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In Reply to: Re: Jon Risch: RESIGN posted by Des on January 03, 2002 at 22:30:47:
Mr. Jon Risch one definite vote to stay.Lest there be any confusion, my "proposition" was not for Jon to leave the Asylum. Only that he resign his position as moderator. The job of moderator is to moderate discussions by enforcing the rules which govern those discussions. When a moderator flagrantly violates those rules they are charged to enforce in an attempt to impugn and discredit someone else, thereby making himself the provoker, I think it's time for that responsibility to be given over to someone else.
If you feel that these are admirable traits in a moderator, you're certainly entitled to that opinion.
se
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Mr. Eddy,
For a supposedly clued up dude--to stick your head up over the parapet with such a confrontationalist post and expect to dodge all the bullets?Fat chance mon aimee'
Moi
I'm not a new poster to this forum but I have emailed Jon in the past. I think that most people here want Jon to be more than just a moderator. How else could you explain the frequent Q for Jon posts. The fact is that Jon is considered a source/cable authority, the job of moderator is just something extra for Jon to do. Perhaps there could be more than one moderator since a moderator's job is often very hard when there is lots of traffic on the site.But I think you have to separate Jon the moderator from Jon the poster. Even if Jon is the a hypocrite or an unknowledgeable poster etc. etc. (which IMO he's not) it does not make him a bad moderator. As long as he doesn't abuse his power (which many do) or deletes posts that everyone think should not be deleted then there's no reason for him to resign. So far Eddy, you seem to be the only one wanting Jon to resign.
"But I think you have to separate Jon the moderator from Jon the poster. Even if Jon is the a hypocrite or an unknowledgeable poster etc. etc. (which IMO he's not) it does not make him a bad moderator. As long as he doesn't abuse his power (which many do) or deletes posts that everyone think should not be deleted then there's no reason for him to resign. So far Eddy, you seem to be the only one wanting Jon to resign."As moderator, you don't expect him to set a proper tone of behaviour then? How do you expect him to enforce the rules if he can't engage in the behavior that is expected from everyone else? The two are not as mutually exclusive as you would like to think. I would think that the reason for chosing someone as moderator in the first place is that they show an even handedness in their approach to all situations, including from those who strongly disagree with them, or with whom they strongly disagree. If they cannot, why should he be elevated to the position of moderator?
I'm not saying Jon should resign, but I believe he definately did not handle this well by becoming one of the provokers, whether or not he felt justified to. His position as moderator should have superceeded his personal position.
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