General discussion of moderation procedures: The Consequtive Consecution Sequel

I totally understand being chided about an off-topic post (re: Evolution Simplified: Message 38), and I acknowledge and apologize for that.However, I felt unecessarily singled out by Adminmooseus' wording of "OFF TOPIC. WAY OFF TOPIC. WAY, WAY OFF TOPIC," in the moderator comment. I was, after all, only responding to an ongoing off-topic subthread of posts (11 posts before mine) - none of which received any warning whatsoever.Not a big deal, I'm just saying Moose could have just stuck with the standard "OFF TOPIC, DO NOT RESPOND," under the circumstances. Figured I'd bring my comment to the appropriate board.

Fair enough. I'm probably being overly sensitive. I had been resisting the terrible urge to respond to the initial off-topic post on the topic, expecting to see an admin message show up on it, and then other people (some of whom have Alter Egos with super powers) kept responding to it... so I gave in to my urge, and paid the price.

LOL, definitely not your fault, Infixion. You see, I knew it was off-topic, and I responded anyway. And then I let an innocuous admin remark get to me (to my current chagrin - if I'd waited a few minutes, I would have let it pass with a rueful grin).Personally, I wouldn't mind if there was enough flexibility in the On-Topic guidelines to allow a side issue like the one you raised, particularly in a thread with a topic title as broad as "evolution simplified." But, given the way things tend to snowball in EvC debates, the reticence of the admins to allow it is warranted. Shouting matches are rarely seen here, in comparison to other boards I frequent.