A Question About Live Chess Moderation and a Particular Rule

Just a few minutes ago, I finished a conversation with a moderator regarding a specific rule of chat on Live Chess. Now, I almost always accept the rules given and enforced by chess.com moderators. However, I must question this particular rule.

I had posted a link to a forum about a chess game that I had played on Live Chess here (here is the link if it is necessary: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/game-analysis/early-queen-sacrifice-leads-to-victory). Upon this posting, the current moderator (who does not want his name mentioned here) deleted the post, deeming it spam.

The summary of his explanation is as follows: this link leads to a 'personal' chess game - and because it is a personal chess game, it is automatically classified as spam. He also told me to reference the FAQ and the user agreement to see how this would be considered spam. In NEITHER of these did I find any clause indicating that posting a forum link about analyzing a chess game (that I happened to play) is against the rules and would otherwise be considered spam.

Next, he explained to me that because this would be considered spam on the main Live Chess chat, I should post the link on my blog and send invites to the blog. However, he still did not manage to explain to me how a link to a chess game is spam.

I explained to him that it cannot be considered spam. I also quoted the fact that a numerous number of other moderators have not only allowed these types of links, but actually clicked on them and contributed to the material therein.

On that note, he told me that it is up to each moderator to determine what action to take. I explained to him that a moderator's actions should obey and encourage the following of existing rules - and not to make up rules that do not exist. This moderator is the only one (in my experience) to have ever made up a new clause for an existing rule.

I want to ask the staff and other moderators here whether the actions this moderator has taken are proper, as none of his explanations did not justify his actions properly.

Thank you for the help.

StairwayToTruth, 

I will respond to this fully in a little while, i have someone to speak with first.

Poor (unpaid) moderators... getting it in the neck, as usual.

I haven't spoken with the live chess help in question yet, but i will :)

I'm the one who has trained all of the live chess help for the past year or so, so if they fail in their positions, it comes back to me as i haven't done my job properly.

What i will say here, is what i've said to each and every one of the volunteers, and was posted it in the moderator group February 12th 2010;

"Links to profiles, completed games, forum threads are fine.

Its the links asking members to join groups, tournaments and vote chess games that i've suggested aren't to be spammed in live chess because there are so many members that see live chess as the ideal and easiest way to get members to join, rather than using the tools they have."

The other reason i've said no to links for groups, tournaments, vote chess is because with the amount of groups and tourneys there are being created and live chess having such a small chatroom window, the whole view in there was being covered with green links for  "hey join my group ...... " or  " hey join my tourney ... " etc.

This can make it more difficult for members to differentiate between the help links posted by staff or live chess help and group/tourney links posted by members.

Your game analysis link was perfectly fine in there and no it shouldn't have been deleted or classed as spam, so for that i apologise.

I also take this opportunity to apologise that one of the live chess help gave you the wrong information regarding the posting of links in live chess. If he was lacking in knowledge, then that responsibility falls back to me.

Thank you for clearing up the issue, kohai.

I'll redirect the moderator to this link in case this happens again.

Stairway - is on the right here. Kohai - made it perfectly clear. LEEHALL - is stirring up trouble.

 Thank you for being a reasonable human being with common sense, Raweyes. Leehall clearly does not understand that complications must be cleared up and not left to rot.

Kohai for the moderator!

Oh, w8, she already is 

Be careful they don't delete that as well.

Holy necrobump, Batman!

I'm pretty sure that rules have changed over the past 6 years. But chess.com truly was great back then. Kohai isn't even around here anymore!

Kohai is now Retired_Workaholic, but not online much.  Yes it was great back then, we need to #MaceChess.comGreatAgain.