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Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote: But there is only a single mod here - HGM.
The other 2 don't take part into decision-making in any way.

Well, to satisfy your curiosity: I did decide to move the thread to the archive on my own, after Harvey had already locked it

hgm wrote:Well, to satisfy your curiosity: I did decide to move the thread to the archive on my own, after Harvey had already locked it, informing Harvey by PM of my action. I don't feel inhibited to take such a solo action, because the thread can always be moved back if the other moderators would not agree. But Harvey since has expressed by PM that he approves deletion of the thread.

I consider it unwise to leave exchanges of rude insults visible; there will always be participants that feel they are behind in such a shouting match, and will seek possibilities to get even elsewhere on the earliest occasion. It is just a way to breed discontent. If all insults are deleted, no one has any reason to think he has to get even for anything.

Removing the entire thread is indeed a somewhat lazy solution, but it is technically rather difficult on this forum to clip off the part where it derailed if a thread does not have a linear structure. (I.e. if many posters replied not to the latest post, but to someone earlier in the list, so that it gets a branched structure.) I am not sure if I want to make the effort in this case, since it was doubtful whether the original posting wasn't already a violation of the charter, and the original poster was responsible for most of the derailing anyway. Why should I work hard to clean up other people's messes?

I consider any criticism by Ulysses as a counter indication: when he is unhappy, it means I am doing my job well, if he would approve of my actions, it means I must be grossly erring. Because he has openly expressed that he disapproves of the rules specified in the charter, which it is my job to enforce.

Guenther wrote:

Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote: But there is only a single mod here - HGM.
The other 2 don't take part into decision-making in any way.

Well, to satisfy your curiosity: I did decide to move the thread to the archive on my own, after Harvey had already locked it

You obviously did not read the thread properly so far.
Hint: Harvey is not the 7 feet invisible friend of HGM...

For what it's worth, happy easter anyway, Lyudmil (seriously)
There are other things besides chess/computerchess whatever....
Going on a nice trip now.

Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:Harvey, did YOU really lock the thread, or is HGM lying?
If so, please be so kind to unlock and restore it.
You promised me something in a PM, but you are doing precisely the opposite.
This is an important thing, locking and removing a whole thread.
Did you consult the 3 of you, or just one locked, other deleted?

How many threads have been deleted on this forum?
How dare you lock/delete one of the most important, if not the most important at all, computer chess related thread?

Lyudmil Tsvetkov wrote: You BS.
You have sent 10 mails to my mailbox, letting me know YOU are the culprit.
You want me to post screenshots now?
Your place is NOT on this forum, neither on Chess.com.
You should be banned from both.

noobpwnftw wrote:I'd like to hear what Ben Shapiro has to say on this matter.

tpoppins wrote:

Henk wrote:In my opinion normal users should never see the word 'troll' on this site. The only posts that may contain the word "troll" are those in reports send to the moderator team.

So maybe if one uses the word troll in its post to accuse someone he should be banned for a week or a few days.

The above post uses that word three times, does that mean that you advocate banning you for up to three weeks on the basis of that?

Guenther wrote:
You obviously did not read the thread properly so far.
Hint: Harvey is not the 7 feet invisible friend of HGM...