Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:20 pm
#1824307
The Help and Advice forum has now existed with its current title for a little over six months. There is some fantastic help and advice given that really shows the collective knowledge of the forum and its members at its best. There do, however, remain many discussions that don't fit into the help and advice category, instead they're simply "non aviation" posts as this forum used to be called. Many of the discussions are fascinating and informative, with some robust opinions and views expressed.
As a volunteer team of moderators it's near impossible for us to read everything that gets posted, and as a result we know there is a fair chunk of stuff that crosses the "no politics" line that is prominently displayed in the forum description. Up to a point this is fine - it's hard to discuss that many things (especially at the moment!) without it ultimately becoming political (small p), but things do get less palatable when people repeatedly express their own opinion as fact, treating any other view as nonsense, or something to be derided.
We're happy to carry on as we are, accepting there's a slight "relaxing" of the no politics rule, but do ask you all to play nicely. Please, play the ball not the individual. If you see something that you think crosses the line, don't bite back: two wrongs have never made a right, and unlikely ever will. Instead simply report that post. That way it WILL get the attention of the mod team, and we can take action as we deem appropriate. And if you're contacted by a moderator asking you to remove or amend something, please accept their decision rather than arguing and complaining how you're being treated unfairly, or telling us we've got it wrong. If you really feel it's that bad here, take some time out.
Thanks everyone.
tKF
on behalf of the whole Admin Team
As a volunteer team of moderators it's near impossible for us to read everything that gets posted, and as a result we know there is a fair chunk of stuff that crosses the "no politics" line that is prominently displayed in the forum description. Up to a point this is fine - it's hard to discuss that many things (especially at the moment!) without it ultimately becoming political (small p), but things do get less palatable when people repeatedly express their own opinion as fact, treating any other view as nonsense, or something to be derided.
We're happy to carry on as we are, accepting there's a slight "relaxing" of the no politics rule, but do ask you all to play nicely. Please, play the ball not the individual. If you see something that you think crosses the line, don't bite back: two wrongs have never made a right, and unlikely ever will. Instead simply report that post. That way it WILL get the attention of the mod team, and we can take action as we deem appropriate. And if you're contacted by a moderator asking you to remove or amend something, please accept their decision rather than arguing and complaining how you're being treated unfairly, or telling us we've got it wrong. If you really feel it's that bad here, take some time out.
Thanks everyone.
tKF
on behalf of the whole Admin Team