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Site Moderation

...contributed by "Danhedonia"

Guiding principles:

• Openness of dialogue is of primary importance.
• Encourage maximum usage.
• Maintain a working website.

mtncommunity.org forums are moderated - this means that any post may be edited or deleted. Any post that has no clear connection to the topic of climbing or to the activities of the members of the forum may be removed. Flames or attacks focusing solely on personality differences may be eliminated. Critiques of others' ideas or behavior will be allowed to stand. There will be some 'common sense' element of enforcement.

Examples:

• "the Chicago Cubs are gonna win the World Series!!!!" will be deleted. Anyone remember the "Manchester United Rules" posts from years ago?? Besides, it is quite clear that the Cubbies are never going to win the World Series again.
• "You are all the biggest bunch of $hi+heads..." will be removed, unless the post contains a withering assessment of the group's climbing skills.
• "Danhedonia is an a$$h*le" will be removed, unless it contains descriptions of behaviors related to the activities of the board in which I, in fact, was an a$$h*le.
• "Danhedonia is beyond stupid" is allowed, esp. in rebuttal to my recommendation for pounding a piton into the trunk of a rare dogwood as a single TR anchor on a nasty overhanging route.

Nuts and bolts:

How do the site administrators make editing/moderation decisions?

If a post is a clear and unquestionable violation of the guidelines, any of the site administrators can remove or edit it. If the post is questionable, at least three site administrators must agree with the proposed action (edit or delete).

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