Bible Question:
Dear Lockman and Forum Colleagues, I noticed that many months ago, there was some discussion about implementing some sort of moderation on this forum. It also appeared that this was eventually dropped due to valid concerns about censorship and how it would be regulated. I would like to propose a possibility which I think would be very helpful for this forum, yet would not sacrifice anyone's free expression. My suggestion would only be possible for the hosts at Lockman to accomplish. It is to delete any duplicated posts. There are many of these, and I don't think anyone would be offended if they were taken off. In the cases where there were seperate answers to each of the duplicates, I would suggest simply combining those threads. This could also be done with threads that were not "exact duplicates" but were essentially the same. Unfortunately, this would require a small amount of interpretation, however, I think it would be very helpful for people looking for answers to have everything in one thread. What does everyone think of this idea? Would any of you mind if you're duplicate posts were deleted, or if highly similar threads were combined? |
Bible Answer: Dear Sir Pent: Probably not a really workable solution, but thanks for trying. For practical reasons already enumerated, the status quo may prevail for a while yet. Let's look on the bright side, though. If a post is a good one -- they DO exist :-) -- it wouldn't hurt to have it duplicated in case we don't get it all the first time. If we THINK it is a bad post -- oh, they exist too -- a duplicate reading will either convince us that now we KNOW it's bad, or possibly lead us to change our minds about it. As my great-grandfather Papa George used to say, "If you're dealt a lemon, it's better to make a lemonade with it than to turn sour about it." --Hank |