Alan

I agree with a lot of what you said in that post. Not interested in taking sides in a dispute at all though.

As for the role of a MODERATOR on NE.com. i saw some comments on that and wanted to elaborate for the benefit of members.

These forums are pretty open forums. "Moderators" is a hard coded term used by the forum software. I prefer the term "Forum Leader". I discussed with every "Forum Leader" what is required or what the role basically is. One of the main considerations was to keep discussions going, help with info or answer questions when possible. We don't really get into "moderation" much at all and members need to understand that. People are expected to try to keep good manners however. "Forum Leaders" aren't paid anything and are here for fun and interest. Similarly membership is free so no one can complain if the forums is not what they personally want.

Alan raised the safety issue and I do see a "forum leaders" role as including pointing out when they think something posted may not be safe or advisable. If the reader then can read the original statement and the contary view, well it is up to them if they want to do it or not. In some cases we will definitely ACT and remove the comments (eg if someone posts an obviously excessive reloading charge). Safety as an issue is paramount when people provide advice on what to do when reloading or building firearms.

I agree these "building homemade doubles" are quite likely to get contary opinions. The nature of the beast.

To anyone that can build their own double and isn't a professional in the trade I also respect that too.

Alan McKenzie summed it up well with DITTO.

Enough said I think.