Originally Posted by Addison (Post 639707)

It's too bad that the trolls and the ones making worthless arguments don't resign instead.

Stupid day here.

Originally Posted by RevdKathy (Post 639769)

Moderation is an art, not an exact science. And a very difficult art, at that. Which means that just occasionally one makes a judgement call, does the best one can in a situation and then looks back with the benefit of hindsight and thinks "You know, if I had that day over I'd do it slightly differently". That's the price we pay for being human. Don't beat yourself up, Tex, for making the best decisions you could in a situation you had no actual power over and no fellow mod around to discuss with. And that goes for all our mods who have on occasion to make difficult decisions in a forum with no formal posting or moderation guidelines (note: meego.com is creating guidelines before the crowds arrive for exactly this reason).

There are no formal qualifications for the post of mod. What we need is people who care passionately about the community and want the very best for it. After that, the ability to stay calm under pressure, make judgement calls and defend why you made them, and consider that sometimes you might have done better are the qualities we need. In all these Tex excels.

Personally, I think losing Tex from the mod team would be a tragedy for this place. But I admit to being biased. I suggested on twitter last night that we consign yesterday to the crack in the universe and unwrite it as it never really happened: I stand by that suggestion.

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 639678)

... but I'm a very minor player here.

Originally Posted by geneven (Post 639700)

So the OP can't change his own header but a moderator can?

Why don't the moderators write the messages too -- it would save the rest of us a lot of trouble.

Originally Posted by vickyg (Post 639895)

This is a Opensource Project not some corporate ****.
How many of you have heard of Leak build of "Linux Kernel","Gnome","KDE" or some other opensource product.

Originally Posted by vickyg (Post 639895)

This community has failed in handling this project.

Originally Posted by vickyg (Post 639895)

This is a Opensource Project not some corporate ****.
How many of you have heard of Leak build of "Linux Kernel","Gnome","KDE" or some other opensource product.

This community has failed in handling this project. Instead of trying to give daily build we are fighting over a leak build this is a very sad thing.

Texrat can be supported later first try keep maemo in good state.

Originally Posted by johnel (Post 640327)

I hope you stay as a moderator Texrat - one of the few voices of common-sense round here!

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 640407)

Thanks, and likewise.

I was an exausted, exasperated idiot the other night. Now I'm just an idiot. What a difference a couple of adjectives make!

Originally Posted by rpgAmazon (Post 639887)

first time I fully agree with you. Hoping too a black hole coming and deleting some post (including some of myself)
But perhaps that ones must be there to help us (ALL of us) to remember this week and learn of all this mess.
AND DONT BE HARD WITH MY BAD ENGLISH KATHY! :D

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 640407)

Thanks, and likewise.

I was an exhausted, exasperated idiot the other night. Now I'm just an idiot. What a difference a couple of adjectives make!

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 640534)

Thanks smarshy, and I'd like to request you pop in more. :p

Originally Posted by rnb89 (Post 639680)

Well i tried to change the title to make it " support Texrat for his great moderation on the PR1.2 leak thread " or something on those lines but it never changed after my first post.. That was the idea of the thread and it would be nice to switch it back to its original purpose..

I do agree that I love this forums, its moderators and its users and all of them are the best one can expect.

I <3 Maemo talk

Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 642727)

Sorry to be late responding.

Again I really, really appreciate your original intent and I have to say it was humbling to see the response.

I just a not comfortable with that focus being on me-- especially when other mods work harder than I do (sjgadsby is a machine. No really. I've seen the schematics). The only reason you guys see me is due to a character flaw: I talk way, way too much.

So I accept the appreciation for the little I do but would rather it be spread out to the others who do more. Please don't overlook them just because they choose not to be as noisy as I am.