InfoDroid said:
Oh, it's not just this thread, Bingo. It's almost every thread.
But again, not trying to give you a hard time. I'm sure you're sincere in your compulsion to help. It's just that it can be a little off-putting sometimes and I want you to be aware of it.
Personally speaking, I don't need anyone telling me what I should or shouldn't be contributing to a thread unless I've violated the forum's rules somehow. And in that case, it's a mod's responsibility to inform me of that.
If you could give me any examples that are markedly out of place with most of the other board users I'd be glad to discuss them with you.
Surely the Moderators are a place of last resort (when something has really got out of hand and turned nasty or really obstructive or something has been posted which could get the site closed down).
There are plenty of cries of "Stay on target" (and rarely from myself as I'm just as guilty of swerving as the rest of us here) when a thread goes west (as this one is at risk of doing).
On the whole people do moderate as a team and in a friendly fashion (sometimes warning people who have put up links which might breach the rules so they can be retracted before the moderators need to get involved...that sort of thing).
This thread is about letting people discuss what lengths fan edits can go to and what good they can do.
It's not about board policing policy (there is a thread about that already) http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Fan-edit-forum-rules-and-FAQ/topic/5950/
It's designed as a place where people who cover the broad spectrum of feeling from those that feel they shouldn't exist at all to those that feel that edits should practically remake the edited film can come and debate those points of view at whatever level they hold them.
I saw what I thought was a need for such a thread when I saw those opinions being voiced on a multitude of otherwise unrelated threads.
This is not intended as an organ for me to take control of these boards or tell people what to do.
On the contrary it's to allow people to say what they want to say in a space designed specifically for that task as opposed to throwing a comment in here and there where they might get lost in a thread not specifically related to debate the contributor was commenting in.
If you feel that's a negative contribution to this site, a place I hold very dear, I'm genuinely sorry to read that.
If this thread or any post I make elsewhere breaks any of the rules of this place inform me or a moderator and one way or another it will be brought back into the rules or removed.
I was under the impression that I was getting along fine with everyone here and to be honest this discussion has rather shook me up a bit and given me much of food for thought.