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Fred's a member here, but last time we exchanged emails he said he was very busy playing a moderator role at OCW (Organization of Creationist Websites).
Howdy Percy,
OCW is now defunct, and is now The CreationWeb. I am longer affiliated with that board. I as well as a number of other Christians have disagreements with the way the board is run (reasons pertaining to its status as a Christian-sponsored board) and have chosen to no longer participate there.
Regarding Scott’s allegation, I’ll only respond to this once because creationists have become all too familiar with Scott’s game, which is to start flame wars on discussion boards by among other things making false accusations. When left unchecked he usually succeeds in running off anyone who is willing to take the time to write well-thought-out comments. There are good reasons why Scott has been kicked off of at least 3 internet boards I know of.
To set the record straight, I moderated at OCW for about 2 or 3 days, then became a board Super Administrator for the 2-3 weeks before the current Administrator pulled the plug (he had been the previous board Administrator but had stepped down; he wasn’t happy with the changes, and since he owned the URL name he decided to take full possession of it and reclaimed the board; contrary to some comments floating around, he was never forced out, in fact it came as a complete surprise to me when he stepped down). The reason I chose to stop moderating was primarily because I didn’t have the time, and in part because I wasn’t comfortable being anonymous. We had also found a creation scientist (who shall remain anonymous) to fill the Mod 3 role shortly before I relinquished that responsibility (he remained Mod 3 for the 2-3 weeks before the plug was pulled). I was then asked by the new Super Administrator, who also has since left the board after the plug was pulled, to help out as a co-Super Administrator, which I agreed to do because I knew this role would not be very time-consuming.
As is this case on most boards, the user ID reflected my Admin status clearly. Moreover, I never denied being a moderator, and when asked, stated at OCW that I had indeed moderated for a few days before stepping into the Admin role. The gnat that Scott is straining stems from my not explicitly claiming to be Moderator 3, which should have been obvious, since Mod 3 was the only active moderator other the then Super Admin (who posted his name when he made edits).
That is all I wish to say regarding the former OCW and what happened there. I read Scott's linked comments and look forward to posting a response within the week (I hope, I’m still very busy at work).
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