Who moderates the moderators?

[Dauphin]

I was just wondering, is it possible for a mod to give another mod a PCR or similar punishment for some reason or another?

Is it possible for a mod to give himself more posts as an abuse of power.

Is it, for example, remotely possible that a few thousand of Mings posts are just unchecked spam, or additional posts given to him by a "benificiary"?

Has Mark or Dan ever had to keep a moderator in line?

You get the idea.

Enquiring minds want to know!

[Ming]

The mods DO answer to the owners of the site. And believe me when I say that there have been some "disagreements".

However, we do try to keep any discussions like that private.
(we even have our own private forum for just that)

So yes, the mods are even moderated...
But no free details... We keep things "in the family"

Oh... and to the best of my knowledge, my post count has NEVER been tampered with by anybody

[Dauphin]

But no free details... We keep things "in the family

In that case I better make a note of asking Snappy when I see him next month. An offer of a few drinks should do the trick.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Big Crunch

But no free details... We keep things "in the family

In that case I better make a note of asking Snappy when I see him next month. An offer of a few drinks should do the trick.

The "real" disagreements are usually discussed via PM, email, or ICQ... but buy Snappy a few drinks... he can always use them

[Provost Harrison]

Hey, any chance of a few tidbits of information Ming? I'll get you a pint next time I am in Chicago

Yeah, the mods answer to the admins. The admins answer to me, but that is very 'hush hush'

[Ming]

Gee PH... Haven't you made Deity yet

Hmmmm.... maybe it's time for you to get a PCR for spamming

[Provost Harrison]

Feeling threatened eh? You will find that all the posts made have been legitimate, and my hike to deity has being a righteous one

[Ming]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Feeling threatened eh? You will find that all the posts made have been legitimate, and my hike to deity has being a righteous one

Threatened... HA HA HA HA.
legitmate.... HA HA HA HA
righteous.... ROTFLMAO

Remember PH... spam is in the eye of the beholder
(especially the holder of the banning rod )

Will you at least get there quickly so that when I open up this forum, you AREN'T the last one that has posted to every thread

[Provost Harrison]

Well maybe I do have a bit of an incentive, but at least I am not doing what Rasputin did and posting something stupid in every forum in every part of Apolyton though...damn, I have just noticed how prominent my posts are in here. Hey, it isn't my fault, more people should post around here. My frequency is higher in the civ3 forums but there aren't many threads that were last posted in by me there...

[Dauphin]

You both deserve PCRs for the spam in this thread.

MING!!!!!


oops

MARKG!!!!!

[Gramphos]

I remember Yin being moderated by Markos.

Yes, I found it. http://apolyton.net/forums/showthrea...4589#post64589

As you can see Moderators are Moderated.

[Provost Harrison]

Well Yin has always been a bit of a 'loose cannon' in terms of following the line and holding back on his criticism, and this ran him into direct conflict with the admins here, and hence he was busted, and is now a lowly King. Despite this, I think that Yin certainly deserves respect for speaking out and not being silenced on these issues, as he did a lot for the civ3 section of this forum.

[Gramphos]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Well Yin has always been a bit of a 'loose cannon' in terms of following the line and holding back on his criticism, and this ran him into direct conflict with the admins here, and hence he was busted, and is now a lowly King. Despite this, I think that Yin certainly deserves respect for speaking out and not being silenced on these issues, as he did a lot for the civ3 section of this forum.

I maybe shouldn't used that smilie, but it was not meant against Yin in any way.

Also, I don't know mush of what Yin did as moderator as I came to Apolyton something around the time he was fired. I found that thread while looking back in the forum a bit in the beginning of my postings, and I enjoyed it.
Anyway, I thought it could be good to answer the initial question with.

[Dauphin]

Yin! How could I forget that!

I was more thinking about mod internal checks and balances, but that was a fine example.

[red_jon]

Re: Who moderates the moderators?

Originally posted by Big Crunch
Who moderates the moderators?

Me! Meeeeeeeeeeee!