There are Magistrate cases referencing things posted to the local forums. Multiple--I think 3. If that doesn't suggest something was seriously wrong with them, I don't know what would. And it is misleading to think there wasn't anything wrong ever posted--I think it would be fair to say that 95% of the moderating that we did do, was done in the locals. Most of the evidence is gone, along with the locals, but I have these:
Nearly 40% of all forums posts are also done in the locals which is a real statistic unlike your made up one which makes the locals the largest board by a lot, like 30k posts a lot so there is a reason for there to be more moderating done there than any other board. Also considering there are 43k posts in that board and only three times were the local board used in a Magistrates Case, it actually surprises me the number is so small.
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,4420.0.html
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,4430.msg112697.html#msg112697 (although the posts containing the insults were deleted, they are quoted in this post)
http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,3908.0.html (ditto)
First Case, the forums were a small part of the problem because the offender used several venues thus the local's board is not the source of the case simply another place the offender did wrong actions.
Second Case, same thing, a very small part of the case was of the forums and was not the source of the case simply another venue.
Third Case, is similar to the first two although a bit more of it was on the forums but at the same time that conversation could have happened on IRC just as easily.
That's not really convincing that the local forums was terrible. And any way if you don't think there will ever be anything bad on a board with over 40k posts than why do have moderators? If moderators decide to delete a post they should always save it somewhere in case a Magistrates case needs to be filed IMO
When the call went out for moderators, very few answered that call. What makes you think that has changed? We never had a moderator for every single board; you can see my name on two of the boards from before I was made global moderator. If you want to be a moderator, by all means, send Tom an email (@lemuria.org).
When I applied with Indirik, I believe the head moderator he stated they weren't looking for moderators. There are people willing to read every post of the local forums and moderate them though.
