I thought this matter a non-issue going forward, but yesterday I experienced yet another variation of this problem of 'Authoring a New Thread' on this forum regarding the actions of Darkstar416.
A change in wording to a thread to suit that Moderator's belief rather than those of the thread starter, which happened to be me. (I am beginning to think I am a target in a shooting gallery of late.)
Let me suggest that you take the common courtesy of first sending a Private Message offering the reason why you think you must make a change. This will give the person a chance to respond privately. Who knows, maybe you are right or maybe that person will have a valid response. Why continue in this mode of laundering in public view unless you are instituting a type of Mount Olympus on this board.
This is maddening the way this continues and often seems arbitary even when done with good reason. You correct the grammar of one person, and ignore that of another. You make a minor change in a thread title in one case, and ignore an offensive thread title in another. And I am being kind in not listing the rest that I have noticed.
Just because you offer sometimes an explanation, after the fact - publicly or privately - this is not a good approach to the responsibility that rests in your hands.
If I am being lectured to publicly in a thread, I will respond in kind if I feel I have a just position on that same matter. If you take it offline, I would keep it offline on my part. I don't see why that cannot be the modus operandi. But now, put plainly, I don't trust the Moderators as a collective group of individuals, to be consistent in their execution of whatever policy that may exist on this thread.
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