the "value" of the post warrants admission to the secret club.
Moderators make judgment calls all the time (and almost all of them show very good judgment almost all the time). So whom to trust more with determining whether a post belongs in a forum or not than our highly esteemed moderator corps?
Originally Posted by wharvey
Finally, only Randy and his team currently can grant exceptions to the CC and SPAM requirements... not the moderators. I see no reason to add that to their plate.
I think Wingnut has made a very good case and explained the reason.