Thanks, everyone, for your input.
dnemiller wrote:
Just out of curisousity is this like a 501st legion board?
Yup. I'm running for Florida Garrison Commanding Officer. (It's official now, so I can say it.) There's four of us in the running now, and it's only been 19 hours since nominations started. Looks like a busy election.
LoboStele wrote:
You may find that if the forums are disruptive enough, it may be necessary to impose some pretty strict rules for a while to sift out the trouble-makers. Once things settle down more, things will start to relax and won't feel so tightly controlled.
Good idea. I don't want to be a jerk about things, but people have gotten away with murder for over a year now...and in particular the last several months. People have dropped from the boards because they're afraid to post. I want people to come back and feel comfortable. I definitely encourage debate and don't mind if people have disagreements, but the flaming must stop.
I checked and there is currently no CoC *at all* for the board. So, there absoutely has to be one made.
Also, I can't ban a person from the board totally, no matter how much they screw up. The boards are the only way we have to communicate events. I'm thinking along the line of a tiered warning system, where people are banned from posting (but not reading) for a number of days/weeks/months.
dnemiller wrote:
I also dont like deleting threads
have you COC spell things out and then use the edit function if you have to.... when I edit something that is inflammatory
I state that I edited it for the reason... Thread Locking is also an option... I prefer edit as my perosnal preference.
I don't like the idea of deleting posts or threads, either. Quite frankly, I'm not interested in censorship at all.
Though, I do think adding a "CoC violation, warning has been sent" notice on a given post shows the members that something has been addressed and then I/the other mods can privately PM the poster to explain specifically what the problem was and give them the option of editing their own post. I don't mind if they leave something unedited, but then they'll keep the warning.
Of course, maybe that's just too much bother and not a good way of going about things. (I have two weeks to figure it all out before the Q&A begins and we start revealing our positions on things.)
dnemiller wrote:
If there is anything any of the mods here can do to help you we are always glad to help a fellow SWM nut!!!!
Thanks.