well... I must admit that for how quick it moved as a thread it would have been more appropriate in the mudchat section of the site... oh well.

Yeah, moderators should be identifiable and accountable, I agree. If there is no real harm in keeping a thread open then leave it till it peters out, but hey, what do I know except 20 years of IRC and other online forum experience ;)

In this forum it would be difficult to stop people considering people generally do not have to be registered to add their point eg. GUEST, somebody! but there should be no problem deleting inappropriate posts especially abusive ones.