Moderation concerns

[Izzyeviel]

The end of the world is nigh, but we can always look on the brightside of life...

New threads can opened to discuss the subject. Locking a specific thread won't help.

probably easier locking a thread or two than what they've been dealing with.

 

[RedheadDane]

That's completely different from throwing around unfounded doping accusations or defending Hamaz or Netanyahu.

I'm a little tired, and I totally read that as "throwing around unfounded doping accusations of Hamaz or Netanyahu." Which, I don't think anyone has done...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I'm a little tired, and I totally read that as "throwing around unfounded doping accusations of Hamaz or Netanyahu." Which, I don't think anyone has done...

That would be a permaban.

 

[RedheadDane]

Okay, now that I have slept, I have a bit of a suggestion.

Could it be an idea to change the Rule a little so just like doping talk is mostly prohibited in the Forum... except for in the Clinic, then political talk is mostly prohibited... except for in a new section which you could call the Parliament, or something like that?


(I'm still not sure in which section you'd be allowed to talk about political figures being on drugs...)

 

[Rob5091]

Okay, now that I have slept, I have a bit of a suggestion.

Could it be an idea to change the Rule a little so just like doping talk is mostly prohibited in the Forum... except for in the Clinic, then political talk is mostly prohibited... except for in a new section which you could call the Parliament, or something like that?


(I'm still not sure in which section you'd be allowed to talk about political figures being on drugs...)

Were you not here when we had a political thread? It was n't always very pleasant.

 

[RedheadDane]

Where you not here when we had a political thread? It was n't always very pleasant.

Neither are the doping threads...
People would of course be free to venture into the doping section... or not... as they see fit.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Personally I'd prefer threads being locked when a protest happens. Or simply locking the forum down to read only mode temporarily, cause people can't be expected not to talk about something as it happens and they're collectively watching it. It just won't happen. No amount of mods are gonna help that. It's just human nature.

Forcing time outs in discussions is much better as it makes people be able to reflect and think before posting. Race threads resembles chats so I'd just block it and have an admin write a post explaining what happened. Unlock it when the heat has cooled down as we can't use it anyway.

That would save you admins and mods a huge amount of work, that is just futile. <3

Which is essentially what I did on Stage 11. Was tempted to do so on stage 15, but just about kept up (and to the extent that people had taken on board the message from few days earlier, and heeded it for which I am grateful, that was easier) ; it's a tool I am aware of, but would only want it to be a last resort. And would not want it to be for as long as the 4 hours that you suggest as being brief, just as a catch -up.

 

[Rob5091]

Neither are the doping threads...
People would of course be free to venture into the doping section... or not... as they see fit.

Back in 2020,
https://forum.cyclingnews.com/threads/world-politics.3377/post-2418295

In an effort to keep the forums civil, we've kept the conversations focused directly on cycling. However, we kept our old threads open after the migration to the new Xenforo platform to maintain some links between the old and new forums.

With that said, this political discussion thread requires more moderation than any other part of the forums. In an effort to bring all of our discussion threads in line with our existing forum rules, we're closing down this discussion on politics. We will also close any other threads created to discuss politics on these forums.

We appreciate your understanding and firmly believe that by closing down this type of discussion we can focus our attention on providing the best forum experience possible for passionate fans of professional cycling.

 

[noob]

Which is essentially what I did on Stage 11. Was tempted to do so on stage 15, but just about kept up (and to the extent that people had taken on board the message from few days earlier, and heeded it for which I am grateful, that was easier) ; it's a tool I am aware of, but would only want it to be a last resort. And would not want it to be for as long as the 4 hours that you suggest as being brief, just as a catch -up.

Yup I noticed. I should've said I appreciated that

Shorter is just as good

 

[CyclistAbi]

Please provide some guidelines on what is considered political debate. Questions of legal proceedings in front of some state IMHO can't be considered political debate, as long as the debate is focused on law. Debate about possible legal outcomes set by UCI in the past and in terms of team IPT, such debates are IMHO not political debates. On top of that we now have a situation on where an article is posted on CN and it potentially breaches rules of this forum, by linking it here. I must say that this is a first for me and i would appreciate some guidance.

In short, is discussing law and UCI procedures in terms of IPT team considered political debate? And if UCI takes any actions is it allow to discuss that here?