[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

I agree. Although, I was under the impression if a mod was heavily involved in a discussion thread, they just left it to another mod to do all of the moderating. Sometimes, this doesn't seem to be the case.

The thing is I don't think it matters. All of the mods have been mods for a long time, they have their own personal subforum, and are likely to be inclined to defend each other. And the response is too often disproportionate whether it's the mod who was actually involved in the thread or not who is taking action.

I'm not going to pretend that that thread wasn't a mess but the timing of it being locked and masses of posts being purged, and the removal of my thread-posting privileges for pointing it out, suggests that it's not a simple coincidence that exactly then was when it was deemed to have "gone too far".

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The thing is I don't think it matters. All of the mods have been mods for a long time, they have their own personal subforum, and are likely to be inclined to defend each other. And the response is too often disproportionate whether it's the mod who was actually involved in the thread or not who is taking action.

I'm not going to pretend that that thread wasn't a mess but the timing of it being locked and masses of posts being purged, and the removal of my thread-posting privileges for pointing it out, suggests that it's not a simple coincidence that exactly then was when it was deemed to have "gone too far".

Completely agree.

[Cherry Christmas]

There is a rule that mods shouldn't moderate in threads they are actively participating in, not sure how well observed that is

that said the personal comment to Niamh was totally unfair, and should have been removed as there really wasn't any need to go so low, I think the thread has maybe reached its natural conclusion and maybe that is why it was locked, other threads have been locked in the same way, in such a contentious thread a note from whoever locked it might have defused the need for further threads.