I did want to say one more thing, to get back to the original topic.
bear with me here...
One thing I learned when I moved in with my girlfriend is that it doesn't really matter who's right or wrong. It doesn't even matter if I'm doing something good or bad. You MUST address the emotion, whether it's rational or not.
Some of the posts here say, we're doing a good job, we try to be fair--and you know what, I believe that's true. BUT at the same time, it doesn't address the problem. There really seems to be some perception of favoritism and failure of the moderation.
The topic was brought up to address THAT issue. Rational or not, it's here, and I think it hurts the discussion. I really lose interest quite often with messy threads marred by weak argumentation, administrative pushing for better posts, and getting bogged down in this stuff.
So, I thought one solution is to make an admin for which creationist users would just listen to out of respect. They see the person posting arguemntation supporting their viewpoint, so they're confident the person is not against them. Like I said, it doesn't have to be a rational thing--we still have to address people's irrational sides.
I guess the response is that there's nobody here like that. No active posters on the creationist side who would really know how to moderate the board, and who are willing to do so.
I guess I was hoping that you might find some people that you're not confident about, but that could POSSIBLY do it, give it a try, and see what happens. Is the software able to distinguish admins by forum? That functinality would go a long way. I know you can't afford to give someone you don't trust 'admin' status for the whole system, but for one forum... I think that would be a great way to proceed under uncertainty.
Ben