@Clarkie
In my opinion there's only two people on this forum who have shown themselves to be suitable mod material.

Nanette Tredoux:
Because despite the fact I've only ever spoken to her on one occasion, I cannot help but be taken back at how level-headed, calm, and sensible she is.  I've never seen her dictate, argue, start a fight, side with anyone, nothing like that.  She has a neutral nature about her, cool at all times.

People like that deserve respect, and I think the respect she shows others is perfect grounds to ensure those people would respect her as a moderator in return.  If people respect the moderator, the result is a calm forum.

aeilkema:
Again, good moderator material but for different reasons.  In this case it's because he's the only person so far that has been man enough to agree with me and to hell with whether people like to be seen to do that (as if siding with pumeco is siding with the devil).  He's the only one here who has recognised that what I'm pointing out needs to be taken care of, and just as importantly, he was prepared to stick his head out and agree with me.

Wow!

With that sort of attitude, the one thing you can be sure of is that issues like the one I have, would not exist in the first place.  He recognises that you can't go around removing stuff in a fashion that is unfair and expect the forum to remain calm.  He understands that members such as myself, who want to behave and contribute, cannot do so when baiting is allowed to run riot, but the replies to them are removed.