AVCANADA

We seem to spend a lot of time slamming each others knowledge/experience/credibility

If someone has an ATPL, they probably have a clue. If not ...

Really?

there are very few of us, many of you, and your mind would boggle with the amount of editing, removing, and general fiddle #*@&$^! that goes on here for us. We are volunteers, and some of us have more time than others, so you can appreciate there is often very little time for additional referencing.

That's because you don't personally know the other guy. He could have 50,000 hours, he might have seen an airplane once on TV.

In the past, I have suggested that we have a user account flag, which appears on the left side column next to someone's post.

This flag would indicate that the poster had scanned in his/her ATPL (any category) and mailed it to the webmaster, with the file number clearly visible.

If someone has an ATPL, they probably have a clue. If not ...

Colonel Sanders has some valid points about user status/ranking, and we have been examining several types of this for a long time now,

Canoe,

With all due respect, I'm not sure you understand how these things work. For example, on other forums I'm part of in the motorcycle world there is zero tolerance for breaking the rules, once and you're banned for good - it is incumbent on you to know the rules and not break them. There is also a respectful attitude that exists within the group of posters - numbering in the tens of thousands. We have neither of those things here.

Your comment about too much moderation is, respectfully, based on no knowledge of what actually goes on here, the owners wishes for how the board is administered, or some of the absolutely mind-blowing posts we see. You have a user's perspective, and to suggest bias is understandable, but also incredibly off the mark. Again, there are protocols in place that you don't see or know about which govern how we try to run this circus. That people around here routinely feel justified in calling out the Mods or site owner is proof positive that over moderation is most definitely not a problem here. This thread on those other sites would not exist, and you'd be gone by now....

There is a three strikes and out policy btw, but it's not always that simple when looking at removing someone from the board completely.

Colonel Sanders has some valid points about user status/ranking, and we have been examining several types of this for a long time now, but there are inherent issues with most of these systems and Joe has not felt comfortable enough to install one. I for one would like to see something in place, but am with Joe that there needs to be something very good before we do it.

Anyway, that's about all I have to say on the subject. As Bandaid said, you want less moderation as a group, then follow the rules. It's really that simple.

stl

Hey if you folks are going to EDIT posts for any reason, would you be so kind as to at least sign your work?

I know that you have been given the green light to do as you see fit, however there is no credibility or accountability with just editing but not saying who, and often even why you are doing so.

which is why it is particularly important to consider what you are posting and the point you're trying to make.

You can always make me a moderator, lighten your workload

I don't agree with the idea of flags to identify licences. What? A red flag for ATPL, green for cpl, blue for pp, or something like that? Anyhow, I've known some cpl holders who have spent decades in the bush/north/on the water, couldn't fly an instrument approach for anything, but have incredible talent and experience in their own areas of expertise. And, who says the pp doesn't have lots to offer other pp or spp folks?

As mentioned earlier, read this forum for a bit and you can figure out who has good knowledge to impart and who only comments for the need to be noticed. It doesn't take long.