The thread has a few comments about moderation and site policy ..
It may be useful to revisit some aspects of forum ethos -
(a) PPRuNe is ours, collectively, to enjoy subject to the fact that others, elsewhere, own and accept risks associated with the operation of the site
(b) the folk at the top of the totem pole set the underlying tone but moderators are given a pretty long leash in how individual forums are administered
(c) in Tech Log, the basic idea is for minimal active moderation. This can only work if the contributing folk maintain a reasonably high standard of personal integrity and general behaviour .. as is the norm for the forum
(d) personal attacks will be subject to edit or deletion. Where individuals raise complaint (and we have folk varying from thick-skinned to very sensitive) there often is no simple solution
(e) if posts get too far toward the conspiracist swamps, probably we will pull on the reins a little .. there are other places where such discussions might be more appropriate
(f) the moderators are mindful that there can be a fine line between moderation and dictatorship
(g) hopefully we don't fall into the trap of excessively fancying the professional expert's over the knowledgeable and competent amateur's opinion .. as most experts will acknowledge, while the average expert has made far more mistakes than the average amateur ... he/she generally hasn't had time to have made all possible mistakes ...
(h) if a thread is not interesting, or gets too far into the silly side of things, generally it will die a quick, quiet death as it sinks into the oblivion of the archives ...
(i) an overarching concern is that of education and the need for subjects to be revisited to address the needs of the continual turnover in new chum PPRuNers ...
I guess what the above all means is that we are never going to get it "right" ... we will just try to keep it working away to the general benefit of the readership .....