Questions and complaints about moderation + unlisted, mostly unmoderated, free discussion

[PierreB]

@Windy_Skies

@dougselsam

They don’t even bother with a notification of why any factual content must be deleted - they just delete it. Very similar to the old forum. Idiots, idiots, idiots

I don’t have the patience to write the same thing a thousand times. See some of the discussion above for the reasoning.

To try to change your behavior, I will reset your trust level to that of a new user. That means that a moderator will need to approve every comment of yours before it shows up. I can’t speak for the other moderators, but I will use the FAQ - AWESystems Forum and my own judgement to do that. I will not approve otherwise acceptable posts that violate the FAQ in a small part of it. Mention of “idiots, idiots, idiots”, “crackpots”, and so on is an automatic refusal.

@dougselsam 's quote comes from the current topic which is unlisted and unmoderated as its title indicates. So resetting his trust level to that of a new user is violating the mentioned FAQ which concerns public comments. And that @Rodread as moderator approves that bodes ill for the future.

Now if we quote Doug’s last moderated comment we don’t see any insults:

@dougselsam

@tallakt

Could you not increase the output of a HAWT at lower windspeeds eg. by increasing the wing area (add blades)?

I remember asking such a question long ago, when I was a newbie. The answer was “Do you think we don’t know what we’re doing?”

This is the silly thing about AWE: nobody knows what they are even talking about, let alone doing.

There was no matter for doing moderation. Doug points the lack of basic knowledge in wind energy. On the contrary, his answer, because it is not detailed, prompts us to reflect and try to find a way towards a better knowledge of wind energy. I am therefore also concerned and encouraged to better understand the bases of this energy.

But here, like for the old forum, the moderators consider themselves untouchable, not accepting any questioning. Again this bodes ill for the future.

Now about a minor point:

@Windy_Skies

" to deliver important insights into innovative technology" That is close enough to Dave’s, "essentially/effectively " (not exactly) a fly off.

@kitefreak

RWE is effectively conducting a Flyoff between SkySails and Ampyx.

Ampyx will crash. SkySails will work somewhat.

It is easy to understand that in this context: “to deliver important insights into innovative technology” and “RWE is effectively conducting a Flyoff between SkySails and Ampyx.” are quite different things. Actually I don’t see any flyoff (so a comparison between SkySails flexible and Ampyx rigid kites) from RWE. Both technologies are described, not compared. For the rest (concerning also Dave’s predictions) this has already been noted.