Regarding our Rule on Insults (Please read post before voting)

[Tiberius]

See... this is the kind of behavior I am talking about Ely. If I dissent with you, I have reason to fear my dissent being deleted or locked... or maybe even a warning if the trend keeps up. Further, i did not say I was starting the thread over here: I am disagreeing with your locking said thread in the first place. Are we not allowed to discuss what the forum staff do? -_-

By all means, discuss what the staff do. However, in this case, that thread went completely over the top towards the end, and it needed locking. A lot of members have agreed it was a good decision, and I'm one of them.

This just seems petty to me, Ely. Locking a thread because of insults? Are we five?

It was locked because all people were doing was throwing insults around. It was hardly the most productive of threads. What was petty was the amount of insults flying around, not the moderation that was put in place to stop it.

And when insulting... 'moron' is nothing. Hell... I've called people morons for much less than Syna did in this case. It is more chastising than it is insulting. Frankly, I am impressed by his level of control in not calling her 'You inbred fool'.

Sure, moron is a pretty tame insult, but an insult it was nonetheless, after a specific warning from an Admin not to do it. I didn't see Synackaon complain about it.

I don't give a damn that you don't make idle threats... you shouldn't threaten such ridiculous things at all. I've been kicked out of school several times for making idle threats... making threats just doesn't solve problems... and since you locked the thread before anything was solved for In This Mind: this same conversation is doomed to come up later anyway. In the same vein... it might as well have been a part of the same thread you just locked.

It wasn't an idle threat, it was a real threat. A real threat that was quickly executed when people ignored it. For the record, In This Mind left the forums way before Eilonnwy shut the thread. If the conversation is doomed to come up again, so be it. At least people have had some time to breathe and chill in between; maybe it won't be so fiery next time.

I have a problem with your decision... but I'm not going to take it up with the mods specifically. You made the decision in the community, and said it to the community... and I think the community at large should be allowed to discuss your decision.

The community don't make the rules here, nor do they enforce them. We do. The community can discuss any decision made by the staff, but ultimately it is up to the staff whether that decision was a good one or not. I can't speak for any other staff, but I'm fully in support of the decision made.