What's the point?

3 new mods.

I didn't go though the whole of AH, but I'm of the impression that most of the closures are by one particular mod. Surely that shows that it's not moderation of AH that's the problem just the moderation of one particular mod, who is on a mission, that is.

In the Woke thread the Mod in question effectively rage-quit from that thread, calling someone ignorant in the process just two days before being made a mod, so it's clear as day that there is personal bias from that mod regarding that thread. So after rage-quitting the thread, and being called out for it, one of their first actions after becoming a mod was to come back and close the thread. It's effectively the equivalent of not being able to play yourself, so you come back and take your ball and go home.

Effective moderation of any forum, especially AH, shouldn't be allowed to be based on personal beliefs, and should be impartial, and free of bias. That's definitely not what is happening now. If the mod in question can't do that, then they should do the descent thing and step aside.

Why are you starting at the beginning? That usually only happens when a cmod or admin is coming in cold during a dispute resolution.

You were an active contributor to the thread so surely you know the content? Also I don't understand why anyone would contribute to a thread they found "as much craic as a funeral" .....though a fair few funerals I've been to were great craic..bitta food, shared memories and a sing song.

Existing mods were already active in the thread , giving directional steers where necessary.

I'll be honest and say I only dipped in and out of the thread as anything with "woke" just makes me eye roll, so not my cup of tea.

In saying that the last few pages were mostly about Fawlty towers, again I'll be honest and say I don't get the gammon reference, someone said it was a racist comment ...if that's the case ban the poster for making a racist comment, seems fairly straightforward.

It wasn't "closing a few threads by mistake". You came straight out closing threads with spurious reasons and rude closing posts, your own responses in the woke thread were far from civil and you then rage quit when another mod pulled you up, then you went and closed that. Then there's the unnecessary bold mod posts you've added to other threads.

You closed it, so hiding behind the other mods doesn't cut it. I don't complain about mods, but while you might say it's no wonder no one wants to me a mod, the reality is that some are only too delighted, albeit for the wrong reasons.

It is being actively reviewed now?

It's a long running thread and you closed it, can you not open it back up while it's being reviewed?

So, another example of you deciding a thread has no merit and now you're waiting for others to back you up.

What was it that you deemed to be problematic with that thread?

The woke thread always generated reports yet it stayed open.

The pretending you forgot about your own posts there and references to pissing on people's cornflakes are pathetic.

a long-established, long-running thread that no other moderator took issue with previous to your new regime.

Well that’s patently not true. From the opening post -

Folks this thread has strayed very very far away from its origins as a slightly more lightheared take on 'wokeism'. We need to return to that tone and move away from the more serious discussion that honestly belongs in Current Affairs / IMHO.

The mods are going to have to start removing posts and, if necessary, actioning users if the above is not adhered to. We realise the thread has moved away from that lighthearted tone in recent times, so this may be considered a bit of a change in direction - but its one that is necessary to realistically and justifyably keep this thread in AH and open.

TL;DR Let us all try our best to keep the thread lighthearted. Thanks.

That mod instruction and numerous mod instructions like it, in the last few weeks particularly, and going back months before that, are littered throughout the thread. How many requests to keep it lighthearted have to be made every time things got out of hand? Dozens, and eventually a thread is just more trouble than it’s worth when posters just continue on as they were like mod instructions were never issued.

This thread is beginning to look more like a witch-hunt and less like actual feedback about AH.

Why is a "not very active" poster given the role of a mod?

While quality over quantity should definitely be paramount, why give the role of mod of a very busy forum to a poster by their own admission is "not very active "

And then they wonder why the site is getting so little traffic.

The fresh pair of eyes, is a previously active and overtly biased new mod. Further to that, they have been at the very least disingenuous regarding their participation in the woke thread.

Why should any review of that thread go back any further than when their own participation ended? An example, if you read the below from Ramona Lively Pension, it would appear that they'd never read the thread, let alone contributed to it.

Almost as if it's brand new to them, which is odd considering in their pre-mod days, they were quite active on it.

On page 2 of this thread, I asked Ramona Lively Pension a question which was avoided but to which the answer is now patently clear. Did they take advice from other mods before closing the thread?

As given their previous stance as being an arbiter of "merit" one would hope that their mea culpa would have been tempered by the awareness that as a new mod, already questioned on their trigger speed? They'd at least spit ball their next big call before throwing petrol on the embers of their already acknowledged errors?

As barring something in need of immediate action? That's a fair assumption isn't it?

But no, they clearly haven't and now the weekend is over the Cmods and admins are going to formulate a retconned response?

Or as I would hope, and in fairness as I know from prior dealings with you. Take an objective look at what's happened and in particular the timeline and participation of Ramona Lively Pension in the woke thread.

The claim that they couldn't remember posting in a thread they were active in?

One would assume then that any thread issue prior to Ramona Lively Pension's last contribution in the woke thread of all of 6 days ago, which they'd completely forgotten

Is outside the scope of Ramona Lively Pension's and indeed now the mod teams review? Or is it going to be a retrospective realignment of thread action or inactions with the new sheriff in town?