# Unclear moderator instructions **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295 "2020-06-09T14:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/21 "2020-06-26T01:08:16Z")
Jonathan Chance is currently unavailable for personal reasons. He is the only one who can explain what he meant. It may be a while. I am not going to speculate when. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/22 "2020-06-26T12:13:42Z")
Thanks for responding. If I’m reading you right, then it appears you agree that the instructions might be unclear. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/23 "2020-06-26T12:52:40Z")
That’s not what he said. All he said was that Jonathan Chance is currently unavailable. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/24 "2020-06-26T13:13:38Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Thanks for responding. If I’m reading you right, then it appears you agree that the instructions might be unclear. Just you wait 'till your moderator gets home! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/25 "2020-06-26T13:57:06Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Thanks for responding. If I’m reading you right, then it appears you agree that the instructions might be unclear. I have not reviewed the thread, and don’t plan to. Other posters who have read the thread seem to understand the intention of the instruction. All I am saying is that if you want **Jonathan Chance** to give you chapter and verse on precisely what he meant, that could be a while. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/26 "2020-06-26T14:16:04Z")
Thanks for responding. Hopefully JC can clarify when he’s able. And hopefully the mods are taking my suggestion that moderator instructions should be crystal clear as a serious and well intentioned suggestion. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295/27 "2020-06-27T11:52:12Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > I have not reviewed the thread, and don’t plan to. Other posters who have read the thread seem to understand the intention of the instruction. All I am saying is that if you want **Jonathan Chance** to give you chapter and verse on precisely what he meant, that could be a while. As Jonathan Chance is unavailable due to personal reasons (and I hope everything works out) I don’t think it is too much for iiandyiiii to ask that another mod go in and read the thread, and if it is so bloody fucking obvious what was meant, to explain that, or if it is not so apparent to then remove that instruction or substitute another. He’s only been asking for almost 20 days and it is only fair that he get a response from the moderation staff. And I don’t agree with him on anything. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unclear-moderator-instructions/855295.md?page=1)