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**SueW** · 11 Jan 2004, 11:14

At the index it says that we should say what we like and dislike about MLUKFC. The thing I don't like the most is The Fight Club section. I have never agreed with that section and yesterdays decision to move a discussion there about Meet and Greets has only strengened my opinion.

I think that just the fact that there is a Fight Club section can provoke some people in their hope that a topic they do not like will get moved there. In the discussion yesterday, before it even got remotely heated, people were posting that they expected the thread to get moved to Fight Club as people were criticising Meat Loaf or his management's decision not to hold M&Gs. This kind of thing shouldn't be happening.

This is a discussion board and people shouldn't be afraid to speak out about what they consider is wrong because they are worried that a thread will be moved to Fight Club.

I also think that if you have to have a Fight Club then it shouldn't just be one person's decision to move a thread to that area. Plus, as has happened in the past, only the argumentative posts should be moved there and not (virtually) the whole thread. Two people made the comment to me yesterday that moving that thread to Fight Club smacked of trying to hide it from Meat Loaf and I have to agree with that.

Also the Fight Club section by definition is probably the section of the board that would need the most moderating and yet the only moderator who has the power to lock threads in that area is Diane (who admits herself that she is not online all that much) and Rainer.

Obviously with almost 900 members there are going to be disagreements (especially with strong minded people and events like Meat Loaf going back on his promise without an adequete reason given) but the reason that I was drawn to MLUKFC in the first place is that discussion was allowed (encouraged even) and we didn't have a message saying that the idea of the board was to "build up Meat Loaf" as another board had. However when a predominetly mature discussion is removed (or buried away) in Fight Club then I really wonder if MLUKFC is the place I thought it was.

And when a moderator of the board posts inflammatory remarks like "Feel free to abuse me in Sheffield - bet you won't when we meet!" I serously wonder about the direction that the board is taking.

SueW

11 Jan 2004, 11:14	#1
SueW Moderator Join Date: 14.04.2002 Posts: 1,345	The Fight Club Section At the index it says that we should say what we like and dislike about MLUKFC. The thing I don't like the most is The Fight Club section. I have never agreed with that section and yesterdays decision to move a discussion there about Meet and Greets has only strengened my opinion. I think that just the fact that there is a Fight Club section can provoke some people in their hope that a topic they do not like will get moved there. In the discussion yesterday, before it even got remotely heated, people were posting that they expected the thread to get moved to Fight Club as people were criticising Meat Loaf or his management's decision not to hold M&Gs. This kind of thing shouldn't be happening. This is a discussion board and people shouldn't be afraid to speak out about what they consider is wrong because they are worried that a thread will be moved to Fight Club. I also think that if you have to have a Fight Club then it shouldn't just be one person's decision to move a thread to that area. Plus, as has happened in the past, only the argumentative posts should be moved there and not (virtually) the whole thread. Two people made the comment to me yesterday that moving that thread to Fight Club smacked of trying to hide it from Meat Loaf and I have to agree with that. Also the Fight Club section by definition is probably the section of the board that would need the most moderating and yet the only moderator who has the power to lock threads in that area is Diane (who admits herself that she is not online all that much) and Rainer. Obviously with almost 900 members there are going to be disagreements (especially with strong minded people and events like Meat Loaf going back on his promise without an adequete reason given) but the reason that I was drawn to MLUKFC in the first place is that discussion was allowed (encouraged even) and we didn't have a message saying that the idea of the board was to "build up Meat Loaf" as another board had. However when a predominetly mature discussion is removed (or buried away) in Fight Club then I really wonder if MLUKFC is the place I thought it was. And when a moderator of the board posts inflammatory remarks like "Feel free to abuse me in Sheffield - bet you won't when we meet!" I serously wonder about the direction that the board is taking. SueW