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  • 29-01-2009 5:35pm
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    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭


    If one thing infuriates me on this site is that people fail to grasp the whole concept of a sub-forum. Its that fùcking hard like, IF YOUR THREAD IS ABOUT THAT SUB TOPIC POST IT THERE!!!!!!

    You get some beauties coming into Politics and starting threads like "Ireland Local Election" in the EU forum, starting off with "I didn't know where to post this but...." So what like, you post it in the EU POLITICS FORUM????? HOW HARD IS IT TO GRASP???

    Another beauty came up today, this conspiracy about how the Obama election is rigged. So this genius of an OP posts it in the .... "Political Theory" sub forum?????? :confused::confused::confused: What part of "U.S. POLITICS FORUM" is ambiguous????

    So I propose creating a new forum in the Sys category, akin to "Prison", that will be called "Rudimentary Reading for Retards". This is where these high intellects, who apparently cant read the sub forum titles, are thrown to. Here they will have to pass various tests, such as basic kiddies literacy, and simple spelling. A few tests on common acronyms such as U.S. (it means United States SHOCK HORROR!!!!) would be appreciated.

    If yee are looking for a mod for it I'm your man. Or yee can skip the whole foreplay procedure and just go ahead and make me SMod, I dont mind either way.
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    #2
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    I have never seen you before but I like how you opperate!


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    #3
    Karl Hungus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,130 ✭✭✭✭Karl Hungus


    Finally, a thread giving out about aspects of boards that I can finally get behind. Fair play.


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    #4
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    <moved from helpdesk>


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    #5
    Shiminay
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    Dear sir, I heartily endorse this product and/or service and would like to subscribe to your news letter.


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    #6
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    best feedback thread ever. you have just won the internet.


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    #7
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    *turgon for SMod!*

    Not often comes a Feedback thread you can agree with...


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    Captain Darling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    Efficient use of caps lock, quotations, question marks and exclamation marks. It was a stirring read.

    I feel slightly invigorated.


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    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Could the prison be like Guantanamo, torture and all?

    Please?

    Yep, think there was some muppet posting CT stuff on all the Politics boards last night.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #10
    tallaght01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,778 ✭✭✭tallaght01


    Agreed.

    Lives will be destroyed if people keep posting in the wrong subforums ;)



    I do actually like the cut of your jib, though :P


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Would you like me to move this to Forums now, or were you being intentionally ironic?


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    #12
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,231 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    So a Soccer Access forum for the mentaly challenged?

    Don't mods/smods have the right to revoke Thread-starting priviledges?


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    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Can we not just change the entire main page so that the Dublin City forum gets 60% screen real estate? Stop the feckers posting the "Where in Dublin" threads in AH finally once and for all.


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    Terry
    Registered Users Posts: 26,061 ✭✭✭✭Terry


    Am I the only one not bothered about this?

    Just report the post and a mod will most likely move the thread. It only takes a couple of seconds.

    Fair enough if it's a thread started by someone who has been here for a while andd knows their way around the site, but not everyone is familiar with every single forum and sub forum.

    Not everyone is web savvy either. These people have to be facilitated and not referred to as retards.

    Ignorance of the law is not an excuse, but knowledge of the law does not give you the right to call someone a retard.

    In short, take it easy on the newbies.


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    311
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    julep wrote: »
    Am I the only one not bothered about this?

    Faith in boards.ie is restored ,nice one julep!


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    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    turgon wrote: »
    If one thing infuriates me on this site is that people fail to grasp the whole concept of a sub-forum. Its that fùcking hard like, IF YOUR THREAD IS ABOUT THAT SUB TOPIC POST IT THERE!!!!!!
    You can show your support for the angry bastard forum.
    You get some beauties coming into Politics and starting threads like "Ireland Local Election" in the EU forum, starting off with "I didn't know where to post this but...." So what like, you post it in the EU POLITICS FORUM????? HOW HARD IS IT TO GRASP???
    You could always challenge them to a face-off in the thunderdome.
    Another beauty came up today, this conspiracy about how the Obama election is rigged. So this genius of an OP posts it in the .... "Political Theory" sub forum?????? :confused::confused::confused: What part of "U.S. POLITICS FORUM" is ambiguous????
    True, it really should have been in conspiracy theories though.
    So I propose creating a new forum in the Sys category, akin to "Prison", that will be called "Rudimentary Reading for Retards". This is where these high intellects, who apparently cant read the sub forum titles, are thrown to. Here they will have to pass various tests, such as basic kiddies literacy, and simple spelling. A few tests on common acronyms such as U.S. (it means United States SHOCK HORROR!!!!) would be appreciated.
    Yes, sometimes it's hard to know where forum requests should be posted.
    If yee are looking for a mod for it I'm your man. Or yee can skip the whole foreplay procedure and just go ahead and make me SMod, I dont mind either way.
    Try posting 'amp' as many times as you can in the test forum.

