As traffic picks up on Planet-Tolkien, we will need a bit of help with moderating the forums.
So, we have a new update that supports the ability to add moderators to individual threads.
When you navigate to the sub categories page, you will see a new "moderator" column that lists assigned moderators to their individual threads.

At the moment when you go to the thread "How much mithril do you have?"; you will notice the moderators are Thorin Oakenshield and Taz. Both have access to all of the normal moderating features such as Bump Thread | Delete Thread | Lock Thread and the ability to edit and or delete any members' post other than council members. That power belongs to our one and only Fraggle King.

Over the next few weeks, Council members will be observing threads closely for quality and interest. We will contact members who we feel may like to contribute to Planet-Tolkien by taking on the role of moderator.

Forum moderating is a great way to contribute to the PT community! We hope that you are as excited about this new feature as we are.

Is this just certain people moderating certain threads, or full moderation?

(Like is 'Geoff' moderating 'The Khazad-Dumish Inn' or the entire forum)

Wouldn't it be easier if the chosen members moderated the section under which the thread falls? For instance taking Cheesy's example, Geoff would moderate the Roleplaying section? Just a suggestion

Maybe the Original Posters of threads get a (very) limited amount of moderation stuff on it. Like deleting irrelevant posts and locking the thread.

I was just going back through the Mithril thread. My old posts always makes me laugh and someone was actually making fun of them back then! Now I'm ahead of him even if I go on 1st gear for a while!

We all do. And Maybe the Council will be kind enough to give it to us.

Well, if they did that, it could be reported to Taz and they would lose the power. Taz will have to write the rules for being a thread moderator here.

I think editing is probably the most important thing (and the one that Taz and the Council can keep up with the least), and anyway, things like locking threads happen so infrequently that it can be left to the Council.

What is the meaning of "owning" a thread? Like "founding" or "boosting" or what...?

Great idea for local moderators. It will help preventing unwanted spam and let's face it: children are browsing around here, so certain language must be restricted and removed as fast as possible. I believe it to be good idea, that only most devoted (those who are able to spend enough time) to be given such power (responsibility). For example: I have opened an Elven Guild Thread, but I am (unfortunately) not as active as I used to be, so obviously I can not oversee it efficient enough.

The idea still looks great, I am looking forward for its fulfillment.

Of course, Thorin. For example, it would be stupid to give Gimli_axe_wielder the moderation of the Khazad-d’mish Inn, since he's not here any more. A good moderator for that thread would be Grondy, since he does own the place after all.
But what I really mean is that the moderator for a thread should be the most active/respected (i.e. Grondy in the KDI)/appropriate member on there. And if there isn't really one, then the role can just be given to the creator of the thread.

But if it was most respected or whatever, won't people get upset? (Because if we give mods to 'The Person Below', where everyone is pretty active, it could get dodgy, because the thread owner dude has vanished)

Lol.

There is a bar, the first ever to dangle from a crane. A Dwarf, A Southron and a Boromir walk into the bar. The Southron says 'Ouch', it misses the Dwarf, and the Boromir simply walked into the bar, and absorbs the impact for the other 2. Then he dies.

Me thinks this thread need moderating.

I think it would be useful (or interesting, at the very least ) if Taz put up a list of all thread moderators on this page. We could keep track of things a little better that way.

But that's sort of why we need thread moderators! Moderating whole forums is basically what the Council have to do, and they're obviously struggling with it, so thread moderators for individual pages are the best solution.

I think what was suggested at the start of this thread is the best decision, i.e the pecking order being:

1. Taz, the All-Powerful Great Ruler of our Planet,
2. The Council, his board of advisors and secondary commanders,
3. Thread Moderators, the new bureaucrats and editors,
4. Members, the 'loyal' subjects of Taz,
5. Visitors, the strangers and foreigners that pass through here.

I think that just about sums it all up.

Hehe, who would have thought that such a simple solution could spawn such complicated suggestions.

I know all will work out for the good of the community.

Although, my grandmother once told me to be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

Now that is strange!

They will need to decide who moderates where and stuff I think.

In all my long years here, I've never noticed this. They've done a pretty good job so far.

Fraggle King? Who is that?

(Considers changing Username)

Fine...

I am now the Emu King.

I hadn't visited that page before and now I've saved all the fraggle images as I had lost them

4 Noobs in the space of 24 hours. We should hurry up with this...

Thank you friends. They are from the days when I had time to draw and play on the computer.