# Moderator Code of Conduct **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 15, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986 "2016-07-15T16:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/21 "2016-07-16T01:47:41Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “With great power comes great responsibility” Uncle Ben, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/22 "2016-07-16T03:23:49Z")
Yeah, **Zeke** , you may have missed the point. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/23 "2016-07-16T13:04:10Z")
Can we include something about respecting the Endangered Species Act? ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/24 "2016-07-16T13:55:34Z")
Nm, it would take longer than 5 minutes to fix the formatting mistakes. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/25 "2016-07-16T14:51:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “With great power comes great responsibility” > [@TriPolar](#): > > With slight power comes slight responsibility. With dinner you get a choice of soup or salad. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/26 "2016-07-16T16:35:33Z")
_Oderint dum metuant._ - Caligula ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/27 "2016-07-16T17:24:25Z")
_omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina_ ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/28 "2016-07-16T17:30:35Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > With dinner you get a choice of soup or salad. With six, you get egg roll. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/29 "2016-07-16T23:09:22Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Go placidly amidst the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof. > Avoid quiet and passive persons, unless you are in need of sleep. > Rotate your tires. > Speak glowingly of those greater than yourself; and heed well their advice, even though they be turkeys. > Know what to kiss - and when. > Consider that two wrongs never make a right, but that three do. > Wherever possible, put people on hold. > Be comforted, that in the face of all irridity and disillusionment, and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big future in computer maintenance. I might not have known what the word is for the area between junk and funk, but I do know–and the OED backs me on this–there is no such word as “irridity.” I checked OED because I lost all my vocabulatory confidence recently. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/30 "2016-07-16T23:13:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > _Oderint dum metuant._ > > - Caligula > [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > _omnia dicta fortiora si dicta Latina_ I believe \*Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi \* is the reply most often met. But the other ATMB thread tells me the jovi and bovi became friends. _Bon jovi_, as the French compliment goes. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/31 "2016-07-17T03:33:49Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > I might not have known what the word is for the area between junk and funk, but I do know–and the OED backs me on this–there is no such word as “irridity.” What QtM meant to say, unless he was planning on rewriting Tony Hendra, is “Be comforted that in the face of all aridity & disillusionment and despite the changing fortunes of time, there is always a big fortune in computer maintenance.” (Hey, it was the '70’s.) Furthermore, “You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here, and whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back.” Moderators, take heed to these wise words. So says [the poster on my wall.](http://doorbell.net/junk/deteriorata.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/32 "2016-07-17T15:34:16Z")
Thnx. Fun parody–interesting that the two explicitly political references (beyond FBI) are to Pueblo and Tiawan–issues of foreign events of more interest, typically, to conservatives. Hendra was a National Lamppon guy, wasn’t he? I first read your post as referring to some 1970s singer, who now I can’t put my finger on. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/33 "2016-07-17T17:21:09Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Thnx. Fun parody–interesting that the two explicitly political references (beyond FBI) are to Pueblo and Tiawan–issues of foreign events of more interest, typically, to conservatives. That poster reflects the times, i.e., 1972. > [@](#): > > Hendra was a National Lamppon guy, wasn’t he? I first read your post as referring to some 1970s singer, who now I can’t put my finger on. Yes, he wrote for NatLamp in its heyday. The [poster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deteriorata) originally appeared, IIRC, in the magazine. It was a parody of [Desiderata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata), often thought to be “found” on the wall of a New England church, but actually composed by Max Ehrmann, and inscribed on the wall of a much older church than Max. Hence the common but misleading line, “Found in The Old North Church, {old date}”. Not really a hijack; I think it should be part of _The Moderator’s Manual,_ if only to remind us to lighten up occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/34 "2016-07-19T15:48:28Z")
With [respect to Ed’s posting](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=798698), this thread may be closed. With respect to the parodies this thread devolved into, I should have foreseen them with this crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/35 "2016-07-19T16:26:35Z")
Your effort for a Moderator Code of Conduct is appreciated. I believe the board is self-regulating. Your attempt, rather than falling on deaf ears, has to my mind just shed light on the general mood of the board. You can judge whether we feel under authoritarian or latitudinarian\* control. Thanks. - [sub]doo, dah, doo, dah - never used that word before. Looks weird.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/36 "2016-07-19T17:06:04Z")
> [@Corner\_Case](#): > > You can judge whether we feel under authoritarian or latitudinarian\* control. Thanks. > > - [sub]doo, dah, doo, dah - never used that word before. Looks weird.[/sub] “[latitudinarian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitudinarian)?” Say it out loud three times after eating saltine crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986/37 "2016-07-19T17:18:12Z")
I looked up an antonym for authoritarian, saw that, it kinda rhymed, and I just looked at the first part of the definition “allowing latitude”. Hah! Well, that’s the kind of broad scope this board has. In depth, cogent analysis, and shoot from the hip (right into the foot) knee-jerk reaction! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-code-of-conduct/759986.md?page=1)