In a message dated 11/17/2006 12:35:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, listsmonster@gmail.com writes: One must read the posts carefully to determine the actual topic of the post. Not just the mere mention of a surname or location may make it on topic, nor off topic for the mere mention of adoption. --- Lauren- I'm well aware of reading posts to determine the topic and appropriateness for a board I admin--I don't need you to lecture me or instruct me on the proper use of message boards. If you will recall I was the one who was on board staff when much of these issues were being formulated with regard to what would be permitted on a board and not--and as I recall you were not a party to those discussions. The only changes with regard to the adoption boards from when I was on staff is the addition of the new restrictions now included in the AUP (about which all adoption board admins including me were informed) and perhaps the admins of adoption boards are more "up" on those new restrictions and better able to review posts involving searches for living people. For that reason among others some admins are more "comfortable" moving living person posts of this nature to the more appropriate adoption board for review by the adoption board admin...or Lost Family and Friends. And that is the option of the board admin if they are more comfortable with doing so. Personally I leave surname queries and searches that are legit genealogical queries on my surname boards--but there are many borderline posts that an admin would be perfectly justified in moving to adoption boards or the Lost Family board. Joan