knreed.

Thanks again for the update to the FAQ's

However, I have another problem - I cannot delete threads that I consider are well past their sell by date even though I created them as they have existed for longer than 24 Hours!!

I posted a couple of threads to provoke a response from IBM/WCG to join us in the forum and they have now outlived their ironic value. Unfortunately I cannot delete them , with forum administrators appointed these threads should have been deleted almost immediately. However they now have a life of their own over which I have no control.

Please could you increase the timeout on the forum so that a thread can be deleted by it's creator after any length of time?

In the meantime could you do me a really big favour and delete threads, 577,662,797,801,802,822 and finally 847?

The forum is now in serious need of Moderators that have admin access to the threads to stop flame wars, posts with foul language, multiple forum posts and the proliferation of "Me too" and "What he said" type posts which just clutter up what should be a forum full of help and advice.

I realise that you and the team cannot watch over proceedings 24/7 but I am sure there are individuals out there, including myself, who would be happy to help - members from around the world that could provide 24 hour support.

On the subject of Tech support would it be possible to publish a timetable of sorts that would let members know when the WCG Tech team would be available on the forum. This would lessen the frustration of there being no reply to what as a member you think is an important post - the reality being that the team are performing all the back office tasks that are needed to run this project. If members knew that the team is only available for a couple of hours Friday and then a couple of hours on Monday for example then I'm sure all members would be happy to wait for your responses.

As a suggestion would it be possible to set up live chat session on the website so that we could "talk" directly to the team on a one off type basis.

I am sure members have many questions about the project, how it is run what infrastructure you have running the project at IBM, that kind of thing. I would like to "talk" to scientists such as rbonneau from ISB about his research - just an idea.

I'm going to take a break from the forum for a couple of days, go to bed at a normal hour, and re-gain my sense of humour.

Thanks to all the Team at WCG, Alther, Gridboy1, Admin, Viktors, yourself
and all those hidden behind the scenes for setting up this project.

I'll be back on the boards at the weekend.

Regards

Dave