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Christian Moderator for Christian Forum

  • 06-07-2015 10:20pm
    #1
    am946745
    Closed Accounts Posts: 676 ✭✭✭


    Is it time for a Christian Moderator for Christian Forum?

    Is it time for a Christian Moderator for Christian Forum 2 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    100% 2 votes


Comments

  • #2
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,786 ✭✭✭brian_t


    am946745 wrote: »
    Is it time for a Christian Moderator for Christian Forum?

    There was a thread about this in the Feedback forum you might be interested in reading.


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057409206


  • #3
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,768 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    My own unsupported opinion, and trying not to channel my inner-mod or my Catholicism.

    On the one hand, it is good to have a dialog on the governance of a forum which could be funnelled back to the charter.

    On the other, speaking as someone who has been posting here for a while, there is a very spirited (non-pun) level of discussion on the mostly Christian related threads. Thus there is rather large workload on the volunteer moderators, and historically there has been numerous turnovers of Mods here. So while have been excellent explicitly Christian Mods before (Excelsior etc) what is key is to have engaged and balanced members who act fairly within the Forum charter: which the current Mods are providing.


  • #4
    homer911
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,150 ✭✭✭homer911


    I feel our existing moderators do a good job in sometimes tough situations. If they are not Christian, they provide a good level of impatiality while still fulfilling the forum charter.


  • #5
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    This has come up before. A few years ago there was an unpleasant episode where some posters were outraged that none of the moderators at that point was Catholic. There is no obligation on Boards to ensure that different groups are represented in a mod team. The only questions that should matter is if the current mods are interested in the forum and do they apply the charter fairly? As far as I'm concerned, the answer to both is a resounding yes. It isn't an easy forum to moderate at times, as I know from experience.


  • #6
    hinault
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭hinault


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    This has come up before. A few years ago there was an unpleasant episode where some posters were outraged that none of the moderators at that point was Catholic. There is no obligation on Boards to ensure that different groups are represented in a mod team. The only questions that should matter is if the current mods are interested in the forum and do they apply the charter fairly? As far as I'm concerned, the answer to both is a resounding yes. It isn't an easy forum to moderate at times, as I know from experience.

    Yes BC your recollection is correct, and I was one of those who did call then for the appointment for a Catholic moderator and, or, a Catholic sub forum where Catholics could discuss issues with one another.

    I think that the moderators here do a good job for the most part.

    But the Religion and Spiritual section of this site would be improved with the creation of a Catholic subforum.


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  • #7
    Delirium
    Moderators Posts: 51,917 ✭✭✭✭Delirium


    MOD NOTE

    Locking this as it's not germaine to Chrisitianity, but is rather a discussion relating to moderation of the forum.

    If posters feel that the mod team aren't able to provide a certain level of moderation due to their respective religious/irreligious slant then the correct procedure would be to go to Feedback.

    Brian_t has provided a link to an existing thread in Feedback about this very topic. I would suggest that people read it as it has input from Admins regarding the idea of choosing mods based on their religious beliefs.
    brian_t wrote: »
    There was a thread about this in the Feedback forum you might be interested in reading.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057409206

    If you can read this, you're too close!



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