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Before I select the new moderators does anybody have any desire to moderate this board? I already have two people in mind but let me know.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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How many moderators are needed? I thought Auar and Horus were the moderators. Are we looking for one or more? Then why not include X-ras since he is volunteering. I agree this is forum is a tremendous source of knowledge.. . .. factual knowledge.
quote:Originally posted by ausar: Before I select the new moderators does anybody have any desire to moderate this board? I already have two people in mind but let me know.
Posts: 12143 | From: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable | Registered: Jun 2007
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Maybe this thought is too restricting but I think a team of non-contributing co-ordinated moderators who have an agreed upon plan of operation implementin a clear set of rules applicable to all forum members is what's called for here.
And, the plainly stated rules should be at the top of the red exclamation marked stickies. Violators 1st offence -- get a warning, 2nd continuing offence -- probation, 3rd ongoing offense -- permanently banned (if called for).
No discussion, no questions asked, no public beef airing between moderators and reprimanded members.
Cut, dry, and fast, no joke, draconian, punitive action.
If u no like mods' decisions, u go 2 nother forum.
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I think al Takuri's idea is excellent - expectations, guidelines, and rules-of-engagement and dismissal need to be clearly articulated with no gray areas and room for "I thought..."
With such an approach, very little can go wrong and very little bad feeling generated. Without such an approach, every imaginable problem can and probably will occur and every imaginable type of negative, off-color recrimination and vitriol can and probably will emerge.
GIVE EXAMPLES OF SLANDER: For one thing, posters when disagreeing should stick to clearly enumerated points and resort to name-calling and accusation; personality slander; grandstanding not tolerated. Examples of what is prohibited should be given; ASK MEMBERS TO GIVE EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE SLANDER and maybe TAKE A VOTE before the final "charter" is set to stone.
Vitriol has no place in academic or friendly discussion and people who resort to such methods should be shown the door. However, al Takruri's "three warnings" is an excellent monitoring tool. And these by-laws should strictly apply to original members of the forum as well as latter.
MODERATOR PROTECTION: If someone is about to be shown the door, to protect himself, the moderator might ask for a public "hearing" to get a sense of what others think but be expected to make the final decision after getting input from others. Seeing others' feelings in-print would give the whole community a barometer of where everyone stands on a given individual about to be ejected.
SITES WITH GOOD MANNERS: There are a few sites that come to mind when "good manners" are concerned. One is Thoth-Scribe and the other Ancient Bible History. Good manners at one point in each site (I saw it happen) became a goal and the moderators, and members too, nurtured it - even became proud of it almost to the point of bragging (but that's okay). At each site, the members defend the "friendly" atmosphere and even over the last two weeks collectively extolled a negative newcomer to be more amenable in his posts. As he was recalcitrant, the efforts remained respectful but became stronger with the suggestion he leave if he could not comply. We all know sites with horrific manners, but this occurs because (I think) there are no clear guidelines; or, more importantly, they have guidelines but they are not enforced.
The future will mirror the past but with such an approach, the site can rise above the past. That's only growth and al Takruri's approach is the way for the site to mature. In any case, it's fairly common for sites to have a mission statement and by-laws.
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^ Sure, but I don't know how that will help you or protect you from the rightly deserved criticism of your ridiculous claims.
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X-ras, I have chosen you as one of the replacement moderators. Please let me know if you are interested. I have sent you a pm but you have yet to respond.
If anybody objects to the following speak know or forever hold your peace.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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X-Ras had some beef with Thought, Mystery Solver and Rasol in the past, if they agree to have him as a moderator, that's fine.
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The moderator position is open to anybody that wants to volunteer their time. The only person thus far that volunteered is X-Ras. X-Ras is the obvious choice since Horus-Den is stepping down I don't have many people to chose from. It's either I chose somebody or just walk away because I don't have the time to moderate anymore.
This is your last call!!!!! If anybody else would like to replace Horus-Den then please speak up!!!!! If I get more than one I will have a vote to decide who is the nect moderator.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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I still nominate myself, this is where I got my start in 2004, so why not moderate here?
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I think it's a bad idea to let you moderate, since you are constantly debating in thousands of other forums, you have enemies allover the cyberspace, you have been in countless of arguments with posters at this board, from the discussions ive seen you engage in you seem to be extremly intolerant(even though i agree with you alot of times) and also you are a christian fundamentalist. I think someone relative neutral would be more suitable like lamin, Mansa-Munsa, yaazid or Tyronosauras, you're just waay to controversial to moderate imo.
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I already have one moderator but I need another. Does anybody else want to nominate themselves?
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Yonis: I think it's a bad idea to let you moderate, since you are constantly debating in thousands of other forums, you have enemies allover the cyberspace, you have been in countless of arguments with posters at this board, from the discussions ive seen you engage in you seem to be extremly intolerant(even though i agree with you alot of times) and also you are a christian fundamentalist. I think someone relative neutral would be more suitable like lamin, Mansa-Munsa, yaazid or Tyronosauras, you're just waay to controversial to moderate imo.
Your personal problems that you have with me are of no importance to *THIS* forum. Whatever goes on in other forums has no place here. I argue with no one here, I may disagree with people, but never argue. I seriously wish people would quit bringing garbage from other forums into this forum.
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quote:Originally posted by alTakruri: Maybe this thought is too restricting but I think a team of non-contributing co-ordinated moderators who have an agreed upon plan of operation implementin a clear set of rules applicable to all forum members is what's called for here.
