Benny , one more thing Id like to add..Pf is not an appointed moderator/censor on this forum..if she is Im not aware of it.

If that were the case , as you seem to be concerned about, if indeed you felt you were posting in an enviroment were you were intimidated in some way by one persons power over what you could and couldnt say then I would be deeply concerned for the integrity of the whole forum.The rules would then become a joke.

Forum rules apply to everyone and we all operate within the same guidelines....please be assured I would hope you would feel the same level of freedom that we all do.

Rachel06
If I respond to your very kind words I might be banned again. Yes Robert there were some posts taken down.
I am not allowed to post about what actually happend.
I wont cut out certain farmers from the web page because somebody does not like that person. I will treat every body the same. Its for all farmers and to improve animal welfare. .

Rachel06 has summed the situation up precisely. I support Roberts idea as I see anything at all to make a fairer system a advantage. Robert the fact you are trying is very much to your credit.

I am happy to let the other go providing I can talk about Animal Welfare.
I have been told I can not use the words "we", and "us".
That does make it difficult considering I work with others regarding Animal Welfare. I feel a bit like Robinson Cruso living in a world of just me.

I walk on egg shells.
I am still being attacked as its plain to see Robert if you care to look.
If I hit the delete button its ingorned.
Cilia points out that she requested a post above here deleted . So did I.
It was ignored.
yes Rachel06.
You hit the nail on the head. There is nothing I or you or Robert can do about it. I just hope Robert gets his idea off the ground and others like yourself will use this button if its brought in.
I certainly wont be game to.

Its good to know there are people around thinking of ways to keep threads on track about personal mischief supervised. I just hope they listen to you Robert
Rachel0 and Robert.
I can only say thanks. Its best for everybody and especially the animals if I just move on.
I may not be big on Churches but I am a huge fan of God and he knows the truth.
He will guide me to helping the animals so I will put my faith in him and a few good men like Robert and Rachel0 and Cilia

RObert said: "Celiva, "That way, the most popular, last discussed and most recent comments will always stay on top"
I've saved my link to the site as a sorted by last post list. When I open up OLO the posts are sorted with the most recent posts at the top."

Ah yes RObert, I see what you mean, but I think I haven't explained clearly enough; this was not what I meant.

It is true that the most recent threads are placed on top.
But what I mean is that, whenever a new post is added to a thread, even to threads that are all the way down at the bottom, this thread then should move to the very top again.
That way people can see that someone put a new comment there. We will then always have the most popular, the most discussed threads at the top.

For example, I am making a comment on the Car park thread right now. As soon as I post this comment, the thread should move to the very top.
It will only be pushed down towards the bottom again by the next poster who posts something new on a different thread even seconds or minutes after I posted my comment.

This would be far easier to navigate and people will always keep up-to-date with the last discussed topics.
It would also make it less necessary to opt for 'email alerts' which can really fill up my inbox when there have been many comments on different threads I subscribed to.

Benny siad: "Cilia points out that she requested a post above here deleted . So did I."

Just for the record, I have not requested a post above here to be deleted.
Slight misunderstanding and it doesn't really matter, but I just want to say that in this thread I haven't requested deletion.

I have done that on a very few occasions in the Animal Welfare thread, but not in other threads as far as I can remember.

Robert, I haven't been following this thread closely, but thought I should say a few things. First, thanks for taking it on yourself to get a discussion going about how the forum can be improved. I'll look forward to your summary of your discussion, as promised above.

Second, the only people able to moderate this forum are me, Susan Prior and Lachlan Kuhn. I do most of the moderation, Lachlan sometimes acts, but generally on technical things he might notice out of hours, and Susan almost never.

Third, if you send a "Delete comment" request you always get a response, except in the rare cases where someone might appear to be abusing that function. That doesn't mean that the comment will always be deleted. Most times they're not. I did delete some posts higher up on this thread as not factual and tending to lead to an argument about moderation. Ultimately, the moderator is always right and limited correspondence will be entered in to, and while we normally are fairly tolerant about criticism of us, we're not going to leave material up suggesting wrong-doing, especially when there hasn't been any.

Celivia
I do apoligise it was on the Animal Welfare thread or the take it outside thread I think. Also your idea on the above comment is really well thought out.
It would make things easier for everybody and possibly even Graham
You must sit up all night thinking of these great ideas.
Your a natural. Maybe Graham will give you a job.
I would like to say it can not be an easy job running these forums and puting up with everybody complaining.
I think it would be pretty easy to get the wrong message or your wirses crossed .
I think for everybodies sake that should be the last said about the matter that PF raises all the time.
I dont think it is fair to have the car park set up but still go onto the other threads and try to disrupt the topic at hand. Maybe that is something else you could consider asking to be made a rule Robert.
Poor Robert what ever did you do the deserve all this extra work.
I hate to tell you but I have decided that every time that person
attacks me I will bring it into the car park. That way the Animal Welfare thread can carry on uninterupted.
Selfish am I not but Thanks Robert. At least that way I hope Graham will see I am certainly not responding.
I told you Robert God would help me help the animals.
He sent you.