board rules.

Terry · 13-01-2006 2:15pm #1

i find them to be far too strict in relation to off topic threads and the like.
if a thread goes slightly off topic a mod will lock it.
why not split the thread and throw it to a new forum?
some people will go into a thread and post something pointless just to up their post count, so my suggestion is this: should a thread stray from it's intended topic, instead of locking the thread and denying anyone the opportunity to continue with the conversation, why not create an off topic forum with post counts turned off and let people whore away to their hearts content? prune the forum every week or two so that it doesn't get jammed with crap.

Crucifix · 13-01-2006 2:17pm

The Cuckoo's nest 2?

TerrorFirmer · 13-01-2006 2:22pm

Crucifix wrote:

The Cuckoo's nest 2?

Before I was banned from there I had some sort of alternative name for it, ready for inplementation when I seized control.....the magpies....something?

Anyway, it was great.....

Vokes · 13-01-2006 2:27pm

julep wrote:

if a thread goes slightly off topic a mod will lock it.

Ehhhh....no.

Endurance Man · 13-01-2006 2:39pm

julep wrote:

if a thread goes slightly off topic a mod will lock it.

Where the hell did you get that info?

gandalf · 13-01-2006 2:48pm

julep wrote:

i find them to be far too strict in relation to off topic threads and the like.

Any examples of this

if a thread goes slightly off topic a mod will lock it.

Depends on the forum tbh. If its Politics then yes we will take action because its not good to have serious discussions going in multiple different directions.

why not split the thread and throw it to a new forum?

I am sure that happens sometimes, and infact it has happened on Politics as well.

some people will go into a thread and post something pointless just to up their post count, so my suggestion is this: should a thread stray from it's intended topic, instead of locking the thread and denying anyone the opportunity to continue with the conversation, why not create an off topic forum with post counts turned off and let people whore away to their hearts content? prune the forum every week or two so that it doesn't get jammed with crap.

So basically you want the mods to clean up after spammy gits. On boards you are expected to be an adult and converse like an adult. There are no stablisers, nappies or bibs here.

Also this is a discussion forum not a chat room. A chatroom is provided or you can use IRC/MSN/Yahoo Messenger if you need to fulfill that urge.

Beruthiel · 13-01-2006 2:53pm

julep wrote:

i find them to be far too strict in relation to off topic threads and the like.

have you seen the size of this site, if everyone was to go off topic this place would be a total mess

if a thread goes slightly off topic a mod will lock it.

that's exaggerated
some threads are locked, but you can hardly prove that all the threads on boards which go off topic are locked, that simply is not the case

why not split the thread and throw it to a new forum?

perhaps we should all give up our lives and spend our time on boards 24/7

TerrorFirmer · 13-01-2006 2:54pm

Beruthiel wrote:

perhaps we should all give up our lives and spend our time on boards 24/7

Hmmm.....

Orion · 13-01-2006 3:29pm

So what about that bird flu in Turkey anyway? Scary stuff.

amp · 13-01-2006 3:36pm

Crucifix wrote:

The Cuckoo's nest 2?

[gravelled voice]
In a time before time, in a land before land, in a dimension beyond dimensions, there exists a place like no other on boards.

AND NOW IT'S BACK!

THE CUCKOO'S NEST TWO: BACK TO BASICS

Starring..
Sean Connery as.... THE LEADER
Ewan McGregor as... amp
John Cleese as... Sarky
Robin Williams as... Sarky's Beard

Plus a cast of thousands of muppets. Coming soon to all good web browsers everywhere...
[gravelly voice]

Beruthiel · 13-01-2006 3:47pm

amp
you look nothing like Ewan McGregor!

steveland? · 13-01-2006 3:49pm

Beruthiel wrote:

amp
you look nothing like Ewan McGregor!

And yet I can picture Robin Williams as Sarky's Beard...

Terry · 13-01-2006 3:52pm

what i'm trying to get at here is an open general discussion area in the vein of AH but not as strict on the rules. something like this: http://newsaskew.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=10

take a look at some of the older threads there.

i'm not talking about a chat room here. i find those to be mostly full of jackasses. just a general discussion area where you can pass the day if your bored.
a place where if a thread goes off topic, you don't get someone running to the mods and crying because their thread about the death penalty being legal in some places has turned into a thread about the death penalty being illegal in some places. somewhere you don't get banned for making a (non-offensive) joke about another poster. just basically a place to kill time and have a bit of a laugh and you don't get villified for bumping a thread or told that there is already a thread about the topic you're talking about (a double standard i could never understand).

Terry · 13-01-2006 3:54pm

ok, never mind. i never noticed that cuckoo's nest forum. move along. nothing to see here.

amp · 13-01-2006 3:58pm

Beruthiel wrote:

amp
you look nothing like Ewan McGregor!

Joan Collins as.. Beruthiel

steveland? · 13-01-2006 3:58pm

amp wrote:

Joan Collins as.. Beruthial

amp you've gone off topic!

This thread has to be locked!

Terry · 13-01-2006 4:01pm

see, that's what i'm talking about. nothing like off-topic goodness.

steveland? · 13-01-2006 4:14pm

julep wrote:

see, that's what i'm talking about. nothing like off-topic goodness.

:v:

this smiley :v:

Sarky · 13-01-2006 4:19pm

amp wrote:

[John Cleese as... Sarky
Robin Williams as... Sarky's Beard

amp · 13-01-2006 4:24pm

julep wrote:

see, that's what i'm talking about. nothing like off-topic goodness.

You're so right. So right that the Admins went back in time to implement your genius idea.

Sarky · 13-01-2006 4:26pm

Great scott! Did anyone warn them not to talk to their past selves?

Terry · 13-01-2006 4:30pm

i was going to, but things would have been a lot less interesting that way.

Hobart · 13-01-2006 4:31pm

Joan Collins is only in her 60's FFS.

Terry · 13-01-2006 4:35pm

really?
she looked like she was in her 60's when she did that episode of star trek.

Hobart · 13-01-2006 4:37pm

Don't ever contradict me Terry.

Ron DMC · 13-01-2006 4:44pm

pffh, I thought this thread was a kind of "Woo, boards rules!!" type thing.
now i'm severely disappointed.

WOO BOARDS in any case.

Terry · 13-01-2006 4:50pm

Hobart wrote:

Don't ever contradict me Terry.

i didn't contradict you. i merely opined that she looked like she was in her 60's 40 years ago.

you want her to walk on your back while she's wearing high heels, don't you?

Hobart · 13-01-2006 4:55pm

julep wrote:

i didn't contradict you. i merely opined that she looked like she was in her 60's 40 years ago.

you want her to walk on your back while she's wearing high heels, don't you?

joo pwnned meh in fairness. I'm like an open book :eek:

Sarky · 13-01-2006 5:07pm

People, people, this is getting way too far off the real issue here- Photoshopping Beruthiel's head onto Joan Collins' body, and vice versa.

Beruthiel · 13-01-2006 9:58pm

you're dead sarky

/you too amp!!

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