[Moderation] World Rapidplay thread being moved temporarily

[Terry McCracken]

To be cleaned up of personal insults.
Some posts will be edited and others deleted as felt necessary.
It will then be returned here.

Regards, Graham.

Well Graham...due to moderation policies, Steve B. just quit!!!

Looks like Hyatt did too?

Time for Change Regards,
Terry

Steve is very good at what he does. So are the others good at
what they do.
Steve will be back today or tomorrow. He has time to cool off and
will be back soon

Maybe? Maybe not? I hope you're right....

[Graham Banks]

If Steve leaves and Hyatt, I may too!

Of course I'm sure that doesn't matter either....ppphhhttt!

Quite frankly I wouldn't like to see anybody leave as I said previously, but I can't let emotive comments dictate moderation action.
Just doing the job and hoping that everybody will calm down in the meantime.
Members do feel very strongly about issues at times and things can get out of hand in the heat of the arguments.
Look upon this as a chance for everybody to cool off for now.

Regards, Graham.

[Terry McCracken]

If Steve leaves and Hyatt, I may too!

Of course I'm sure that doesn't matter either....ppphhhttt!

Quite frankly I wouldn't like to see anybody leave as I said previously, but I can't let emotive comments dictate moderation action.
Just doing the job and hoping that everybody will calm down in the meantime.
Members do feel very strongly about issues at times and things can get out of hand in the heat of the arguments.
Look upon this as a chance for everybody to cool off for now.

Regards, Graham.

I'm not angry, I'm just calling like I see it. I've been here a long time, Steve even longer, and Bob as well.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

If Steve leaves and Hyatt, I may too!

Of course I'm sure that doesn't matter either....ppphhhttt!

Quite frankly I wouldn't like to see anybody leave as I said previously, but I can't let emotive comments dictate moderation action.
Just doing the job and hoping that everybody will calm down in the meantime.
Members do feel very strongly about issues at times and things can get out of hand in the heat of the arguments.
Look upon this as a chance for everybody to cool off for now.

Regards, Graham.

I'm not angry, I'm just calling like I see it. I've been here a long time, Steve even longer, and Bob as well.

And you will stay,this is yet another debate in the long way to perfiction,so calm down guys as Graham recomended

[Rolf]

If Graham is doing his job properly he cant have difficulties to seperate what Bob said well about existing rules and that H. had violated them from what Steve dreams of, namely that someone cant or shouldnt be criticised if he was the first to talk about what he had done wrong. Bob should be respected as the one who's representing state of the art in computerchess. I agree with Bob about his indignation that suddenly Grah stopped the debate "temporarily" although no personal insults had appeared at all - if any I could perhaps discover some attacks against Bob, but as usual Bob didnt complain - so why stopping the debate other than with wanting to avoid a communication about the apparent violation of clear rules? Grah should quickly realise that this was overreaction. But he should make a clear statement about the rules of that event. In doing so the debaters would calm down in a better way than by simply cutting off the whole dcebate itself... To call a violation of rules a violation cannot be judged as a personal attack and a violation of the charta of CCC IMO. Bob has made this all too clear.

In the name of rational debate please Graham, re-open this debate. Thanks.

[Graham Banks]

In the name of rational debate please Graham, re-open this debate. Thanks.

All in good time Rolf.

[Rolf]

In the name of rational debate please Graham, re-open this debate. Thanks.

All in good time Rolf.

Who am I to influence you but are you certain that there had been real insults in this thread? Could you send me a single example per email? I havent seen one yet, but I'm not a native speaker.

[Graham Banks]

are you certain that there had been real insults in this thread? Could you send me a single example per email? I havent seen one yet, but I'm not a native speaker.

- referring to someone's book as unchecked rubbish
- attacking "mediocre" engine authors and insinuating that their points of view are based on jealousy rather than substance
- referring to a member being made to feel as unhappy as usual
- a direct attack on moderation

So far! Still tidying up the thread.