Author: KarinsDad
Date: 21:03:58 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 23:35:33, Dave Gomboc wrote: [snip] >> >>My recommendation is to Email to Steve and the moderators asking for more >>details on why a message was deleted and also asking that it be re-posted if it >>was not offensive. Let the 4 of them make the call. Is this fair? >> >>KarinsDad :) > >In all post deletion cases, enough information should be provided to a poster by >a moderator that there is no doubt as to why it was deleted. > >Dave As a general rule, I agree. But mistakes do happen (both by moderators and by members reading an Email) and I personally would prefer that a member Emails Steve and the moderators and ask any pertinent questions first. This view is different from one of making assumptions based on the original Email by the moderator which indicated the reason for the deletion, and then posting a message which just gets people riled up. It's always possible for a moderator to make a mistake such as deleting 2 different posts in a short period of time and accidentally Emailing the wrong reason to one of the people involved. Who knows? Stuff happens. Why propogate it when maybe, an actual mistake was made and the post may be restored without any of the hard feelings associated with a message posted by an irate member. Moderators have lives as well and it is always possible that a misunderstanding could occur due to a quickly fired off Email. And members are human too. Some people may not be thinking clearly when they get a post deleted (e.g. they could be annoyed) and they could misinterpret an Email by the moderator. Again, who knows what could happen? My only point is that it isn't always necessary to IMMEDIATELY bring it to the attention of the entire forum. KarinsDad :)
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