In the old days when men were real men, women were real women and forum trolls were real forum trolls and Sydney was administrator (and creator) of the site, she banned a member for some offence. Many people thoguht she was wrong to ban that member and the other Admins, Abe Babe and Alcar I believe, removed her administrator title (since they were admins it was possible for them to do that). Sydney and a lot of members who supported her went off to make another forum called 'the glass asylum' which as far as I know ultimately died.
oh, and Mojo, I think the word you're looking for is disagreement.
The forum was made by fans, not OWI, though the member Alf was an employee of OWI, the same one who did the 'Ask Alf' section of the old OWI website, who appeared occasionally, though he hasn't been around for a loooooong time.
Mods used to be elected by the members once a year for any positions that needed filling, though this eventually ended up simply with too many moderators, so that came to an end. Now most mods are usually selected by other moderators/admins. If you've been a member for a long time (as in over at least a year, usually two), are still active and have proven yourself to be a valuable member then you might get chosen as a mod.
I will say that all moderators were at the very leat mature when they were chosen for the role, even if they've got a bit mad since.
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