On 2013-10-24 06:51:23 +0000, Robin Nicholson said:

On 23 Oct 2013 19:26:39 GMT, "Norman" wrote:



My sentiments exactly, Graham. I don't know what all the fuss is about. I don't
see any of the trash. This place is fine for me.

I agree too BUT the one thing I truly miss is useful commentary from
ex Met office chaps who live down here not too far from Dorset.

Naturally i do look around usually with my morning first tea but my
personal interest is aroused when the weather becomes more dynamic.
I do prefer one screen where I can spot anything of interest quickly,
thus matching my work where as an overloaded schoolmaster I have to
spot the good from the bad ( et al) from dawn to dusk, at some speed.

I suspect that what I consider the lower echelon of posters will move
away in time. It is really quite scary how much time they have. IIRC
there was a time some 4-5 years ago when someone fairly regularly
posted pages and pages of almost Biblical text: at the time I asked
the poster if he/she was really typing this up for hour after hour.


R

Hilton

Yes, it does seem a shame that the nastiness and name calling has
ruined this group. It used to be a great source of information.

I have wondered if it would be possible to start another group, but
moderated this time - maybe called uk.rec.weather, uk.sci.meteorology
(or something similar). However, it seems that the set up procedure is
long winded and rather cumbersome, and moderation would lose the
instantaneous effect of weather reports of severe conditions, unless
there was some way of getting around this.

I don't see a moderator as an editor, just a person who disallows
posts, or replies, which contravene the newsgroup rules. So, all
allowed posts would remain unaltered, but ones that tried to make any
kind of personal comment about another contributor would not get
through the system.

My belief is that once people realised that they could have a grown-up
discussion, or argument, or ask for simple answers to questions that
they never understood, without getting any abusive comments, they would
most probably drift back. Or maybe I am being just too naive and/or
optimistic?