# BBQ Mods: What Gives? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 19, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481 "2001-10-19T19:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/1 "2001-10-19T19:48:20Z")
Why does the “BBQ Pit” need three moderators? I mean, doesn’t anything go here? Isn’t it “no holds barred”, like a cage match in the WWF? {And no, that’s not the World Wildlife Federation, either! 😃 } Maybe SO many “flames” are really “general questions”? 😉 - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/2 "2001-10-19T20:52:51Z")
Well, first of all, there _are_ holds barred. You’re still not allowed to make slurs (such as racial ephitets); and every once in a while, the abuse level does get so high there _is_ a need to step in and break things up. It’s not an open-for-everything forum by _any_ means, and because some people (not just yourself) feel it is, the mods tend to get called in more often than perhaps in Cafe Society. Second of all, it’s the place for complaints and discussion of Moderator activity. Quite frankly, the other Mods have enough to do in running their forums without also having to go through the Pit to make sure that there’s no discussion of their actions. So it falls to us BBQ Pit Mods to keep track of what’s going on, and to put word out to any Mods who need to step forward to explain/defend their actions. ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/3 "2001-10-19T21:42:06Z")
You wanna take this outside, Corrado? Fine. Let’s do this. _throws down a glove and spits_ Er… wrong forum. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/4 "2001-10-20T01:23:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > **the mods tend to get called in more often than perhaps in Cafe Society.** Hey! Who you callin’ a WIMP? Let’s you and him take this outside! _throws down **Eutychus55** ’s glove and spits_ ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/5 "2001-10-20T10:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Isn’t it “no holds barred”, like a cage match in the WWF? Feh, we really need to dispense of that notion. We occasionally get a few new types (some who are decidedly reptilian) who believe in the “anything goes” myth. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/6 "2001-10-22T00:43:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > …put word out to [m]an[n]y Mods who need to step forward… Yeah. **Yeah!** _throws down golf glove and puts on lipstick_. Damn fantasy. [sup]_hangs head in shame_.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/7 "2001-10-22T03:37:11Z")
Of course. I agree with everything said here, but let’s not forget that some people would actually put _this_ thread in the BBQ Pit, thus we need mods to monitor it. ---
**Author:** ![Stones\_speak.I\_am\_silent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Stones\_speak.I\_am\_silent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stones_speak.I_am_silent)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/8 "2001-10-22T03:54:59Z")
Suppose all you guys go home and leave me to monitor it? I’m a professional airport luggage screener. :o[sup]Zzzzz[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/9 "2001-10-22T04:03:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brachyrhynchos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by John Corrado \* > > …put word out to [m]an[n]y Mods who need to step forward… > > Yeah. **Yeah!** > > _throws down golf glove and puts on lipstick_. > > Damn fantasy. > [sup]_hangs head in shame_.[/sup] \*\* Holy Crap! I would just like to announce that every last bit of blood has just left my head, chest and arms. Where it went I leave as an exercise for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Adriatic\_Ionian\_AEgean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adriatic_Ionian_AEgean)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/10 "2001-10-22T04:26:56Z")
Red Cross? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/11 "2001-10-22T20:29:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Isn’t it “no holds barred”, like a cage match in the WWF? > > Feh, we really need to dispense of that notion. We occasionally get a few new types (some who are decidedly reptilian) who believe in the “anything goes” myth. \*\* Yeah, I mean, only a fool would believe that any WWF is truly “no holds barred.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![curious\_george](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@curious\_george](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curious_george)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-mods-what-gives/88481/12 "2001-10-22T21:25:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jinx \* > \*\*Why does the “BBQ Pit” need three moderators? I mean, doesn’t anything go here? Isn’t it “no holds barred”, like a cage match in the WWF? {And no, that’s not the World Wildlife Federation, either! 😃 } > > Maybe SO many “flames” are really “general questions”? 😉 > > - Jinx \*\* For more discussion of this, see: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92754](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=92754)