Personally I would like to see more moderators with 'lock' and 'move' powers in the n900 space, preferably people in a range of time zones. Perhaps something that could be done as part of the redesign?

The thread which sparked this thread was several pages old before I got to it. If a mod had moved it to the 'competitors' forum when it was fresh, I suspect the flames would have died in the low-oxygen atmosphere there. Equally, once it was well alight, a 'fire door' policy of closing it with a statement to the effect that it has become too agressive and would be -reopened when tempers are cooled would have stopped it deteriorating, and it could have been reopened quietly in a few days time when it was on the 6th page.

The effect of this would be that people who have constructive criticism to offer would still get their chance to post and contribute, while the rabble rousers and pitch-fork brigade would learn very quickly that their behaviour was unrewarded.

Please don't see this as a criticism of the existing mods: I know they do a tremendous job and what I'm suggesting would be yet more work.

Edit to add: I've been in places where n00b restrictions were of various ty[es, but I really don't think preventing new thread posting would work. Many of our n00bs turn up, ask a question they can't find an answer to anywhere else, get an answer and never reappear. I'd hate to lose that facility for people who're stuck on something.