Gomig-21
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Well, I will offer some criticism as well as some advice because whomever is currently moderating the Arab & Middle East sections is horrible. To be a moderator, you cannot be biased or supportive of one entity over the other and that problem is so obvious and evident at the moment with that particular individual that it makes participation here, rather crappy to be honest with you.
Moderating requires only to make sure the members are abiding by the rules, and not to be "topic sensitive", or "biased" towards one side or the other which has clearly been evident with me in the past few weeks but particularly the last day. I find that moderator's behavior completely lacking, prejudicial, biased AND has taken a personal dislike to some of the things I have said. Not because they are breaking any rules, I'm VERY familiar with the rules, but simply because he doesn't like what I said. This individual is taking things personally and that is the worst quality to have in a moderator.
They cannot abuse their power as I've witnessed that happening not even just in these two sections, but in other ones. There are only a few responsibilities a moderator needs to have and to be perfectly honest, you don't need an Arab moderator because that will be counter productive. That individual will undoubtedly be biased. And you can't have a Pakistani member either because that also, unfortunately, has its own biased qualities. That's what I have seen happen to me in the last day here. You're better off with someone completely detached from any of the political or military associations of the Arab world and it's nearby connections, so as to have someone who will be tasked with making sure ONLY the forum rules are applied, and no biases are influencing his or her decisions.
Moderating requires only to make sure the members are abiding by the rules, and not to be "topic sensitive", or "biased" towards one side or the other which has clearly been evident with me in the past few weeks but particularly the last day. I find that moderator's behavior completely lacking, prejudicial, biased AND has taken a personal dislike to some of the things I have said. Not because they are breaking any rules, I'm VERY familiar with the rules, but simply because he doesn't like what I said. This individual is taking things personally and that is the worst quality to have in a moderator.
They cannot abuse their power as I've witnessed that happening not even just in these two sections, but in other ones. There are only a few responsibilities a moderator needs to have and to be perfectly honest, you don't need an Arab moderator because that will be counter productive. That individual will undoubtedly be biased. And you can't have a Pakistani member either because that also, unfortunately, has its own biased qualities. That's what I have seen happen to me in the last day here. You're better off with someone completely detached from any of the political or military associations of the Arab world and it's nearby connections, so as to have someone who will be tasked with making sure ONLY the forum rules are applied, and no biases are influencing his or her decisions.
