All-Australian Swans?

[111431]

That's the really important point here. I wish people would focus on that rather than the internecine squabbling.

here here

[stevoswan]

mmm... is this what the founding fathers and mothers of RWO had in mind all those years ago?

Well, if they wanted this site to be a reflection of a society with lots of different personalities and lots of different opinions that discusses and occasionally debates and even argues....then yes.

If it was started by wannabe mods who dreamt of a perfect world....then no.

I often dream of a perfect world.....but then I remember that it's inhabited by humans. Of course I'm not suggesting that as a collective, we don't try to achieve this ideal but it's always going to be a bumpy ride. Same with this fan site......it's just the nature of humans.

Also, I find the 'behaviour coaching' that rears it head on here every time people have a lively debate as painful as the behaviour that is being tut-tutted. Possibly more.....

[Goal Sneak]

Well, if they wanted this site to be a reflection of a society with lots of different personalities and lots of different opinions that discusses and occasionally debates and even argues....then yes.

If it was started by wannabe mods who dreamt of a perfect world....then no.

I often dream of a perfect world.....but then I remember that it's inhabited by humans. Of course I'm not suggesting that as a collective, we don't try to achieve this ideal but it's always going to be a bumpy ride. Same with this fan site......it's just the nature of humans.

Also, I find the 'behaviour coaching' that rears it head on here every time people have a lively debate as painful as the behaviour that is being tut-tutted. Possibly more.....

Nicely said stevoswan. It'd be seriously boring if we all spoke robotically in unison. A forum without diverse, passionate and robust points of view would be purposeless

[Danzar]

Yes RWO is a site with "lots of different personalities and lots of different opinions that discusses and occasionally debates and even argues". That is exactly what it is.

For those who continually take issue with being moderated, here is the Oxford Dictionary definition of 'moderation' - the avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behaviour or political opinions. The job of moderators is to apply this.

When the mods are repeatedly asked to explain in great detail why they moderated a post, then 'behaviour coaching' is probably how they will start sounding.

RWO isn't here to be anyone's perfect world.

And yet again, here is a perfectly good thread that has been derailed, and not by the moderators!


[EDITED as I now see Steve's point thanks. The above point still stands for the broader issue at play so will leave the edited post right here]

[jono2707]

A hearty congratulations to Callum and Isaac for making the All Australian team. A great achievement and worth posting about in this thread which is, funnily enough, about the AA nominations and award winners.