That's quite clearly what I'm trying to do
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That's quite clearly what I'm trying to do
I was about to post something along those lines. None of my posts particularly stand out, but they contribute to discussion, i dont want to be left with a bunch of WUM's who have their own point of view, and value no-one else's. So if it means anything....i'm against it.
It isn't going to work Davo, you should simply give it up.
It's the only valid solution to the problems we've got with the football forum...which we all seem to agree is currently not working
Sack GB sign Davo.
I was saying this a while ago Davo, and I was saying it in the Admin room.
The thing is it's all good for us to say we need stricter modding and so on but we aren't mods and we aren't doing the work:
Scanning the threads for muppets,
Closing/moving/editing threads,
Banning and warning posters.
If all of the mods are against this idea and for stricter modding then I'm happy with that (in fact I'd prefer it) as they are doing the work. Otherwise maybe this should be looked at ... if it doesn't work, shut it down and everything goes back.
Scanning the threads for muppets,
Closing/moving/editing threads,
Banning and warning posters.
If all of the mods are against this idea and for stricter modding then I'm happy with that (in fact I'd prefer it) as they are doing the work. Otherwise maybe this should be looked at ... if it doesn't work, shut it down and everything goes back.
Just out of curiosity, can we make Davo a mod? Or would that be considered a wind-up?
It all stems from the existence of the Newbie forum!
Wibble will try to argue his way around this until blood comes out of his ears, but it's 100% the case.
Wibble will try to argue his way around this until blood comes out of his ears, but it's 100% the case.
We already have a Leeds mod, I think that`s enough personally.
Sorry but thats a silly idea. I'm sure Davo would agree ...
Exactly. It's an obvious point that seems to float over everyone's heads.
I also find it hilarious how people make the point about an elitist forum being pretentious and self appreciating, and yet at the same time harp on about how we should just "ban all the idiots"
Right, so why are there not 30-40 mods then? Even 20-30? This would improve matters if they were all robots.
Moderators are fine, but the question is, who deems something as being quality or not? Exactly, they are not robots, and each person will see one thing in a different light to the other. Herein lies a massive problem.
My argument is that if you get rid of the newbie, the forum will police itself. However, the problem there is that returning banees and windup driver sorts can enter the main forums at will. This is where the 20-30 moderators come in.
Because those who are banned have been given a chance but have proved themselves to be feckwits. This forum would be an invite only. People that don`t post that much, like myself, won`t be given a chance. And if the new forum works fine, I don`t see why the posters there would want many more in. I can`t see how you would find a "fair" way of deciding who`s in and who isn`t. What would the guidelines be?
And probably feck it up, probably by leaving it in a bin bag next to the bin when the bin men are coming next morning.
Leave such things to people with expertise and experience of such matters.
Experience in creating a forum?
You basically click "new forum" and then tick some boxes
gimp
What goes over heads, including yours, when talking about traffic is that raw site hits nor spastic posters provide any meaningful value. Are you talking about ad clicks here or bandwidth consumption?
Having met both you and Ruben, I'd make sure you were given access to the forum, I doubt the idea will take off though, seeing there's not even an ongoing discussion in the admin forum.
You normally go to off-licence, buy beer, and drink it!
In all honesty I could see more chance of you getting in there than me ...
Agree, and it's apparant that no one really knows what the feck they're doing at the moment in terms of modding the football forum. And at risk of labouring the point, this is an obvious problem.....one of the reasons this place is good is that you can have a bit of verbals, there's no need to kill that. At the same time you can no longer have any lasting decent football thread due to the non-contribution of gimps
I can understand the concerns of those who don't post that regularly and fear they'd be left behind with an ocean full of gimps. That's easily sorted tho, either let everyone in to start, or they'll get in over time. I'd envisage the football forum being far busier than the sensible forum anyway
An elitist forum's a better and easier option, though. Select say 20. . .and only invite the one's that are the best in future. And I don't think it'd harm the main boards, as most of us would love to mingle with the spastics just for the entertainment factor.
And there in that very statement lies the problem. It has always amongst other things been the problem. It was becoming a problem before you even joined.
It was already suggested that it wouldn't be invite only, and that people would just be turfed out when they start ruining it for everyone. This appears to have been ignored
Not really that different from the Current Events forum, and better than going on some mass banning spree that risks sucking the life out of the forum
Noodles will not be invited.
I keep thinking it'll be a debate on Sensible Soccer, before I click on the topic.
Shut up Spoony
Time for me to butt out.
Anyone remember michael owen soccer on the ZX spectrum? slightly off topic I know ...
Spoonez el Grande to you.
I recall Italia'90, Afro. Rubbish Amiga game, in which I usually won 24-0.
yup, top down .... how games have changed eh.
Feck off, that's about ten more letters, and goes against my policy of being as lazy as humanly possible
I'm considering just calling you "s" from now on
I could score from near the half way line(at an angle).
They should change your name to Cuchara Grande Embotado.
NO worries, 'n'.
It would be extremely hard to turf out an elite poster, even more difficult to determine spoilers.
Why would an "Elite" poster ever need turfing out in the first place?
Shut up and go to bed Weaste, FFS!
Why? Same rules should apply to all on a new forum.....I agree re the sentiment that older posters etc get more of a chance generally speaking, but if anyone spazed it up they could be suspended/booted...
Not with you re the spoiler bit?