[Brian_R170]

There have been a few posts and I have received a couple of personal e-mails regarding the recent flame war. I was most sorry to see CarlJ's post since it implied he wanted to leave the forum, and it's likely that others are feeling the same way. So, here are some thoughts that might address your concerns.


FLAME WARS
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I think everybody knows that flame wars can quickly snowball out of control and I also think that everybody knows how to prevent it from happening. If you don't, then read Venk's post. It is 100% accurate.

http://forums.benzworld.org/forums/messages.asp?messno=97993&id=20


MODERATORS.
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When I accepted the status of "Forum Host", I told Frank that I would delete posts for only the following reasons:

1. Duplicate posts.
2. Blatant Spam. I mean people selling stuff that's completely off topic or using automated posting.
3. Sabotage. This has happened only once since I became a forum Host (when RaVeR posted about 120 messages of garbage in a childish fit).

However, I would like to add another

4. Any post that the author asks me to delete, and authors of any replies to the post agree.

I won't don't delete a flame post or ban the author for posting it. The other forum hosts may feel differently. I expect that, and I respect that.


OTHER FORUMS
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I am happy to give the URLs to other SLK forums that I know of. The truth is that this is the most active SLK forum on the internet in English (Torsten's forum at mbslk.de is more active, but in German). Being the most active means this forum has the most off-topic and the most flame posts, but it also means it has the most useful and informative posts, and the largest audience from which to receive feedback and advice.