Ask the expert.... Post your questions here.

Same question here Eurotraveller.

LINK

It's quite ridiculous not to lock the section when it's not in use.

TW

I sometimes wonder whether I have a full time job moving posts

Ideally both sections in that group would be locked and only open when we have a live discussion. Changing the name and perhaps moving the section nearer the Information and Technical might also help as clearly it's prominent position encourages people to post where it currently is. The information about that section clearly states that general discussions such not be posted but for some reason people ignore that!

I think Rochelle mentioned a couple of times that whilst we still have operational problems with the forum they have to concentrate on getting those resolved before they undertake "new" work which providing locking mechanism or changing the order of the forum would come under new.

David

David I wonder why the "ask the expert" bit is so unstable, sometimes there is nothing there at all then your information bit appears and vanishes.

I hear what you say, David, and you have tried to make the situation clear. Unfortunately, the official description on the front page talking about 'given subject' is not as clear as it could be and is almost guaranteed to confuse those not familiar with the forum.

We're 4 months down the road now, so this time next year......  

Meanwhile, carry on moving those posts. 

David I know we have other moderators but I rarely see them comment on these things like you do, including the closing of threads. Do you now work alone?

After 4 months without a session, its very reason for existence is questionable.  👎

I think this site has become so difficult and time consuming to operate, and probably the moderating tools are as inadequate as many other aspects of the site, so I suspect some mods aren't able to devote the time needed to it now.

I am rather puzzled about the role of the staff mods. We never see them and they certainly don't moderate in terms of tidying the place up or deleting certain posts.

Bakers2

I am sure they are around. However I would say that in some ways the forum has become more difficult to moderate since the change and initially trying to moderate caused more problems than it solved. Fortunately some of those issues have been resolved which has made it easier but not all. I suspect I have also had a bit more time on my hands this year as we have not been able to get away in the van so I have been able to devote the time. 

Previously moderators had an easy way to communicate with each other which is currently not available to us so we rely on round robin e-mails which is not ideal. 

David

Sounds about right for this upgrade 😉. I would say one step forward and two back but I fear that insults the saying 😂

Sorry you're not able to get our and about so far this year, best wishes to your wife. I guessed that may be some of it but maybe the mods have done the same as some posters 😉. Thanks for your good work.