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Mod note #271 read before posting

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mitosis wrote: »
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056724475

    Here's a beaut! Post 627!
    Deleted User wrote: »
    As was pointed out to me when I first became a mod, if anyone deletes their post before the mod note, the post number which contains the note also changes!

    ;)


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    #33
    mitosis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭mitosis


    Ah, now, lads :(

    Mod notes #205 AND #628.



    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056039293

    Is there really no motivation to fix this?


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    #34
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    mitosis wrote: »
    Is there really no motivation to fix this?

    Is it really that big a deal?


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    #35
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Is it really that big a deal?
    Yes.


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    #36
    mitosis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭mitosis


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Is it really that big a deal?

    Probably not in the grand scheme of things, but likewise I ask, is it really that big a deal to fix?

    Overlord, where do you put you Mod notes?


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    #37
    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,433 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Insect Overlord wrote: »
    Is it really that big a deal?

    An interesting point. As a user for me personally; no. I 'get' the forums I frequent and the whole 'don't be a dick' rule. I don't have to be pulled up or reprimanded and explained to about how the whole site works. I went looking for one of these 'Moderator warning post #224' once and after 2 page clicks I was distracted by something shiny and forgot what I was looking for.

    Then there's the newbs that may appreciate a wee bit of direction, especially when a moderator has gone out of their way to give it. Burying this direction obscurely in the middle of a thread never made any sense to me, never mind the newbs, it's a bit of a disservice as far as I'm concerned.


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    #38
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    mitosis wrote: »
    Probably not in the grand scheme of things, but likewise I ask, is it really that big a deal to fix?

    Overlord, where do you put you Mod notes?

    I'm lucky enough modding Midwest because threads rarely go into figures of multiple hundreds, so warnings/notes/etc mid-thread stand out anyway. It's usually a case of reminding a small number of posters to remember the charter.

    When I was modding C&H we used to put "rules" or warnings into the OP as often as possible though, so I know it does work as a system. It just takes a little more than 30-odd posts in one Feedback thread to get 500+ mods to use the same protocol across some very different forums.


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    #39
    mitosis
    Registered Users Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭mitosis


    Just to keep it fresh in the mind. Now you have to search out multiple mod notes before posting.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056751811

    Mod has a link in OP to one of them. 5/10 for effort, I suppose :(


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    #40
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Would a discussion on a storm really require a mod warning or is Weather the After Hours of the Science forum, where people argue over everything?


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