General Discussion Of Moderation Procedures 11.0

I apologize. My question was not intended as snide or condescending.We do have posters who choose not to punctuate or capitalize and we do have posters who don't know how.I noticed that your posts are long and well written, but lack adequate commas. My question was to ascertain which camp you're in. It was an attempt at humor, since I assume you know where the commas go.Again, I apologize and will remain neutral in the future.

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If I were a woman, don't you think (assuming you do think, which isn't at all clear) that I would have corrected all the masculine pronouns that have been used in reference to me?

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No.I don't correct those who refer to me as a "he" unless they are curious. I understand that they are using gender neutral language. Women are used to that and don't usually worry about it.I don't usually refer to someone as a "she" unless someone has told me the person is a woman. Someone had stated that you are a woman.We apologize for the mistake. No offense was intended by the gender mistake.Hopefully you will accept this apology in the spirit it is intended.

Since the Berberry-Nem fiasco.Reasonably, when a complaint is lodged concerning an admin action, the moderator in question is the only one who can answer why the action was taken. The moderator and the complainant deserve a chance to resolve the issue.If you want to take the title literally, it says general discussion of moderation procedures, not complaints about moderator actions.Since it functions as a complaint thread, there needed to be some adjustments made to allow complaints to be resolved and not trampled by other agendas.If you have a suggestion for a better method, please present it.

Your post was borderline and had more potential to inflame than solve.Since you were not the original complainant or the moderator in question, I chose to take the safer road.

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That's quite an overreaction. There are ways to cope with inappropriate posts short of shutting down general discussions of moderation procedures and actions.

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General discussion isn't shut down. You posted a concern.

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The ingenious post-and-reply mechanism at EvC allows any two people to conduct a conversation regardless of the texts around their exchanges. How can complaints be trampled by other agendas?

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When an issue snowball's out of control, new concerns are lost in the fray because most new concerns are general posts and not a reply to anything.When those who are not a part of the issue or original action jump in and inflame the situation, the resolution process gets trampled.

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Moderators have the power to suspend posters, to limit their access to threads, and to close threads.

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Why is that better than giving warning ahead of time? Some have expressed that they prefer warnings. I prefer to prevent forest fires instead of fighting them. If I have to fight a forest fire, I'd prefer someone not throw gas on it.Since you can read the post, it isn't censored. Suspensions, limiting access to threads, and closing threads also serve to silence.I can change the wording to where it is specific to the complaint.Example