Author: KarinsDad
Date: 08:21:36 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 09:51:09, Steven Schwartz wrote: >Nominees... How about this one? >If a member's message is deleted and the member chooses to >defend his position on the CCC Message Board, should he be >permitted to? And if so, to what extent? >- Steve (ICD/Your Move) I think it is fine to defend a position here. However, you first have to have something to defend. Just because a post is deleted does not mean that you have something to defend. The basic idea of moderation for an inappropriate post is to delete it and send an Email explaining the basic reasons to the appropriate party(ies). If someone gets a message deleted and thinks that it is unfair, the FIRST thing they should do is Email Steve and the moderators asking for more detail and/or explaining why they thought deletion was appropriate. If a mistake was made, it can then be corrected WITHOUT a major thread on it. However, if no mistake was made, then the moderators can respond back that they feel no mistake was made, etc. At this point, if the member still feels that his message was deleted inappropriately, then he can post a message to the board. However, the problem that usually occurs here is that a member will say "Moderator x deleted my post unfairly and then sent me this mean Email about it ...". I understand if a member is frustrated, but starting off a message in this vein is also inappropriate. The LAST thing you want to do as a member is post controversial messages concerning the deletion of a post. The moderators try to be fair, but when people rant and rave aggressively and point fingers at the moderators, they are setting themselves up for another deletion. Now, some troublemakers WANT to have a second and third post deleted JUST in order to be able to proclaim how unfairly the moderators are being. This is just being a nuisance and such a person should be given a warning to shape up or they will be shipped out. I think that everyone has a right to express their opinion, however, they do not always have a right to express their opinion in whatever manner they wish. Examples of poor expression are: "My post got deleted, so I quit CCC.". Come on, grow up. If you wish to not post here due to a conflict, then do not post here. Do not post that you will no longer be posting here. This is an intentional troll. "My post got deleted and I cannot believe the Email I got from the moderator over it.". The contents of an Email between a moderator and a member should NOT usually be up for discussion. If the moderator goes WAY overboard with an Email, forward a copy of it to Steve. He can decide impartially whether he should talk to the moderator over it. Just because a member thinks that an Email is overboard does not mean that any other reasonable person will think that and we do not need a controversial thread here on it. "My post got deleted and it had nothing wrong with it. The previous poster was the culprit.". Sometimes threads get deleted. Just because a given message is non-contentious does not mean that the entire thread isn't way out in left field. If an entire thread or an entire branch of a thread gets deleted, DO NOT make a big deal over it. Chances are that you were responding to the inappropriateness of the thread anyway, so let it go. I have no problem with people disagreeing with a deletion on the message board, but pick your fights wisely. If you are cursing up a blue streak in the message, DO NOT post a message on how unfairly you were treated just because you were responding to someone else who mildly cursed at you. The more ALL of us try to resolve these conflicts off of the message board, the more ALL of us can read more posts on computer chess related topics. KarinsDad :)
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