Stepping in as a moderator:
I have deleted the previous posts relating to users copying and pasting the fleet news from Go North East's website on to this forum.

Go North East's official fleet news has been posted on Monday mornings for years - on this forum and previous websites used for the discussion of Go North East news. It's only recently that users on this forum have become irritated by the news being posted. Might I add that Michael used to copy and paste the fleet news every Monday morning and nobody made posts against him in a derogatory manner? I understood the problem relating to users posting this information after someone else had already copied and pasted it from the website on a morning and I stepped in to prevent this; however, I do not understand the issue relating to the official confirmation after I (or other enthusiasts) have reported the news prior and the issue (at least in my eyes) is the comments being made after this has been done.

Some members of this forum are becoming increasingly bitchy and this is something I'd like to nip in the bud. I enjoy reading the discussion on this forum and the difference of opinion which leads to debates is great, but snide comments made against each other (or rather - specific users) is going to be off-putting to new users who sign up. I would also like to stop the back-seat moderating. We have a team of able moderators who are more than capable of dealing with issues which arise. If you have an issue with a post, use the report facility and the moderator(s) will use their best judgement to decide the best route to take as a solution.

If you'd like to discuss the matter further with me, we'll do it off the public domain via the PM system.