Moderation in Site Showcase.

[braiswick]

It's good as far as it goes - but, in common with many such sites, it depends upon contributors - and they are all too busy with their own sites.

Mod Note: Welcome to Joomla! Braiswick.  Please see the rules http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,65.0.html specifically:

These forums are centered on Joomla, Open Source software and other Internet and computer matters. They are not a place to promote ideological, religious or political matters. All such discussions will be deleted/closed.

[color=red]I have edited your post to remove the political commentary.  Please be considerate of our forums and rules, further posts such as these will be deleted.- MMMedia

[davechambers]

braiswick

This forum is to help people develop their web design skills not help them create content on their sites.  You may be politically minded and that is fine but don't insult those of us who express their political views with voting rather then a web forum. 

This was your first post and you have tried to insult many people.  Your post sounds as if you are the most righteous person in the world.    Express your views and opinions like this on other forums not a web design based forum.

[braiswick]

I must voice my very real concern about the adjudication procedures being adopted. I was asked to comment about a community site: my remarks were pertinent to the user of that site - a community depends upon responses from visitors to the site, and Joomla! should be concerned about that, as a non-political issue. It is a question that must be considered by anyone wishing to develope a community site: who will visit the site, and how will I motivate them to respond, and to use the rtesource that I have spent many hours creating.

To remove my remarks, without reference to me, is both insulting to my intelligence and to the readers of these forums - who are all intelligent folk, able to make judgements.

To restrict free speech is an awful pathway for any society to adopt - and Joomla! - of all communities should accept any variety of suggestions - however loosely they may conform to the criteria of a specific forum.

This forum is about building communities - my comment merely said there's no point in building a community site unless the community uses it - how can that be political?

[MMMedia]

Braiswick, I left the part of your post that was not political.  I removed the political commentary.  All members of the forums have to abide by the rules located here: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,65.0.html 

Thank you for understanding and cooperation.

I must voice my very real concern about the adjudication procedures being adopted. I was asked to comment about a community site: my remarks were pertinent to the user of that site - a community depends upon responses from visitors to the site, and Joomla! should be concerned about that, as a non-political issue. It is a question that must be considered by anyone wishing to develope a community site: who will visit the site, and how will I motivate them to respond, and to use the rtesource that I have spent many hours creating.

To remove my remarks, without reference to me, is both insulting to my intelligence and to the readers of these forums - who are all intelligent folk, able to make judgements.

To restrict free speech is an awful pathway for any society to adopt - and Joomla! - of all communities should accept any variety of suggestions - however loosely they may conform to the criteria of a specific forum.

This forum is about building communities - my comment merely said there's no point in building a community site unless the community uses it - how can that be political?

[braiswick]

It isn't Burger King - is that all you can find in your mind to respond?

I'm at the Joomla UK conference this weekend, I'll see if I can find someone who will listen with more consideration.

My point is extremely relevant: when invited to make comments an adjudicator should not interfere without just cause.

[infograf768]

@braiswick

This community site is centered on Joomla! and webdesign, not on the ideological/political contents of a site.
Your comments were out of line.

Adjudicators must allow free expression - I notice one comment in red that the comment must not be rude. Why not? Conforming to the rules is the pathway of mediocrity - nothing gets down if we all conform.

Here, on these forums, rude comments are NOT allowed. This does not mean mediocrity and conformism, just politeness.
There are other forums on the web and elsewhere using other tones for debate.
Nothing gets done here if you don't conform to these rules.
Members here do not come to raise that kind of issues.

We are very serious about this and will uphold by any means necessary. Please keep in mind, membership in this community is voluntary, so the decision to stay is completely up to you. We are happy to have you, we just ask that you —and all— play by the rules.

And if you go to Joomladay UK, you will sure hear this from others than I.

[braiswick]

You are totally wrong.

There needs to be an independent adjudicator - otherwise you are playing God.

[essexgunner2003]

Just give up, the PTB  dont really care what any one person thinks. just do what everyone else does and just leave comments like "well done, keep it up" and they will leave you alone. lol

[MMMedia]

This thread was split from the topic here:  http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,79087.0.html

[braiswick]

Good to here that there's another Essex Boy on the team, yes I really liked that siute - it was cool, and the guy that runs it has emailed to say he appreciated my comments. Keep the flag flying.