Gail Futoran wrote:

Your example above triggered a thought, so I'm focussing on just that
paragraph. The moderation guidelines should be written so that any
content that isn't obviously an immediate threat to health or life of
fish, wildlife, or ponders (!) should be allowed through to post, but then
others
would have to post a rebuttal. In that case, also, a moderator might post
useful links.

I disagree. I don't believe bad advice should be moderated at all - just
rebutted. I'm not into censorship, despite supporting a moderated group,
and while I've been ponding for more than a decade, and have some
techniques I think are winners, I know that I'm not an expert - and then
there are the things like shooting Herons: even when we know it's illegal,
we can hardly ban posts for illegal advice without treading on very thin
ice unless we're practicing lawyers (in the appropriate locale).
--
derek