Cleaning and gleaning the nailed threads, What would have me do, if anything? Options

[Pat Garvey]

In light of the nearly constant carping from ONE particular member to "cull the heard" of some nailed section(s) posts, I ask several questions:

1. Are there too many posts/threads that should be un-nailed?
2. Who should decide if they are inappropriate to the topic?
3. If, after deemed inappropriate to the thread/forum, should they me simply deleted? Should they be moved to some sort of limbo for aperiod of time before deletion?
4. Should they just be sent to the "limbo" category forever?
5. If sent to "limbo", should the posts be left there indefinitely? There are many anomolies to the early production 914's. These are old cars. Production of the early ones was filled with on-the-spot changes.
6. Many other questions........

Look, I'm just trying to do my job here. I do not know everything about every model produced. I will NOT be the judge of every post. I "moderate". That's all.

In the rare occasion that something is inappropiate I have moved threads.

Last thing I want is for my buds to be p_ssed off at me for my lack of knowledge of every 914 ever produced, in any iteration. Again, my job is to MODERATE.

Guidance please!
Pat

[Tom_T]

I can see problems with having two threads - one nailed & "locked" and one regular & "open" but buried somewhere in the archives - where good information could get lost. Some folks with info to offer may not add a post if they can't find the proper thread or don't want to hunt it down, and those looking may miss needed info. with the duplicate format.

Also, we have to realize that it could be a huge workload for a Moderator to go find the choice posts worth moving to the nailed thread version of each of many nailed topics. That is a large task for a paid full time staff, not to mention guys doing it for fun & love of 914s in their spare time!

After all, it's a volunteer effort as Mod, and not a full time commitment - so a lot of info would be dropped - not to mention Moderators dropping out! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

While a lot of things would be "nice" and "easier" on here - I think we need to be realistic that this is a public forum/bulletin board format with hobbyists & volunteers - and not paid professionals running an auto magazine/publishing website.

As such, sometimes you just have to put up with a little disorder and extra "fluff" in the individual postings & topics overall.

My 3 cents worth..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)