On Jun 11, 5:13*pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
F. Baum wrote:
Jay, One word of caution. The management over there encorages a
"comend in public, correct in private" policy. There is alot of miss
information over there when you go to forums like the IFR one. Around
here people who answer posts without much expertese on a subject are
chased off (MX exepted of course). Over there I think the mediators
have created a sterile envoronment where posting to something you know
nothing about is not discouraged.

In the interest of good information being passed on to people
contemplating a move to the forums being addressed here, I am posting
both forums rules as taken off each web site.

First Pilots of America

User's Agreement and Rules of Conduct for the Pilots of America Message
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Personal attacks are prohibited. This specifically means any text/post
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Trolling is prohibited. Whenever someone is clearly, deliberately
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Trolling DOES NOT encourage further discussion in the long run; it only
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Private Messages received on these Forums are to be considered private
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Deliberately circumventing the censor filter is prohibited.
Spamming the forums is prohibited.
Not responding to or ignoring moderator warnings can lead to suspension.
Off Topic (OT) are not prohibited, but should be posted within reason.
There are some topics that are not appropriate for the forums. All posts
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and second, The Purple Board;

"Moderators oversee specific forums. They generally have the ability to
edit and delete posts, move threads, and perform other manipulations.
Becoming a moderator for a specific forum is usually rewarded to users
who are particularly helpful and knowledgeable in the subject of the
forum they are moderating."

There is absolutely nothing unusual about either forum. I've seen
exactly 0 deletion or censuring of posting on either forum by the
administrators. All they ask is that dialog be civil.

This has been my experience so far, and all of it has been good!

--
Dudley Henriques

Thanks for posting this. I found the "correct in private" thing on a
sticky on one of the forums. Have not had time to checkout the purple
board yet.