Ed.

[Sqad]

For the well being and smooth running of AB, might I suggest that you have a word with a pressured Mod concerning his arrogant ,unsympathetic and confrontational approach to his role on this website.

Please take this as an official complaint.

[Peter Pedant]

this is all a bit febrile innit
everyone take paracetamol - foo!

//I've always wondered how someone gets to be a mod. Do you get chosen or is there an application process?//
oh
I've always wondered how a mod gets to be fired. Do you get fingered or is there an assessment process?
or is a coffin the only way out?

(oh Herr Planck how did you get all those old professors to accept your new exciting quantum theories? Planck for it is he: they died)

[ToraToraTora]

ed: "Sorry, ToraToraTora. The offer was for Sqad. Maybe one day." - there are no better gamekeepers than ex poachers!

[pat2604]

I was a mod when I wasn't Pat. Could I reapply. I am naughtier than Lottie. I fancy zapping people!! Lottie was more tactful.

[Teapots1]

Please please, not sure what this post is really all about, but reading between the lines. I can't handle another inquiry / report.

[andy-hughes]

Pasta - Others may agree with Sqad, who knows?

Only the Mod concerned and the Ed know if this has gone any further, the Ed's cryptic responses suggest he is not minded to share his actions.

[SparklyKid]

I agree with Sqad. I have also been on the receiving end of subtle sarcastic responses.

[jno]

I know, teapots, I'm wating to hear what Sue Gray has to say about this one.

[Gromit]

It was very poor moderation that made me drop my Gromit user name for several months.
I was constantly being zapped for no good reason. All that stopped when I used The Sunk name.

[burlyshirley]

Lol wrong thread pat ....

[jno]

soft bamboo wash cloths should be issued to all mods, they need to treat hurt feelings with care.

[andy-hughes]

Sparkly - Any responses you receive are from an AB'er who may also be a Moderator, the two are not connected.

There is no Charter Of Higher Responsibility for Mods to adhere to in their daily responses, except in the minds of an imaginative few who refer to it, and then ignore the explanations - like this one.

If you feel a post is inappropriate, report it - Mods are subject to Site Rules like everyone else.

[pat2604]

Whoops. I've just made this thread more confusing. Please report!!

[pat2604]

Lol jno

[Mamyalynne]

You've made it more entertaining for me.

That's 'down below' sorted for a start.

[andy-hughes]

BurlyShirley - // Burlyshirley - how can you know who 'said Mod' is, since Sqad has not identified him? //

Cat got your tongue?

[pat2604]

It's pretty obvious who Sqad is talking about Andy.

[pat2604]

Cat got your tongue?

How rude!

[douglas9401]

At the risk of being accused of being a party to badgering and heckling could someone confirm the preferred personal pronoun of the high heid yin?

I've long been under the impression that the lead was taken by females but there seems to be a stubborn ignoring of a middle manager's use of 'he' when referring to the chairperson.

Please be assured that I have no axe to grind in these references and insist that all live like they wanna live.

Yours in moderation...

[andy-hughes]

pat - // It's pretty obvious who Sqad is talking about Andy. //

Well, Sqad has chosen not to confirm the honesty of his convictions by naming the Moderator, and therefore giving him a chance to defend himself, so we must leave ourselves guessing - and that is probably for the best.

I suspect that any attempts to continue on this thread, or start another one on this subject, are going to be met with closure and / pr deletion, since such action would contravene Site Rules.