Besides all the possible rule re-definitions, topic re-titleling...etc. What if iceinspace used some techniques that other sites (that have moved to the next level in greatness) use.
Not many larger forums that both my wife an I use, have all moderators moderating all topics. Usually it is because either the site is just to big to scan through effectively (leading to what someone said here that spam within threads is not picked up) or that one moderator may have more experience in a particular topic than another (like a moderator with some ATM experience just keeping an eye on the ATM section).
Also, (and importantly on iceinspace) it can be like having 3 umpires on an AFL field, you get three difference interpretations of the same rule. And we all know how we like to bag umpires! (sorry to all NSW's people who do not follow AFL
, umpire bagging in part of the game). This is like what has happened with some poster's being agrivated lately.
The point is, you can (and it
is done) have a moderators way of moderating matched to what topics they moderate. Some may tend moderate more strickly than others. The less stringent ones should be assigned the "general chat" section. The more stringent should be assigned the "Astronomy Science" and "Buy sell trade" sections.
Dividing the section workload will help in picking up more errors and cutting down inconsistancies. This helps everyone.
As the forum gets bigger you will have to do this eventually.