Malc2098":n3l7xhta said:
Mods, just an observation. Some us haven't a clue about what some members are talking about.
I don't really want to drag it all up on Woodhaven as it has nothing to do with it, but I'll give you the short version for context,
So back at the start of August the UKWorkshop site went down for a day or so and everyone was confused as to what was going on, it eventually came back the next day with a shiny and new look (Zenforo software), a "donation" system where you could pay £20 per year to support the forum, and a couple of new American based Administrators.
After a couple of days of ducking, weaving and completely vague statements and then the membership demanded to know what was actually going on it arose that Charley (the original owner of UKW) had sold the forum to an American company and a takeover commenced that the membership and the moderation staff had no idea was happening prior to it having happened which caused some dissent.
Two of the long-standing moderators, Nev and CHJ left for their own reasons (I suspect Charley selling the forum without a whisper to them was a bit of a stab in the back) whilst Noel quietly stayed on despite not publicly posting anything for almost a year which miffed myself and others because of Noel's history of zero-transparency in his moderation of the forum as well as what happened previously concerning certain members and threads.
So over the last month or so the membership has been making suggestions on how the forum should be more transparently moderated and the rules altered and seemingly none of it has been heeded by the higher-ups whatsoever. A very long-standing feature of the forum (the ability to edit posts without any time limit) was taken away because of a small incident by a single member deleting all his posts, although after a bit of persistent pressure the editing function was re-enabled.
On Wednesday, two new moderators were appointed and I guess
some of the membership may be a little disappointed with the choices made (I personally have nothing against either candidate) since neither moderator is actually residing in the UK although they are ex-pats.
So now,
UKWorkshop is owned by an American company and has three moderators and two admins, four of which aren't actually in the United Kingdom and the other just quietly lurks in the shadows. To be honest, It should just be called "Workshop" at this point.
It's a great resource and I haven't been a member of it particularly long but it does feel like it's lost its soul a bit in the last few months, even more so if the long-standing and valued contributors leave, although it is understandable.
Actually, that turned into the long version, sorry.
