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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightcloak" data-source="post: 3177439" data-attributes="member: 23862">That's a great start on the forum set up. We can keep leshing it out now and see if we need anything extra Ilike the detail Catavarie just did).I'm not sure if mod status can be assgined to only specific forums. Another question for the Cat(TM). I would think that it would be more general and that we may just have to assign people to specificly forums. That might be better anyways incase someone neds to fill in in another part of the board when someone is gone on vacation, takes a leave of absence, or has a computer meltdown  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/paranoid.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":uhoh:" title="Paranoid    :uhoh:" data-shortname=":uhoh:" /> A general forum is a good idea. Some people just like to banter more and this would be the place to send them. That way people don't completely hijack a thread. It way seem odd that a site aimed more at GM's would need this, but I believe it to be a mere fact of human nature. And if that's how we build traffic in the long run then I'm cool with that. The real isue, as stated, is how do we handle discussion and flamewars/trolling. What we need is a set of rules, posted for people to read, tht re clear and easy to understand so that no one has an excuse (Sorry, my business manager experience is comming through here). We need to set (or not set if the case may be) what limits we will have on:1. Language2. Religion3. Politics4. Trolling5. Flaming other posters6. ???I'm sure there is more. One way is the ENWorld way. It works, is easy to follow, and has served this site well. This community could be an example for all we know. Without these rules some of us might have even bounced off of each other over some post on religion, politics, etc.The down size is that the rules are restrictive for some but more importantly is already done here, and we might want to be different from here to make the GMF more unique. GMs might like discussing adult content like real world religious or political aplications in there games. Or that ould be a huge can-o-worms that will just cause endless mod nightmares. I honestly don't know.Another way is to allow more flexibility but govern it with strict limits, guidlines, and strictly mod the population to insure no one goes to far. The Metal-Archives does this well. It's a place to discuss metal music and really let you hair down, but a rougher ride for people who make silly posts because they get shot down - by the mods and the members. This style has it points, but it is also rough on new poster if they are not carefull - Which is something we would want to avoid. Again, I don't know. Just throwing out options. Important questions to consider. What we decide sets the whole tone of the new site.</blockquote>

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