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Charles L. Cotton wrote:I'm curious why this wasn't handled in a PM. That's how the Moderators handle all problem posts and members, except for the most benign posts as the one in question. It would have been nice to extend the same courtesy to the Moderators, especially considering the growth of the forum and the time they donate to keep it running smoothly. We make mistakes too folks and we make every effort to keep them to a minimum.

The Moderators have reevaluated the thread and we agree that the LEO Contacts & Bloopers section need not be CHL-related. For that reason, the thread has been unlocked.

Chas.

I did PM the the moderator that locked it on June 5th to try to clarify the policy. The moderator would not respond back to me and I still haven't received a PM from him. I thought it would be appropriate to post my questions here. I'm sure others had the same questions as to what is appropriate and what isn't. Even though I did PM the moderator first, Why wouldn't it have been a good idea to discuss it first here. I thought the purpose of this sub forum was to discuss and announce the board policy. It can be hard to follow the rules when the rules are only discussed in private. It seems that even the moderators aren't always clear on what it is. Is it considered bad form to publicly discuss moderation decisions? I realize and understand that moderators take their job seriously, and deserve to be treated with the highest respect, but I there have been some consistency issues. I don't believe that public discussion of these issues should be taken as a personal attack. Rather the discussions could be a part of the solution.

My intentions with my questions on that forum weren't intended to get that particular thread unlocked, it probably had run its course anyway. I was disappointed because I enjoy reading the contact and blooper section and was concerned that such censoring could stifle new postings on that subboard.

What is appropriate to post on LEO Contacts and Bloopers? Someone recently posted a humorous little story relating to a civilian police contact. The thread got locked because as the moderator explained it wasn't gun related. I was confused. The preliminary post by Mr Cotton described the sub forum and didn't mention that it was supposed to be gun related. I PMed the moderator to clarify.

1: What is a proper posting for "Police Contacts and Bloopers"?

2: What is the proper way to clarify policy on the forum? Is it appropriate to PM the moderators or should I do it here as I am now. It seems that it is sometimes taken for granted that it should be clear to us users, but I must admit that sometimes it seems inconsistant. For example the donkey word causes exitement, but buttocks and rear end don't seem to get scrutiny. Topics go way off stream for a whole week. Yet a thread that was started that to me seemed to be exactly what was described in the begginning thread gets locked.

Could there be list of forbidden words posted? So far I believe that I've been able to avoid the censorship, I would like to keep it that way as I am sure others would. When I first joined for a couple of post I thought the word "Glock" was one of the forbiden.