I agree that we need more mods - even if only on a temporary basis. If Quim is willing to do that, I'm sure it would be a huge help.

Right now we have an influx of people many of whom are just jumping in with their questions where-ever they land from google, and it's a bit messy. There's also a bit of aggressive fan-boyism and anti-fan-boyism which could use some gentle pushing.

I love how moderation is done round here, though. Please don't change it. I spent 8 years as mod and intermittent admin (they rotated the post) at a place which used the 'warning/infraction/ban' system vBulletin offers. As a result they had a rulebook longer than the EU constitution and a dedicated forum for arguing board lawsuits (though we did manage to neuter that by making people take any dispute up with the individual mod before they went to the bopocorn gallery.) By comparison the simple 'nuke it if it doesn't belong but otherwise hands off' approach is really refreshing. Mods move theads, merge threads, lift posts out if a thread develops two discussions... all silently and smoothly.

Huge, huge thanks to the mods who are keeping this place so good and easy to navigate in these busy times!