[Discussion] we are measuring moderation at the wrong time and calling it noise
Thinking out loud about this: we are measuring moderation at the wrong time and calling it noise. Funding and links, in full, because the question deserves a straight answer. Sponsor units are labelled as sponsored. Each vendor source page carries one outbound link to that supplier’s own storefront, marked nofollow…
The evidence standard on the vendor boards requires a document, a date or a named service behind any claim about a supplier. It is what makes those threads worth reading years later.
Edited a wiki page for the first time and nothing bad happened, which is apparently the point.
Which rule specifically, and which part of it?
Is this about a policy or about an individual removal?
Moderation of individual cases happens in modmail rather than in threads, because a public discussion of one person’s removal is worse for that person than a private one.
modmail first, always, and the thread second
the wiki is editable by anybody with standing on the site
sort by controversial occasionally, it is worth it
the disclosure is boring because it has to be
sort by controversial occasionally, it is worth it
Adding the practical note — the formula is published and you can reproduce the ordering yourself.