It is common knowledge for most members who have been here that text speak/ abbreviations/ acronyms are not allowed. however this is not explicitly stated anywhere in the rules, it simply says english is the only language allowed. acronyms and abbreviations are accepted forms of english language for most people,.
I think it would save a lot of confusion for new members, and also save the moderator's breath some. sometimes this is the only thing i see the moderators say all day, it's pretty common.
I think there should be a history option for the chatter for the moderators since they can't go off of screenshots (that may be edited to get someone they do not like gagged) and not by the 'he/she/they said' they could look back on the chat logs since the person may only be breaking the rules when moderators are offline.
Considering sometimes there are loads of new posts every day, it can be difficult for the moderation staff to read them all. Aside from hoping people mail a moderator with a link to a thread, there is not really a good way to help rule violations come to the attention of site staff.
I frequently see posts with rule violations, sometimes at surprising rates. However, many go unnoticed, and I really do not like the idea of mailing someone every time I encounter another.
I think the forum could use a "report post" button, if it is at all feasible. It could (probably should) have a confirmation, and possibly a list of reasons to select. That way, all of the moderators could have a notice of a reported thread, and the first who has a chance can take care of issues.
Automated messages in chatter from the Priest/ess of each coven would be neat. For example if a meet and greet were going on the leaders of the group would use the automated message system for people just logging into Coven chat (Welcome today is our monthly meet and greet etc etc) , it wouldn't be seen by the public obviously just the Coven members. If something like that is possible we can even use it for current topics in our coven chats (Right now were talking about Van Van oil), maybe even the mods could use a feature like that for public. Just some thoughts.
A preview option for all posts, whether its spells, articles, forum posts,would be fantastic. I know obviously we have the box we type in and should use that to go over and check for spelling errors, etc. However, being able to visually see what it would look like once posted would help with formatting and catching things before actually submitting.