[gwnn]

Well I mean I don't see what's wrong with posting "I removed two threads and we are in the process of deciding what to do about the situation in the future" here. Anything is better than not posting at all here. Maybe this is just my opinion.

[diana_eva]

Removed a personal attack in the Intermediate/Advanced Forum, along with subsequent replies. Warned the offender.

[diana_eva]

diana_eva, on 2015-October-31, 01:38, said:

Removed a personal attack in the Intermediate/Advanced Forum, along with subsequent replies. Warned the offender.

Removed another attack by same poster in I/A and suspended their posting privileges for 30 days. Also removed a couple of follow-up replies. Thanks for reporting the post.

[Vampyr]

diana_eva, on 2015-November-03, 18:09, said:

Removed another attack by same poster in I/A and suspended their posting privileges for 30 days. Also removed a couple of follow-up replies. Thanks for reporting the post.

Whenever I read posts like this I am dying to know what was in that the offending posts!

[barmar]

Vampyr, on 2015-November-04, 11:11, said:

Whenever I read posts like this I am dying to know what was in that the offending posts!

Nothing very clever, just repeated digs at a particular poster that the offender seems to have an issue with. The most recent one answers the question and then adds the comment "but don't ask <so-and-so>".

[diana_eva]

Removed a rude post in the WC, global warming thread.

[Zelandakh]

diana_eva, on 2015-November-12, 09:44, said:

Removed a rude post in the WC, global warming thread.

If you are not going to let hrothgar have a go at the trolls then perhaps you need to make trolling against the terms of usage...

[helene_t]

diana_eva, on 2015-November-12, 09:44, said:

Removed a rude post in the WC, global warming thread.

FYP

[diana_eva]

helene_t, on 2015-November-12, 10:14, said:

FYP

Yeah very tempting, but it's probably gonna resurface. Other mods are free to chime in obviously, I just did something quickly bec the post was too bad to let it stay there.

[barmar]

Zelandakh, on 2015-November-12, 10:07, said:

If you are not going to let hrothgar have a go at the trolls then perhaps you need to make trolling against the terms of usage...

Troll-on-troll action is OK?

[Zelandakh]

barmar, on 2015-November-12, 10:15, said:

Troll-on-troll action is OK?

Bridge players are mostly older and will take what they can get!

[diana_eva]

Unapproved a topic in the Water Cooler which TBH I don't really know what meant. We'll clarify with the poster what that was about and consider restoring if it turns out I misunderstood something.

[barmar]

Deleted the thread "Error on Beat by robbot" at the OP's request, because he misunderstood the bidding explanation.

[barmar]

There were two threads about problems adjusting the chat pane. I removed the one in Suggestions for the Software, and left the one in BBO Support.

[cherdano]

diana_eva, on 2015-November-12, 09:44, said:

Removed a rude post in the WC, global warming thread.

I bet you'll make a similar post again, shortly.

But you should also think about what is causing the problem here. The post that caused this insult ("you ignorant piece of **") is indeed absolutely idiotic, and insulting to the problems faced by a large number of actual people.

I just do not understand why this thread is tolerated on BBF. The watercooler is meant for BBF members to have a place to go if they feel like taking the discussion off-topic. The global warming thread instead mostly attracts posters who do not post outside the watercooler, or in many cases not even outside this thread. And for the most recent additions among those, it is really hard to tell whether they are just trying to provoke (i.e., being a troll), or whether they are indeed as idiotic as their posts.

[diana_eva]

I closed the Global Warming thread, pending discussion with the other mods to decide whether we allow it to stay or not. Removed a rude post there too and handled the offender.

Thanks for the heads-up, cherdano.

[nige1]

The problem is not with the topic but with a few posters (who don't confine their vituperation to the climate thread).

[barmar]

I can't speak for the other mods, but the reason I tolerate the thread is simply because I don't read it. Like WC threads about religion and politics, I expect it to be full of flaming and partisan ideology, not much intelligent conversation. The posters in threads like these know what they're getting into, I don't see the need to protect them.

[cherdano]

barmar, on 2015-December-21, 10:33, said:

I can't speak for the other mods, but the reason I tolerate the thread is simply because I don't read it. Like WC threads about religion and politics, I expect it to be full of flaming and partisan ideology, not much intelligent conversation. The posters in threads like these know what they're getting into, I don't see the need to protect them.

Then why police what hrothgar is allowed to say there?

[Al_U_Card]

Isn't "moderation" applied with the intent to moderate (eliminate extremes in comportment) rather than censor? If a thread treats a subject of interest to even 2 posters, its existence is valid and valuable (a FORUM where views and commentary can be exchanged by members of the community) and it only need be protected from violations of the terms of use (which include personal attack etc.).
Contribute or abstain depending on your interest but respect (even for views that you might consider extreme or unpleasant to you personally) everyone that contributes in a social and collegial manner.
This is Civics101 and based on bridge players experience with bad behavior at the table, I would have thought that this particular example would be easy to accept or at least tolerate.

I hope that the thread will be unlocked, as it has a subject that bears discussion and not discord, veracity and not vituperation, acceptance and not aggression. It may be the single most important issue of our age and the current political stance of many flies in the face of an awful lot of science that disputes that very stance. (On both sides of the issue!) An open society (or community) reflects its values in its actions.