Colin Bishop has summed up the moderator's role better than I could, but I will add the following. Mayhem is Martin's forum, he sets the standards and we, as moderators do our best to uphold them. If any drastic action is deemed necessary we will usually give our reasons but, we are not going to explain, or enter into debate, every single time we moderate, there simply aren't enough hours in the day. Because of the time difference, many problems have been dealt with by the time I log on, and I fully endorse the actions of the other moderators, not because we are a trade union, but because we are maintaining the same standards. Judging by the very small number of complaints we receive regarding moderation, maybe, just maybe, we are doing a half decent job, but that's for Martin to judge.
Peter Fitness
Global moderator.