It should be done only with notification of WELL management, and it should be considered only as a last resort, after discussion with the problem user has failed and where the problem user is posing a serious obstacle to others' participation. Hosts should post a notice in the conference some time before killing topics, so that users have time to download topics if they wish. Hosts are also encouraged to consider archiving topics before they are killed, and making them available to users, if practical for the Host. It is not an appropriate place for personal files of the Host. Since, if the list of topics is allowed to grow indefinitely, users eventually will find the browse list so long as to be useless, Hosts should prune inactive topics regularly.
Hosts can add to or delete from such conference material at their discretion.
Occasionally, a topic will be started with an inappropriate or mistaken name. In such cases, the Host can ask confteam to change the topic name. Hosts are encouraged to set up a single topic devoted to administrative matters, questions for the conference Host, and discussions of conference policy. Maintaining the Conversation Hosts of Featured conferences are empowered to set policy within their conferences, subject to overall WELL policy. The purpose of almost all Featured conferences is open conversation.