TOPIC: Should there be a moderator age restriction?

Chris wrote:
very mature Chris please note the seriousness of this thread and reply in a mature nature please

OutstandingCitizen wrote:
sir, comments are not suggestive of bias as they are representative of the perceived majority.

you are wrong

bias definition:


technically you are being bias as you are labelling a group incapable of doing something because of their age, given that interpretation of the term

bias usually refers to a source that favors one side with invalid grounds to do so, or when they are meant to be impartial

I_am_the_Walrus wrote:
please tell me you read my post? because I never said anything about all 16 year old's being mature just that I think they are far more mature than someone who is 12 or in your case 14

Why don't we ban all players and staff under 16 while we're at it...

OutstandingCitizen wrote:
Oh my, did I misread your silly post? Do beg my pardon!

Maturity can come at any age technically speaking. For me maturity hit around 10 years of age. I even know people that are way older than me and act like utter kids. So your argument is invalid.

i would like to appeal to the moderators of this forum that this thread is closed on the basis that it influences a prejudice and is of stereotypical origin, with regard the members who have been on this planet less than 16 years, and as such it doesn't correspond with ZARP's 'open to all' mindset.

I_am_the_Walrus wrote:
Maturity =/= puberty

Chris wrote:
pathetic chris you are pathetic my opinion is not based on a stereotype but my personal experience with the moderators on the server but whatever

Chris wrote:
pathetic chris you are pathetic my opinion is not based on a stereotype but my personal experience with the moderators on the server but whatever

OutstandingCitizen wrote: So your experience with a few <16 mods dictates your opinion on them all?

Sounds like stereotyping to me.

Exrobite wrote:
If you read my post I said that I understand some young moderators are mature but the majority who I have met are imature and bad moderators

OutstandingCitizen wrote:
no.

no.

no.

pathetic outstanding, you are.

everything about your argument is prejudicial as it is explicitly stating that those under 16 are not competent of moderating a server, and assumes that this is the case for all in that category when it simply isn't

Exrobite wrote:
If you read my post I said that I understand some young moderators are mature but the majority who I have met are imature and bad moderators

OutstandingCitizen wrote:
then clearly your problem lies with the selection process, sire. you state that some young moderators are mature, some older ones aren't exactly that, and so the only way to resolve the issue of 'immaturity' being what you make out to be a cogent issue in the staff team is to root out the problem for everyone, not discriminate against certain categories.

put it into perspective, say that 90% of a communities' demoted staff members are of chinese ethnicity. 10% are the best staff in town. it would simply be racist to apply such restrictions in the application process.

Chris wrote:
It is not prejudiced Chris this is based on my experiences please read

I for one am for demoting all moderators under 16 and disallowing any moderator applications for people under 16 because they are not experienced enough in the real world with dealing with people + I see a lot of moderators who are about 13 breaking rules consistently and because they're mods they get away with it the young moderators are given far to much power and do not understand the repercussions of their actions. I was once an admin on elite roleplay which had an age restriction of 16 this made sure that many people who applied were more mature and understand the responsibility that comes with being an admin also with less young moderators this should mean a more mature older clientele for the server

I do understand that there are some good young mods but they are in a minority compared to the excessive amount of immature and disrespectful abusers that make up the young mods on the server

OutstandingCitizen wrote:
it is. i couldn't care less about your experiences. people are arrested all the time because they make protests about certain religions and say that they are all responsible for the actions of others. it is still prejudice and if I have to spell out the logic as to why it is then so be it:

- you acknowledge that some staff members under the age of 16 are good, some are bad. you also acknowledge that not all over the age of 16 are good either.
- you say that the solution to this problem is to bar any under 16 from joining the staff team.
- you are therefore labelling under 16s as immature in their entirety based on some experiences, and thus it is a prejudicial concept.