Moderation

[dragonpaw]

Hey there, just your friendly fire obsessed Yoshi here with an opinion. Wewt! Everyone loves a Pawy Opinion, yo.

If you read and actually remember what the title was, it had 'Moderation' in eet. And it speaks the truth about what I have to say.

Fluff and intros over, I believe that roughly around half of the moderation team is, ah... sort of not performing their job. They're sort of just taking up space on the moderation roster, sort of like that old collection of canned peaches just aging with botulism inside -- sitting there, looking pretty yet not being used for much.

I don't know.. I sort of think that something should be done about this; demotion, firing, talking with rather inactive moderators about it, just something. Inactive mods don't really reflect well on a forum.

I'll give more indepth opinions if asked, and others are encouraged to voice their opinion on it as long as it doesn't openly bash people.

[Enrique]

I do agree with that I've been noticing inactivity amongst the moderator position, as well as hearing some rumors about a few moderators (in which I will not disclose nor give public comments concerning). In my opinon, investigations of this inactivity should be conducted by the administration before any demotions occur.

[Yoshifrog]

I don't think it's just that moderators aren't doing their jobs, but that we have a bit too many. Other than the few encounters with Joey78, nothing really goes on here that needs them, and even a few misplaced topics or two don't need 7 moderators to keep them in shape.
Some mods just can't find the time to be on here as much as they should.
I don't think the problem is really inactivity, but the fact that less is going on to be active about.

[Tempest]

I agree with Yoshifrog. Recently, there hasn't been that much crime and action for us mods to take care of. We've discussed replacement of inactive moderators in the Staff Lounge already, so you don't have to worry about that. Most of the mods come here at least once a day, and keep an eye out for anything that might be going down.

[PinkFloydYoshi]

The community has been behaving really well, and we're pretty proud of it to be honest. The only thing I see not being enforced is the signature rule.

Can you give us some examples of topics that should have been closed or dealt with in some manner? PM me them if you wish and I'll post them in the staff lounge, if you don't want to single the topic creator out or anything like that.

[Electric yoshi]

(No cracks on how long I've been gone, pweese? TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! !)
I guess part of that could have been my fault. I can't remember exactly how long I was gone for, but I did send tim an Email telling him to make me a regular memeber wile he was still admin because I had zip comp time for me to be active at any forum let alone this one. Apparently he didnt get it or didnt care, cause I wasn't removed as a mod from him. any whooo... >_> (I'm back for now, if ya'll are wondering that is, but I don't dare be a mod anymore if for some uncanny reason I was asked, because I might have to take off again)

[melons]

Yay electric is back welcome back^^

[joshi]

Speaking of job performance, just want to make a quick reminder to the moderators that whenever you move a topic, uncheck the tick mark where it says, "Leave a message saying where the thread has been redirected." It serves no purpose other than take up space for excessive and unnecessary information. We can figure out where a thread is moved by checking the matching section along with the thread's title when it has been posted on recently.

That'd be all.

[contention]

Good point moreso than ever Joshi; and I will say that I have done that on accident of late. But, because of that I'll make sure to uncheck the boxes when a thread is moved. As for the whole area on the basis of Moderation it does seem that some come on and off. Yet, they do take part in their jobs upon the YC board; everyone does there own little piece. The only major issue that causes any sort of influencial probelm would be that which is created by time away from the computer. Of course, these factors can not be changed nor always fixed by the person at hand. At time, life will eventually catch up with us and make things more of a hassle than they already were. In total, it can become more than just a challange to recieve to your duties in a large amount of work dedicated time. Yet, this is not something that they can give aid to; it's part of the process in which a life like responsiblity takes over and the occupant must head onto a path farther down.

(However, when at all possible one should take time to check the mainstream of the boards. Looking through threads, not always opening them but making sure that things don't seem to go into a frenzy. Maybe a little time here and there, just to keep things in order.)

Earlier comments that were motioned toward the Moderators of the forum were that of a set which incorporated into the efforts of their duties. That being how threads were deleted and moved over a set of time. While things have been getting better, the efforts of the Admins have gone for actions to help enforce these risings in attitude. From a bit of sight on the surface it can be seen that the Moderators have been moving threads and locking them more. This has helped keep certain parts of the forum clean from messes, and also it seems that some Moderators have gone through the forums and taken off every single locked thread and replaced it in the File Cabinet. Of course, as there always is, there are things that can and still should be done to improve the stability of the forums. However, there has been a noticable amount of activity within the past weeks with interaction between members.

These certain things of course revolving around tournaments and talks between the community. This helps continue the flow of what has been worked for. Yet, the board goes up and down in waves and tulmuts. Such can't be stopped, but Joshi's earlier statements long ago of what should be worked on, still needs to be worked on. He made good points among the statements at hand, and from then things have been moved a bit foward. Since earlier opposition formed by the older Global Administrator, Yoshi Corner has been repairing itself and trying to patch. But, like all things there will always be oppisite opinions on every ordeal. Sometimes sitting on the fence is good or choosing sides, but keep in mind that every facet of a probelm here seems to be considered in some light.

More inner turmoil of late has also risen up. That of course, being certain attitudes shot from member to member or any level of administration for that. This seems to be diffrent, like some kind of a shocking revolt. YC is of course a haven for those of the Yoshi fandom. That of course which will undergo diffrent modes of ages and levels of the citizens who come to join. You might not always enjoy whom comes, and you might feel more than ever toward them. We all have felt these sides, but you have to keep in mind that no one can fully control your attitude but yourself. You have power over what you say and how you say it, so far certain rants have broken apart and been silenced; for what of course is but a section of close time.

Joshi made good statements about the Mods, and they are still trying to get repaired. As for communication between the masses, such should be settled upon one major factor. While of course you are all between a computer and another huge wall of information that does not mean that you do not posses a human body. Keep this consideration in fact when bringing up something personal. Try to stick to the main purpose and things at hand, everyone has emotions like you yourself do. This of course isn't aimed at anything in general but merely just being thrown out into the shuffle. Do what your instict says, and as for the future of YC; things are constantly being worked on bit by bit over time.

[Toshi]

The only thing I see not being enforced is the signature rule.

Yes, that annoys me, that rule is stated there for a reason, to allow the boards to be "user friendly" so to speak, after all, i'm sure many members will agree, we don't want to read a topic and then see a pointless, annoying sig with humongous Arial font typing reading "MY SIG" and spend about 5 mins scrolling down to read the next post.

Anywhoo, that aside, i have noticed a dramatic increase in behaviour. I think that, in itself, is a great sign that the moderators are doing a fantastic job at keeping flame wars, rants, SPAM etc down. I did notice that some mods are inactive, but there are good enough reasons behind their absence, for example, illness, college/school work, jobs etc, so you can't possibly say they're inactive on purpose, give them a break, as much as i don't like to say this, they have better things to do with their lives than sit in front of the computer and browse the boards just to make sure no one has made a topic called "I have no friends..." or something. (I hate those kind of topics)

So, in my opinion, i think the moderators and admins are doing their jobs brilliantly, if i could, i would give 'em medals, because those poor guys get a lot of stick. So, when you said this...

"...the moderation team is, ah... sort of not performing their job."

Ask yourself... are they?