I had caught a newbie with a very unacceptable username & told the moderators.

I think that threads should be moderated, if not, it will become an undisciplined free for all.

Fortunately for the well established BAUT members, this is a total non issue as they do not post ad homs, troll, cause offense or promote ATM.

We may not always agree, but we do not descend into farce & insults, but instead a very interesting discussion evolves out of it & we all learn something new & get new insights from each other.

Unfortunately some newbies may & do try it on to be offensive, rude, promote ATM, etc. This sort of behaviour MUST be stamped on as soon as anyone here sees it & those behaving as such inappropriately be banned without delay.

I think the BAUT moderators are very good & have no nor expect problems with any of them.

In short, if you play good, then there is no problem. Also the well established members I am sure will report trolling or such anyway to the moderators, or at least I hope so.

Just my tuppence worth.

Andrew Brown.

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"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before". Linda Morabito on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.