Does he seem a bit lock-happy to anybody else?

[ColonelHardisson]

blackshirt (and everyone): comments about threads going on outside of EN World should go there, not here.

Colonel H: My comment about reading threads wasn't directed at you.

Well, really, it should've been. I was stupid not to notice that second page!

 

[blackshirt5]

Duly noted EN.

The good of Eric Noah's Avatar: We now know what Eddie Gutnick is gonna look like in 9 years(I'm hoping at least Angcuru remembers who Gutnick is, otherwise I'll feel like an arse).

 

[BOZ]

Publicly "calling-out" a moderator is always a bad idea. That's why there's private messages or e-mail.

yeah, that's why DDK came to infest nutkinland.

 

[BOZ]

So...did anything start on Nutkinland over this?

i've only seen this so far: blackshirt and angcuru vs Eric Noah

 

[SpikeyFreak]

WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

P-kitty and Eric, you never cease to amaze me with your level-headedness.

Jolly good show fellows.

And I would like to add that it takes a big man to apologize in a place like this.

Carry-on now!

--Little Man Spikey

 

[The Sigil]

I am reminded...

http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/spaf/farewell

It may have been about USENET, but reading it, I am reminded of why I love ENWorld.

Axiom #2: "Ability to type on a computer terminal is no guarantee of sanity, intelligence, or common sense."

Corollary #3: "An infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards could produce something like (ENWorld)."

Corollary #4: "They could do a better job of it."

Axiom #3: "Sturgeon's Law (90% of everything is crap) applies to (ENWorld)."

Corollary #5: "In an unmoderated newsgroup, no one can agree on what constitutes the 10%."

Corollary #6: "Nothing guarantees that the 10% isn't crap, too."

I thank the moderators for helping us find the 10% (corollary #5).

--The Sigil

 

[Olive]

I didn't say he did. When you take a post completely out of context like that, of course it doesn't look right.

I can't resist.

You quoted henry as saying this:

In all fairness, that simply is _not_ the case. Everyone has a personality of their own, and while yourself and the rest of the mods do indeed tend to follow a general guideline, you're not all the same. On occassion, not even remotely. Some mods are far more aggressive than others, even to the point where they make a judgement call poor enough that they apologize through email and backtrack to the thread, deleting their own comments to "be fair", but in all actually, its about covering the tracks of a bad decision or poorly handled situation. I've seen it first hand on multiple occassions and it ain't pretty. There's nothing worse than a guy that can be as bad as me with access to a lock, delete, or ban function. Nobody's perfect, not even moderators, and we all know that. That's pretty much the message I'm trying to convey here, that nobody's perfect, and that's no big deal. It's expected, but by the same token, I just can't support a statement like yours in its current form. For the most part, you mods set a great example here, and I can tell you with confidence that I certainly appreciate it.

So I took the opening sentence of your argument, where you said :this is not the case", and said that Henry never said what you said he was saying. In other words, he never said that they act like EN, he said that they try to act like EN.

You said that:

...you're not all the same. On occassion, not even remotely. Some mods are far more aggressive than others.../quote]

And I'm saying Henry never said they were all the same.

So what's the beef?

 

[Tiefling]

Re: Re: Re: *Dons Eyeglasses*

I have the authority to voice my opinion, not that anyone is inclined to listen.

Just try not to use such a definitive and authoritative tone.

I will consent to discuss pass transgressions no further, but don't take my silence as agreement with your assessment.

 

[alsih2o]

http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50049

 

[kreynolds]

I can't resist.

Please try. You are merely taking my post out of context. Nothing more.

So I took the opening sentence of your argument...

And chopped it off from the rest of the post, much like I'm doing right now.

In other words, he never said that they act like EN...

Again, I never said he did.

...he said that they try to act like EN.

I dare you to find that.

And I'm saying Henry never said they were all the same.

Last time (hopefully), I never said he did. He said "All of the other Moderators use Eric's style as a yardstick and a guideline to good moderation of the boards." (Note that "try" is not in there) It was a general statement, and I was pointing out that I couldn't agree with it in its current incarnation.

Please, give me the courtesy and don't make assumptions when you read my posts. If you're curious about something or confused about something I post, ask me. I'll be more than happy to try and make myself more clear.