Generally, we do editorial actions on what I call "no-brainer" situations, and let the rest of the stuff go by. If everybody is calling everybody names and a thread is obviously an all-out brawl, I feel justified in closing or deleting it. If it's a little irritability here and there, or even a veiled insult, I'm not going to bother.

Yes 'I' may not. But do 'we' bother? How we know and how to you do you ensure - that your volunteers are using the same personal judgement?


Let me see if I can follow this. The word F****** in a song is safe but - when not in a song - the same word will be considered by Joe Offer's judgement (if not other anonymous volunteers) - to be "gratuitious vulgarity" - and deleted.

So if I post a song called (for example) Ouit F****** With The Aardvark - this will be safe.

But if I post 'quit F****** With The Aardvark' - not in a song - this will be considered by Joe Offer's judgement as "gratuitious vulgarity" and deleted.

If some loyal Mudcat 'posse'member posts 'quit f****** with the Ardvark - as a clear abusive personal attack on a fellow member (as recently happened) - this "gratuitious vulgarity" in a posting remains perfectly safe?

Clear as mud. No wonder Mudcat posters are confused.