I don’t think a “stronger stand” on moving things to the queue is needed at all. If anything, I think that the site admin is often a bit too thin skinned about discussions that people have. If this site gets any “cleaner,” and I find myself having to watch everything I say because there is some possibility that it might offend someone then this will be a thoroughly unattractive place to be. I’m not saying that things can’t get stupid here, and there isn’t plenty that I’d rather not see. But as noted by others, this is a relatively civil board.
I don’t know what the goal is of bringing it up either. The regulars on the board are used to occasional fireworks and obviously participate in them from time to time. Sometimes they instigate them, of course. I don’t think anyone finds it odd. I think we’d probably all agree that things can get stupid & unpleasant at times - welcome to earth.
So it must be about the passers-by who come to ask car questions & something or other gets a ball rolling in a direction that either hijacks someone’s question and/or threatens their ego. I can’t help thinking that this “scolding” we have gotten was prompted by LackeyWannabe’s recent posts, especially this one: http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2282742/thoughts-on-posting-to-the-cartalk-online-community#Item_37
Sorry but that was just ridiculous.
A huge number of cases where people come here and get miffed at their “treatment” comes from the fact that they completely misunderstand what this place is or how to productively use it. The one above is a case in point. In the past, I have passed my suggestions along about minimizing these kinds of things with some simple “education” of the passers-by about what kind of site this is. As of yet, despite the fact that it comes up repeatedly, there have been no provisions made for making sure that people understand where they are and what they are doing when they post here.