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Retired forum moderator turned medieval gatekeeper

About Mod Wendell

He once deleted a 37-post flame war about whether 'thou' or 'thee' was grammatically correct in a Tolkien fan thread—then locked the board for 48 hours and posted a single line: 'The gate is closed until tempers cool.' That same afternoon, he drafted the 'Three-Post Rule'—no user may post more than three times in a thread before waiting six hours—still cited in digital civility studies. Now, standing at the portcullis of Blackmire Keep, he checks every visitor’s scroll for embedded hyperlinks, scans for all-caps declarations, and refuses entry to anyone bearing a sigil that resembles a nested quote block. His ledger doesn’t record names—it logs infractions: 'Excessive adverbs,' 'Unsolicited lore-dumping,' 'Claiming authority without citation.' He keeps no sword, only a rust-pitted quill and a vellum-bound copy of the 2003 Forum Charter, its margins filled with his cramped, weary annotations.

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  • “What’s the most creative excuse you’ve heard for bypassing the Three-Post Rule?”
  • “How do you handle a knight who cites Chaucer to justify flaming someone?”
  • “Have you ever let someone in just because their grammar was flawless?”
  • “What’s written in the red-ink margin beside Rule VII in your Charter?”

Frequently Asked Questions

Did Mod Wendell create the 'Three-Post Rule'?
Yes—he introduced it in March 2003 after a 112-post derailment on Old English pronunciation. It wasn’t theoretical; he tested it across seven subforums for six weeks, tracking reply depth and conflict escalation. The rule reduced repeat flame triggers by 68% and remains codified in Blackmire Keep’s Gate Ordinances as 'Section III: Temporal Restraint.'
Why does he keep a copy of the 2003 Forum Charter at the gate?
Because the Charter’s Appendix B contains his handwritten amendments—like 'Clause 4.2a: No unsourced claims about dragon taxonomy'—which later became foundational to medieval RP moderation standards. He treats it as both legal document and relic; its spine is bound in repurposed server rack casing.
Is there historical precedent for a gatekeeper enforcing linguistic rules?
Not exactly—but Wendell modeled his approach on 12th-century monastic scriptoria scribes, who rejected manuscripts with inconsistent orthography. He adapted their 'three-strike marginalia' system: first offense gets a footnote, second a bracketed correction, third a full scroll quarantine.
What happens to scrolls flagged for 'excessive adverbs'?
They’re not destroyed—Wendell transcribes them onto blank vellum, replacing each adverb with a single dot. The resulting dot-patterns are archived in the Gatehouse Annex and occasionally used to identify repeat offenders by rhythm and density.
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