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The Moderators
The Moderators look after the forums, they make sure topics stay on track and that the rules are followed. Moderators are chosen from the forum regulars as those we feel would be fair and effective at the job of moderating. Our moderators are knowledgable and experienced in their paths.
Our moderators are also members and will share their opinions in any topics they participate in.
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deebs
As site admin, deebs looks after the technical and business aspects of the site and is not involved in day-to-day moderating. As director of TwoFiftyEight Limited he is the last point of contact for escalation.
- Name:
- deebs
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (admin)
- Path:
- Undefined
- Experience:
- More than 10 years, just.
- Biography:
- Founder of The Valley. Have been running this site for 10 years now.
- Goals and Aims:
- To never stop learning.
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Pomona
As lead Moderator Pomona is the next port of call if you have a problem that has not been resolved to your satisfaction with the other Moderators. She mods the board on a day to day basis, working in conjunction with the other Mods to ensure the site runs smoothly and fairly.
- Name:
- Pomona
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (lead moderator)
- Path:
- My own
- Experience:
- All my sentient life
- Biography:
- Scottish pagan/witch, married to a pagan-friendly-if-cynical Teuchter. Owned by two cats. Project Manager during the day, self-sufficiency wannabe after hours and at weekends: trying to live a little bit of the good life by growing my own veg in an allotment and owning three egg-laying hens. Been Pagan (unconsciously) since I was about 4. "Officially" since I was 11. Owe duty to mainly Roman deities, with one notable exception. My paganism and witchcraft is very much as required, as necessary, and whatever's needed. Raptor at times. Been a Mod on UKP for many years, including before this newer version. In that time I've seen lots of people come and go, and have made many friends and staunch allies - all of whom I value enormously.
- Goals and Aims:
- To learn and share thoughts, fun, debate and general good conversation with friends. As a Mod, to help make this site a home for all pagans, keeping the peace when necessary, and maintaining a balance between robust debate and social interaction.
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Freebird
Moderating on this site is my way of giving something back to the community here. Aside from the day to day issues I also try and keep the weekly quiz going, although I'm not an active quizmaster at present.
- Name:
- Freebird
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (moderators)
- Path:
- A very meandering one. Agnostic, possibly animistic or pantheist
- Experience:
- 2003
- Biography:
- I'm just your common or garden pagan, bimbling along life's path to see where it takes me.
- Goals and Aims:
- To learn what I once knew.
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Moonhunter
- Name:
- Moonhunter
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (moderators)
- Path:
- Heathen
- Experience:
- 1999
- Biography:
- I live with an author and journalist in a small cottage close to the centre of a small market town in the Welsh Marches. I'm semi-retired, earning money by teaching trainees how to investigate. Or doing whatever comes my way to earn my keep. ;) back in the 70s, I didn't know paganism existed, or I suspect I would have declared myself one. Instead I got suckered into Christianity and did that very thoroughly until the early 90s, when I fell out with God. After a stay with the Quakers (during which I was an elder) I realised I was a pagan. I did a year in a Gardnerian coven nd left to become a Heathen. Though gods from other religions tend to come calling. ;)
- Goals and Aims:
- Joining in, being part of the community. Learning from people. Giving, when I can. As a mod, helping to keep this site safe and enjoyable for the members (including me!)
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Fortuna
Helping to moderate this site is something I enjoy immensly and have taken very seriously during the year or so I have been involved. It feels good to be able to put something back into a site which I feel is such a great resource for the Pagan community in the UK and beyond. I may not get it right all of the time, but I sure do my best!
- Name:
- Fortuna
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (moderators)
- Path:
- Simply Pagan of the minimalist variety and divination
- Experience:
- since age of twenty (now 42)
- Biography:
- Married with son and living in the Totnes, Devon. Bead jewellery maker by trade making my own glass beads and pendants. And I work organising housing support for people recovering from severe mental illness
- Goals and Aims:
- Was a member of the old site (under the nameof Mike). In the short time I was a member i became a prolific poster adding my own threads and contributing to others. I found it a great learning resource and was able to pass on some knowledge and offer support to some with less experience.
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Moonsmith
It was a joy to be asked to be a moderator on UKP and while I am the newest of the mod team, as a member I have over the last few years seen this site gently but firmly guided and maintained as the Valley that I have come to love. I now intend to play my part in that guidance to the best of my ability.
- Name:
- Moonsmith
- Group:
- Gatekeepers (moderators)
- Path:
- My Own. ---- edit: as of Yule 2009 I'd say My own which happens to be Druidic.
- Experience:
- Solo - a long time With others since 2006
- Biography:
- I have called myself a Pagan for about 30 years but only knowingly met one in 2006. I neither read nor practiced anything specific. I just was. However since 2006 I have been attending a number of moots and camps. A Druidic group [Earthworks] were kind enough to let me tag along but, even though I have similar beliefs to some of them, I did not think of myself as a Druid until the end of 2009. I'm too old for homework so just get on and develop myself and my own path. Earthworks publicly declared me to be a bard in 2010. I suppose I am a BSP - A Bog Standard Pagan. [i]ed. but now I'm a Druidic BSP[/i]
- Goals and Aims:
- What an excellent question. Well very little is new - so all I can usefully do is share experience. I will bring a little healthy skepticism. My view of Druidry for instance veers to Hutton rather than Carr-Gom :-) I am highly appreciative of the scientific method based as it is on evidence. I do not believe that explanation in any way reduces mystery or magic. What do I hope to gain - A sharing with like minded people and my own development.
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