Moderators? - Page 1

Noticed today that this site now apparently *does* officially have at least two moderators-- Saoa and VomFelsenHof. Have additional moderators been appointed, and if so, who are they? How were the moderators selected, and by whom? Is Oli still the sole owner of this site, or have the moderators bought in on it? Doesn't much matter to me whether the site is moderated or not, but if it's going to be done, then I think it's reasonable to inquire as to who will have the power to alter, amend or delete posts, ads and the like.

Hi Hexe, There are now in total three visible moderators. Myself, vomfelsenhof, and vomlandholz. I was assigned this years ago, and its an overwhelming task and asked Oli many times to instate other moderators with more access. Of course, Oli has access to and I believe Disa. Please be aware that all of us are extremely busy, and do what we can when time permits. We keep reading the TOS (terms of Services) and I recommend everyone who is in doubt before placing commentary, do the same. It would safe a lot of time. Yes, Oli is the sole owner of this site. And, NO, the moderators don't own a megabite of it. It's Oli's baby and I hope it will stay that way.

Oli selected the moderators. I did not ask to be put in moderator status, I suppose he's just read over my posts? I am happy to help when I can.

I want to thank you all. There have been some good posts, angry posts, and uncalled for posts. Some items removed that needed to be and some removed I wish had stayed. Anyway it goes, please stay consistent and eventually things will settle and move forward to the great interactive site it can be. I do apprecieate access to this site as a reference to the great breed of GSD's.

Thank you for replying, Saoa and VomFelsenHof. It is helpful, I think, to finally confirm that the site IS moderated (as time permits, of course...doubtful that any of you, or Oli, or Disa, have the time to hover over the messageboard all day long!), since that is an issue that has been debated often. Perhaps the knowledge that this is officially a moderated message board will aid in getting the participants to exercise some common sense and some tact.

Hexe, one can hope! :D I'm sure we'll have to keep pointing out the TOS until people get used to it. I know I'm on quite a few times a day as well as vomfelsenhof and saoa so hopefully this site can get back to what it's supposed to be, an informative board for all gsd lovers.

What kind of informative is this board about? It seems that only Good and positive are allowed. I still think it should be alright and Okay for a member to post in Xray pictures of their dogs... regards if they are bad. I still cannot understand why Saoa removed them. Oh well.. right? I strongly feel that this should be a democracy forum. everybody should be involved, not just the moderators. It makes the board better, right?!?! I do want to congratulate both vomlandholz and VomFelsenHof for being new moderators.

Hi, I thought the site needed more moderators, I had initially (2 years ago) appointed a few of them but only Gina is still active so (and does a good job), I thought the system needed some more. the thing is that I employ a couple of "Brute Force" cleanup scripts for the system,. Since they do not use any kind of intelligence it is good to use a human touch also. For instance. in the market place. a script runs that simply deletes all ads with the same title, same advertising text, or no text. Since I do not want this system to be banned (in search engines) due to explicit language, I also to a mass delete on whole posts using certain keywords. There are more scripts I emplo, but the abovementioned should give you an idea. So its quite important to also have dedicated people who can moderate single posts and with such at least keep the thread alive. Regards Oli

This is a brilliant resource for all GSD lovers and Oli must be applauded for the effort put in. It is imperative that the site be kept clean and informative. Language and substance require to be kept within the norms of decency and propriety and I am sure with the new moderators in place we shall have a democrat norm of discipline functional very soon. Congratulations to the new moderators and best of luck.

This is more directed to Oli but... If this site is finally going to be strict about following the RULES then I/we need help with contacting other members. OLI, you need to give us the ability to edit our email address. I have a new one but I can't edit it so no one can reach me if I can't put it in my post, this makes it extremely difficult to communicate on this message board. Please fix this option. Thanks, Mel