And, the plainly stated rules should be at the top of the red exclamation marked stickies. Violators 1st offence -- get a warning, 2nd continuing offence -- probation, 3rd ongoing offense -- permanently banned (if called for).
No discussion, no questions asked, no public beef airing between moderators and reprimanded members.
Cut, dry, and fast, no joke, draconian, punitive action.
If u no like mods' decisions, u go 2 nother forum.
you my friend are needed badly over at the Living and Love boards here
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I hope the new mods act as a team and I hope they just delete the entirety of a blatantly insulting ad hominem post instead of deweeding it.
Throwing away the tub along with the baby and the bathwater will deter a poster from mixing discourteous discourse with their professionally presentable material once they see their serious efforts discarded along with their crudeness.
And yes I know I can be King Crude when mods don't act like mods and reprimand offenders and cut away the offensive verbiage or only do so selectively or ignore the blown whistle.
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Does anybody else want to step into the moderator position? So far we only have X-Ras. I want to make everything democratic so I ask all the forum members to cast their vote.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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People should picture someone who can moderate, not hate on people because of their views. I don't mind other people's views as long as they're not prevented in a trolling, flaming and baiting manner.
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This forum is no longer really worth my time or effort. When I first became moderator I was in a different stage in my life but know the forum has become a burden that weighs me down. While I don't want to just hand over the position to anyone, the volunteers for the position are sparce. If nobody replaces me then most likely the plug will be pulled and ancient Egypt and Egyptology will go down in internet history.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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Mansa Musa has not volunteered yet so you cannot vote for him.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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quote:Originally posted by ausar: This forum is no longer really worth my time or effort. When I first became moderator I was in a different stage in my life but know the forum has become a burden that weighs me down. While I don't want to just hand over the position to anyone, the volunteers for the position are sparce. If nobody replaces me then most likely the plug will be pulled and ancient Egypt and Egyptology will go down in internet history.
There is just too much valuable information here for it to be deleted!
My suggestions:
X-ray (who doesn't seem bias to me)
Willing Thinker {What Box}
Myra
Mansa Musa
alTakruri
Perhaps Rasol
Who has volunteered, by the way?
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quote:Originally posted by ausar: This forum is no longer really worth my time or effort. When I first became moderator I was in a different stage in my life but know the forum has become a burden that weighs me down. While I don't want to just hand over the position to anyone, the volunteers for the position are sparce. If nobody replaces me then most likely the plug will be pulled and ancient Egypt and Egyptology will go down in internet history.
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Well two volunteers, now let's get a vote...I hope the new moderator likes tomato...
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. The tomato is native to Central, South, and southern North America from Mexico to Peru. It is a perennial, often grown outdoors in temperate climates as an annual, typically reaching to 13 m (3 to 10 feet) in height, with a weak, woody stem that often vines over other plants.
The leaves are 1025 cm long, pinnate, with 59 leaflets, each leaflet up to 8 cm long, with a serrated margin; both the stem and leaves are densely glandular-hairy. The flowers are 12 cm across, yellow, with five pointed lobes on the corolla; they are borne in a cyme of 312 together. The word tomato derives from a word in the Nahuatl language, tomatl. The specific name, lycopersicum, means "wolf-peach" (compare the related species S. lycocarpum, whose scientific name means "wolf-fruit", common name "wolf-apple").Posts: 919 | From: AFRICA | Registered: Apr 2007
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X-ras or alTakruri or Myra. Her website is really god. Looks like she has the PC thing down. Hope she vounteers. And in the world of politics the moderates always stand a better chance. The extremist though influencial/important may piss people off.
BTW - Question
I not a computer guru. . ..so is there a possibility of backing up or downloading all the info (threads) on this forum to another server or PC? That may be one way to preserve all this information. Maybe the mods can find out. There is great info in here for teaching.
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Hennu is one of the moderators that I have selected. The other moderator position is still up for grabs. So far X-ras and alTakruri has volunteered. After this week I ask all Egyptsearch posters to vote for who they feel would make the best moderator. If the moderator quits then they will be replaced by the other volunteers. The limit is three volunteers. We have room for one more. After this week we will have a new moderator.
Posts: 8675 | From: Tukuler al~Takruri as Ardo since OCT2014 | Registered: Feb 2003
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Not to pre-judge but I looking at the profile of Hennu his age is listed as 20yrs This probably a "wish". If not, does he have the maturity to moderate a forum as this?
quote:Originally posted by ausar: Hennu is one of the moderators that I have selected. The other moderator position is still up for grabs. So far X-ras and alTakruri has volunteered. After this week I ask all Egyptsearch posters to vote for who they feel would make the best moderator. If the moderator quits then they will be replaced by the other volunteers. The limit is three volunteers. We have room for one more. After this week we will have a new moderator.
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^ That should be the least problem-- I've seen guys at age 40 who act like children, while children act like adults.
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WORD. But MOST teenagers don't have the maturity and haven't lived long enough to accumulate the experinec to handle different personalities.
Eg the thread on "are the greeks white?". At first glance I believe he missed the point and threatened to delete the thread. Missing the point is not the issue. It is the "reaction" of threatening to delete the thread. Not realizing that WHO posted it and reserve his whip until he got to the bottom of the post.
quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: ^ That should be the least problem-- I've seen guys at age 40 who act like children, while children act like adults.
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