Soracilla defends the Flood? (mostly a "Joggins Polystrate Fossils" discussion)

I have just added the "(mostly a "Joggins Polystrate Fossils" discussion)" part to the title. This seems to be the main theme of the discussion, even at the beginning of the topic.As a side note, I suspect that Bill Birkeland has already received AT LEAST 3 "Post of the Month" nominations for messages in this topic, with considerable overlap in the content of the various messages.I would recommend to Bill that he contact admin@ about submitting a compilation of his thoughts on the "Joggins Polystrate Fossils" to the "Columnist's Corner" forum.Please take any discussion of the content of this message to the "General discussion of moderation procedures" topic, link below.Adminnemooseus

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I have noted that RandyB has sometimes strayed pretty far from the theme of this topic, which is "Joggins Polystrate Fossils". Members of the "old Earth" side may or may not have also contributed to this drift. Anyhow, anything not directly connected to polystrate fossils is off-topic.Also, both Bill Birkeland and RandyB have been supplying a glut of links. I would suggest that they both try to narrow such things down to the most pertinent ones.Bill also supplies a lot of off-line references. While I do think it is good for Bill to show that there indeed are considerable amounts of such references in existence, I do think that the reality is that no one (other than Bill) is ever going to actually go to a library and look at the referenced articles. Thus, they are mostly just causing message clutter.Bill has previously started the "Links and Information" topic New Polystrate Forests found in New Brunswick. I would suggest that Bill create some sort of more general "Polystrate Fossils" "Links and Information" topic, to compile his large collections of the such. RandyB and others could also post their contributions at that new topic.Lastly, I have previously noted that Bill has already collected at least 3 "Post of the Month" nominations for messages in this topic. I also noted that there seems to have been a considerable overlap in the content of these messages. While Bill does present a massive amount of information, I must now make the observation that (IMO) the writing style and message structure of Bill's messages leaves much to be desired. His messages (again IMO) tend to be tough to read (and I'm one who does have a (very rusty) geology degree).Comments on the content of this message are welcome. But please take them to the "General discussion of moderation procedures" topic, link below. Or perhaps a new Suggestions and Questions topic is called for.AdminnemooseusAdded by edit: NOTE: Follow up discussion is located here.This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 03-13-2005 08:06 PM

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That theme needs to find a better home.To all - Please see my message 107 also.Please make any responses to this (off-topic) message to the "General discussion of moderation procedures" topic, link below.AdminnemooseusThis message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 03-13-2005 14:37 AM

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Much of the recent messages have no real contact with the theme of the topic. Indeed, I think there are other active topics which should be the home of some of this stuff.Do you people pay absolutely no attention to the topic title?Adminnemooseus

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