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#1 | | Question for the Moderators Name: Dennis City: Ivan's Corner (Monroe) State: NC County: Union Join Date: Jan 2007  10-27-2009, 10:44 PM
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I've been coming to this site regularly the last year or more & I've noticed something that is very pleasing. Perhaps the Moderators can weigh in on the reason; is the site mellowing out, or are you guys quick on the draw. Tell us, has your job become easier lately?
I'd like to think it has.
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10-27-2009, 11:07 PM
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#2 | | Webmaster
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Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
I will say that the membership at North Carolina Woodworker are true Ladies and Gentlemen. Every once in a while things are a little touchy as far as discussions go, but that is the exception rather than the rule. We have lightened up on our moderation practices somewhat and I feel that the change has mellowed the site. If we aren't having to moderate we aren't upsetting people and the whole site is better for it.
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10-27-2009, 11:15 PM
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Name: Jeff City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Feb 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.83 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
Originally Posted by TracyP  I will say that the membership at North Carolina Woodworker are true Ladies and Gentlemen. Every once in a while things are a little touchy as far as discussions go, but that is the exception rather than the rule. We have lightened up on our moderation practices somewhat and I feel that the change has mellowed the site. If we aren't having to moderate we aren't upsetting people and the whole site is better for it. I must think on this a while  | |
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10-27-2009, 11:31 PM
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Name: Jeff City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Feb 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.83 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
OK I thought about it - your right Tracy | |
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10-28-2009, 12:01 AM
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#5 | | Senior Administrator
Name: Bas City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 36 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
Originally Posted by Gotcha6 I've been coming to this site regularly the last year or more & I've noticed something that is very pleasing. Perhaps the Moderators can weigh in on the reason; is the site mellowing out, or are you guys quick on the draw. Tell us, has your job become easier lately?
I'd like to think it has. Actually, at the Spring Picnic all the BBQ was secretly seasoned with MellowMax(tm). It takes about 6 months before it reaches its full effect .gif "Drogar Laugh(DBG)")
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10-28-2009, 12:11 AM
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#6 | | Webmaster
Administrator
Senior Moderator
Name: Tracy City: Salisbury State: NC County: Rowan Join Date: Feb 2008 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
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Making Friends One Post At A Time
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10-28-2009, 02:07 AM
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Name: Jeff City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Feb 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.83 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
Originally Posted by Bas Actually, at the Spring Picnic all the BBQ was secretly seasoned with MellowMax(tm). It takes about 6 months before it reaches its full effect That's funny someone told me it was Sampson Serum(tm) I've been feeling strong lately. | |
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10-28-2009, 09:37 AM
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#8 | | Site Programmer
Name: Jim Campbell City: Hillsborough State: NC County: Orange Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 39 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 7.00 over 180 days | Re: ? for the Moderators
Dennis, I totally share in your observation.
Says a lot about the culture our community has grown into.
Hats off to everyone! 
Jim
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10-28-2009, 10:06 AM
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#9 | | President
Moderator
Name: Doug Robinson City: Raleigh State: NC County: Wake Join Date: Jul 2006 Age: 48 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.96 over 180 days | Re: Question for the Moderators
Dennis:
I am pleased that you noticed a change. There has been a concious decision to soften our moderation and that has resulted in better behavior from the members, or vise versa. There are still occasional violations, and doubt they will ever go away completely, but things have improved. Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1; MS-RTC LM 
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10-28-2009, 12:12 PM
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#10 | | Moderator
Name: Glenn City: Baskerville State: VA County: Mecklenburg Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 60 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.30 over 180 days | Re: Question for the Moderators
I agree with the previous remarks about the quality of our membership.  The last spate of inapprorpiate posts seemed to be around political issues and as a result of that storm some of our members have moved that kind of discussion to more appropriate venues. IMHO the majority of recent posts that have required moderator intervention have been posted by newer members unfamiliar with our goal of maintaining "the friendliest woodworking site on the net".  Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; GTB6; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
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10-28-2009, 01:04 PM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 3.50 over 180 days | Re: Question for the Moderators
This is, without doubt, the most courteous membership I have ever come across on the web, long may it continue.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/3.0.195.27 Safari/532.0
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10-28-2009, 01:23 PM
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#12 | | Moderator
Name: Roger City: Durham State: NC County: Durham Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 63 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 6.42 over 180 days | Re: Question for the Moderators
Frankly Dennis, with that new avatar we are afraid to mess with ya 
Roger Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3
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10-28-2009, 04:00 PM
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Name: Jeff City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Feb 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by DavidF This is, without doubt, the most courteous membership I have ever come across on the web, long may it continue.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/3.0.195.27 Safari/532.0 Long live the Queen Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 | |
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10-28-2009, 04:00 PM
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Name: Jeff City: Stovall State: NC County: Granville Join Date: Feb 2009 Avg Visit Freq/Week
= 5.83 over 180 days | Re: Question for the Moderators
Originally Posted by sapwood Frankly Dennis, with that new avatar we are afraid to mess with ya
Roger Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 +1 Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 | |
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10-28-2009, 04:22 PM
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Name: David City: Pittsboro State: NC County: Chatham Join Date: Oct 2005 Age: 52 Avg Visit Freq/Week
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Originally Posted by Jeff Mills Long live the Queen Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 I'll drink to that! Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/532.0 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/3.0.195.27 Safari/532.0
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