    If you've any more questions on where to post stuff, try the Newbies & FAQ forum, some really helpful guys in there.

    Have a nice day! :)


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    turgon wrote: »
    So I propose creating a new forum in the Sys category, akin to "Prison", that will be called "Rudimentary Reading for Retards". This is where these high intellects, who apparently cant read the sub forum titles, are thrown to.
    So all that was just to propose a forum? You should have posted in Forums. :cool:

    /edit/ Foiled again, damn you SteveC :o


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    Genghiz Cohen
    Registered Users Posts: 7,182 ✭✭✭Genghiz Cohen


    I'd be behind OP for SMod only OP posted this in Helpdesk rather than Feedback, unless he was trying to make a point, badly (In which case I wouldn't want him as a SMod anyway).


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    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    turgon wrote: »
    If one thing infuriates me on this site is that people fail to grasp the whole concept of a sub-forum. Its that fùcking hard like, IF YOUR THREAD IS ABOUT THAT SUB TOPIC POST IT THERE!!!!!!

    You get some beauties coming into Politics and starting threads like "Ireland Local Election" in the EU forum, starting off with "I didn't know where to post this but...." So what like, you post it in the EU POLITICS FORUM????? HOW HARD IS IT TO GRASP???

    Another beauty came up today, this conspiracy about how the Obama election is rigged. So this genius of an OP posts it in the .... "Political Theory" sub forum?????? :confused::confused::confused: What part of "U.S. POLITICS FORUM" is ambiguous????

    So I propose creating a new forum in the Sys category, akin to "Prison", that will be called "Rudimentary Reading for Retards". This is where these high intellects, who apparently cant read the sub forum titles, are thrown to. Here they will have to pass various tests, such as basic kiddies literacy, and simple spelling. A few tests on common acronyms such as U.S. (it means United States SHOCK HORROR!!!!) would be appreciated.

    If yee are looking for a mod for it I'm your man. Or yee can skip the whole foreplay procedure and just go ahead and make me SMod, I dont mind either way.


    Welcome to the internet !


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    #20
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    julep wrote: »
    Am I the only one not bothered about this?

    Just report the post and a mod will most likely move the thread. It only takes a couple of seconds.

    Fair enough if it's a thread started by someone who has been here for a while andd knows their way around the site, but not everyone is familiar with every single forum and sub forum.

    Not everyone is web savvy either. These people have to be facilitated and not referred to as retards.

    Ignorance of the law is not an excuse, but knowledge of the law does not give you the right to call someone a retard.

    In short, take it easy on the newbies.

    While I do agree with you, I seen a thread in Fashion and Appearance earlier asking for help with a laptop. How does that happen? It gave me a good chuckle though.


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    eVeNtInE
    Registered Users Posts: 7,020 ✭✭✭eVeNtInE


    This post has been deleted.


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    Sharpshooter
    Registered Users Posts: 31,859 ✭✭✭✭Sharpshooter


    julep wrote: »
    Not everyone is web savvy either. These people have to be facilitated and not referred to as retards.

    Ignorance of the law is not an excuse, but knowledge of the law does not give you the right to call someone a retard.

    In short, take it easy on the newbies.

    I completely agree.
    When I joined there seemed to be a lot of information to take in.
    I thought AHs (looking at it only from the drop-down bar) was only for posting in after the pub.:o

    I found myself in The Nocturnal Forum , and tried to post in the Lair.
    I wasn't very successful , again I had replied to the post above me they had moved onto the next page.

    But , I would like to take this opportunity to thank SDooM and random chatbox for explaining to me how to multi quote and keep up.
    As a newbie I was very grateful , and it made my continued stay on boards a lot easier.
    So , Thanks guys.:)


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    #23
    turgon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭turgon


    seamus wrote: »
    Would you like me to move this to Forums now, or were you being intentionally ironic?

    All will be revealed in my moderator acceptance speech ;)


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    #24
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,231 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    eVeNtInE wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.
    Faptops: When you only use your netbook for one thing.


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    #25
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    Overheal wrote: »
    Faptops: When you only use your netbook for one thing.
    Posting on fashion and appearance?


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    #26
    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Jesus, some people would really want to get out more.

    Getting 'infuriated' over someone posting in the wrong forum???
    Grow up tbh.


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    #27
    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Jesus, some people would really want to get out more.

    Getting 'infuriated' over someone posting in the wrong forum???
    Grow up tbh.

    Ah, we all have our own little idiosyncrasies, that right Brendan?

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #28
    Time Magazine
    Registered Users Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Jesus, some people would really want to get out more.

    Nine posts a day eh, Brendan?


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    #29
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    Is somebody upset ?


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    #30
    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Lads seriously some people would really want to get out more.

    Getting 'infuriated' over someone posting in the wrong forum???
    Grow up tbh.


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    Time Magazine
    Registered Users Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Lads seriously some people would really want to get out more.

    Brendan, nine posts a day eh?


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