I was trying to stay out of this but it looks like I can't (as usual), as much as I respect Nuk, his opinions and enjoy his postings I don't think he has the temperament for the position, it was he who suggested that we needed a new moderator to close a thread that really didn't need closing, it was going along fine, every one was civil, and the topic though perhaps a bit controversial was no means over the top in my opinion.
Again, In my opinion, besides being laid back, fair, and even tempered a Moderator also needs to be flexible when it comes to interpreting the rules and closing down threads, personally I have to agree with Mannlicher, I don't see the need for more moderation, we've been getting along just fine without more than we've had, if some event comes up that changes the way things have been going revisit the need for another mod then, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.