# Question about a mod warning **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256 "2011-05-17T22:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/21 "2011-05-18T20:35:15Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I was providing an honest criticism of a childish webpage. Truth is not a defense against being a jerk. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/22 "2011-05-18T21:05:06Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > Provided the link is real, then you guys (natch, the OP and others upset) should realize she’s all of 16. She’s a kid, ferchrissakes. I don’t have a dog in this food fight, but are you asserting that **Silver Tyger Girl** , the OP of the thread that started all this is 16? She says she’s got an AS, a BA, & 7 years experience. Taking her at her word, even if she counts all 4 years of college as experience & started college at age 14, she’d be 21 now. For a more typical college-then-career path, she’d be old enough that her age isn’t an issue. Or are you suggesting somebody else is 16 and I’m confused? (Which wouldn’t be the first time even today.) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/23 "2011-05-18T21:17:20Z")
There’s a line between constructive criticism, even harsh criticism, and being an insulting jerk. **Rachelellogram’s** post served no purpose other than to be spiteful. The warning was spot on. I wish there were more like it, outside the pit. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/24 "2011-05-18T21:24:03Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I don’t have a dog in this food fight, but are you asserting that **Silver Tyger Girl** , the OP of the thread that started all this is 16? > > She says she’s got an AS, a BA, & 7 years experience. Taking her at her word, even if she counts all 4 years of college as experience & started college at age 14, she’d be 21 now. For a more typical college-then-career path, she’d be old enough that her age isn’t an issue. > > Or are you suggesting somebody else is 16 and I’m confused? (Which wouldn’t be the first time even today.) Adddendum to my post quoted above. In **Silver Tyger Girl** ’s thread she posted in post #18 that she was age 30. So for sure either \*\*Lindsaybluth \*\*or I am/are confused. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/25 "2011-05-18T21:41:10Z")
That was good moderating. I have no complaints. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/26 "2011-05-18T22:27:02Z")
Perhaps she’s conflating the link **Morgenstern** posted with the thread in question. The link in post #20 is for another artist. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/27 "2011-05-18T22:49:00Z")
Morgenstern posted a link to a different artist who is only 16 and people are getting confused, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/28 "2011-05-19T01:53:19Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I don’t have a dog in this food fight, but are you asserting that **Silver Tyger Girl** , the OP of the thread that started all this is 16? > > She says she’s got an AS, a BA, & 7 years experience. Taking her at her word, even if she counts all 4 years of college as experience & started college at age 14, she’d be 21 now. For a more typical college-then-career path, she’d be old enough that her age isn’t an issue. > > Or are you suggesting somebody else is 16 and I’m confused? (Which wouldn’t be the first time even today.) Nope, I’m the one with the red face here - I thought **Morgensten** ’s link WAS **Silver Tyger Girl** ’s personal website. Which struck me as odd, because I _thought_ she was a 30 something adult. What **Morgensten** linked to is a 16 year old girl. Initial comment rescinded. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/29 "2011-05-19T02:54:42Z")
I also agree with the modding in question. I am a designer and did not participate in that thread after it became apparent the OP did not really want what she was asking for. Blunt (but great) advise had already been given and ignored. **rachelellogram** ’s pile-on did seem pitt-ish to me. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/30 "2011-05-19T12:27:21Z")
Thread is now locked, and rightfully so. cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/31 "2011-05-19T13:31:37Z")
nm Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/32 "2011-05-19T20:53:44Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Being an 11 years old and an artist isn’t in any way an insult. Just because you find **one** example of a spectacular artist that is incredibly young (apparently spanning the age of 11), that does not change the fact that the average 11 year old art output is not what one would call professional. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/33 "2011-05-20T12:40:38Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Just because you find **one** example of a spectacular artist that is incredibly young (apparently spanning the age of 11), that does not change the fact that the average 11 year old art output is not what one would call professional. No, but I’ve established a range for artist age that debunks youth as incapable of great art. If you look at her gallery you’ll see that prior to age 11 she was in fact, a great artist. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/34 "2011-05-20T13:53:36Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > No, but I’ve established a range for artist age that debunks youth as incapable of great art. I’m sorry, did someone say they weren’t capable? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/35 "2011-05-20T14:58:06Z")
No one said _all_ youth are _incapable_ of great art, but that does not change the fact that a comment “That looks like something drawn by an 11 year old” is going to be taken on an average basis, not one-in-a-billion outliers. Or “That looks like something I did when I was 11.” Note that the remark was not made by the 16 year old girl who you link was a great artist at 11. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/36 "2011-05-20T15:19:02Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > No, but I’ve established a range for artist age that debunks youth as incapable of great art. No one of course made any such claim. Unless you think that **rachelellogram** was a good artist at age 11 (she indicated that it looks like something that _she_ made at the age of 11, not a child prodigy) and intended her remark as a compliment then your post is irrelevant. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/37 "2011-05-20T16:58:28Z")
How can anyone read what rachelellogram wrote as anything but an insult? The setup line for “the art of an 11 year old” was this: > [@](#): > > I looked at the website, snickered rudely, and declined to comment because I would not be able to do so within the ruleset of IMHO. Lost cause. This was a cheapshot - whether or not the OP was taking previous criticism well had no bearing. And I don’t understand the glee of rachelellogram for the thread closure. What’s it to them? If one doesn’t like the direction a thread is taking, don’t click on it, and mind your own business. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/38 "2011-05-20T17:05:22Z")
Yeah, well this is the same person who doesn’t understand that a verbal lease isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on so… ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/39 "2011-05-20T17:25:30Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > And I don’t understand the glee of rachelellogram for the thread closure. That remark was a bit petty, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256/40 "2011-05-20T17:26:37Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > That remark was a bit petty, IMO. Honestly, I wondered the same thing (as **the lone cashew’s** remark, that is) and I have no dog in this fight. She did seem pretty pleased it got closed, like it justified her snark or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-mod-warning/582256.md?page=3)