Another bad rule I don't advise: insist on a peer-reviewed journal reference for literally everything said. There are a lot of problems with this, too many to l

Another bad rule I don't advise: insist on a peer-reviewed journal reference for literally everything said. There are a lot of problems with this, too many to list, really. One is that inevitably it is only fully applied to statements that contradict the current prejudice, whatever that is; blocking the very sort of up-to-date knowledge you hope to find in a forum. Another problem is that accomplished trolls will badly distort or reverse the takeaway from an opaque study and drop then drop that as a reference. The moderator can't possibly devote the hours to police that. But yes, I've actually seen this system tried in a forum.