Closure of the Limerick Coronavirus thread

Insect Overlord wrote: »

It's happened before where awkward topics have come up in Regional forums. Sometimes debates come along that are just too complex for volunteer mods to look after in detail.

The issue here is that the mods never held their hands up to explain their position. We'd all understand if the message was "Sorry folks, this is above our payroll. We'll mod it as best we can, but we know that nobody in this forum is an expert. Please don't be dicks to each other."

Instead, from the start, the mods have tried to tie everything to "Keep it relevant to Limerick, OR ELSE." Some of the posted mod warnings have gone through extreme feats of cognitive gymnastics in an effort to prove that posters were posting things that aren't 100% specific to Limerick. That kind of contextual material doesn't break any of the traditional rules. It's not illegal, or immoral, or even simply annoying, and yet it has provoked over the top reactions.

I've been carded and banned for trying to point that out, which is technically fair enough. Back seat modding is a clear charter violation. It just flies in the face of the community spirit that most of us in this thread are looking for.