Let's hope together. :)

>Quite possibly true, Peter.
>
>I'm just going on the basis that long ago I proposed something of similar "scope" regarding threads that wish to "discuss" (i.e. describe a condition and see if someone can solve it) bugs and it has never seen the light of day.
>It too would have had a button to be clicked when a person starts a thread that is a about a bug and that button would simply have pre-populated the reply top with the standard factors that matter for all bug discussions, like VFP version/SP, OS version/SP, standalone/shared app., network type, expected result, result obtained o be filled in by the thread originator.
>
>But I hope you are right.
>
>cheers
>
>>Jim,
>>
>>I somehow have the feeling that the implementation won't be a real problem for the UT-team. The site is already quite sophisticated and probably has a lot of 'hooks' that can be used.
>>
>>>Peter,
>>>
>>>The "work" I was talking about was the design, code, test and implement part, not any added day-to-day work by moderators.
>>>
>>>cheers
>>>
>>>>Hi Jim,
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for reading, and apparently approving the main concept. See also my comment hereunder.
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Peter,
>>>>>
>>>>>I'll offer a general reaction only...
>>>>>
>>>>>For myself I particularly like the concept of "exclusion" from the thread, (UT) forum or the UT in full.
>>>>>I also like the concept of read-only access for members excluded from a forum specifically or the UT in general.
>>>>>
>>>>>While your proposal looks quite elaborate, I do think that this may constituite the "next level" of trouble handling for moderated forums. It may represent quite a bit of work for the UT ownership, but their doing it would surely become the "leading edge" in the handling of this kind of issue.
>>>>
>>>>If it really causes a lot of work for the moderator(s), then it needs adjustments. But I think that it might also cause less work than the current practice, since there is no longer a need for the moderator to read along with all potentially sensitive messages.
>>>>
>>>>'Leading edge' would mean exposure in magazines?!
>>>>
>>>>>I am not a big fan of anonymous complaining but I guess it must be there.
>>>>>
>>>>>Jim