Decorum please people.

[RETIRED]

Ok kiddies.

I don't know whether or not it has to with the advent of Spring, boredom or just plain lunacy on the part of our members but there have been some comments passed on recent time wasting posts.

A lot of our members use the get daily feature to see what posts they have not read and all they get is a lot of drivel which they have to wade through.

Unfortunately placing those members that sprout it can't be placed on an ignore list as they have a lot of information to impart and freely do.

Ignoring the whole thread is not an option either as other important information can be missed.

A little drivel every now and again is OK but some push it to the limit.

On the same line: any sexual references from male members to or about female members will be deleted immediately they are seen and the member/s concerned banned for 24 hrs.

There is a twofold reason for this. Some may have noticed that we seem to be getting more spam than usual because the search engines pick up the words and the spammers move in. The other is that you could be facing a sexual harrasment suit.

Have fun but keep it sane.

[Iain]

http://stardate.org/nightsky/moon/
May help !!!

[silentC]

I guess we are talking about the "It's Friday again" thread and the Thursday one. Firstly, your second point is definitely taken and no argument.

However, I'd hate to think that the whingers get too much say in what happens. I know the squeaky wheel gets the grease and sometimes it's easier to just do what they want than to argue. But I think complaining that threads like that are causing people to have to wade through a heap of drivel is a bit over the top.

At any point in time if you click New Posts or run the Get Daily link, you would have gotten at most two items in the list. It's not as though it lists every post to the thread. Nobody is forced to click on them. Surprising as it might seem, when I click New Posts there are often very many items in the list that don't interest me for one reason or another. I don't bother with boat threads, woodturning, Festo. Why are the likes of the Friday thread any more annoying to people than these are to me? I still have to 'wade' through them to get to the ones that interest me. The only people who object would be the ones who disapprove of what's going on in the thread.

I'm not having a go at you about it. I know where you are coming from. Someone has had a whinge at you about it and you are taking steps. I just ask that we don't give any one group too much 'say' in what happens.

[bennylaird]

Apologies to all concerned, my sense of humour is not suited to an open forum so I will keep my posts on track in future.

(This post is in no way intended to cause offence, if it does please advise me ASAP and I will delete it.)

[silentC]

The other thing is that I have this useless, I mean valuable, object sitting on my desk that I was going to give away in a guessing competition that is doubtless going to generate a lot of 'drivel'. So I'm in two minds about it now - the whole idea has been soured a bit.

[Wood Butcher]

Silent,
Several remarks were made to us about recent threads and some of the comments (and I must admit by only a few particular members) were pushing the boundaries.

We are not stopping members from having fun, by all means we are not going to turn these forums into similar American forums where the moderators have their stuck up the arses and anything at all not related to woodwork disappears.

Have fun, but when it gets stupid and offensive it'll be stopped!

[Stuart]

I think is actually referring to the dozen or so 'empty' posts that were being created last night - it made a real mess of the bb. The Thurs and Fri. threads were a different reason.

[Felder]

So can we have a Friday thread, or not?

Let's be honest - it's silly. It's not sane. But it is fun (to me, at least :o ).

Can we have it if we keep it to Fridays?

[RETIRED]

So can we have a Friday thread, or not?

Let's be honest - it's silly. It's not sane. But it is fun (to me, at least :o ).

Can we have it if we keep it to Fridays?Read the last post in the Friday thread.

[Daddles]

I think is actually referring to the dozen or so 'empty' posts that were being created last night - it made a real mess of the bb. The Thurs and Fri. threads were a different reason.

Awww, once again I missed the fun.

This is a tricky question and I don't envy the mods here. I'm as likely to be frivolous as anyone else ... anyone who doesn't visit the boating section would probably consider me an airhead (I'm not blonde, what's left is grey). But I do feel we went a bit far recently, a wee too much frivolity. That happens. Dad's pulled us up. We'll behave ... for a while, then Timmy will push Jacko and Jacko will ... you know how it goes.

As for the sexual innuendos. Good call. It is very easy to really offend someone, especially using the written word (coz yer grin caint be seen).

Mods rule ... so it's good that we've got good mods.

Richard

[silentC]

Several remarks were made to us about recent threads and some of the comments (and I must admit by only a few particular members) were pushing the boundaries.
Fair enough about the "comments". I just wonder who decides when something gets too stupid? Guess that would be you guys! As long as it's not some crusty old phart who takes life too seriously, I can handle it :D

It reminds me of when I was a young teenager. A group of us were at a mate's house and a couple of the guys were reciting Monty Python, as you do. My mate's mum came in and got right up us. "You're giggling like a pack of schoolgirls". It wasn't the noise we were making, she just didn't approve of the sillyness. She never cracked a smile the whole time I knew her.

[Felder]

Read the last post in the Friday thread.
OK - so that's a yes...would you prefer it in Open Slather?

[RETIRED]

OK - so that's a yes...would you prefer it in Open Slather?No. It was OK where it was. If you put it in Open Slather a lot of members can't respond.

[bennylaird]

S'ok, I'll stay out of it.

[silentC]

If you put it in Open Slather a lot of members can't respond
Would that include the people who complained about it? Just wondering ;)

[rod1949]

This probably relates to my post yesterday. My appologies if it was taken as offensive as none was intended. I thought it was just factual.

Cheers

Rod

[Wood Butcher]

Fair enough about the "comments". I just wonder who decides when something gets too stupid? Guess that would be you guys! As long as it's not some crusty old phart who takes life too seriously, I can handle it :D

In this case it is was a consensus, not one mod acting on their own.

I can guarantee that there are no "crusty old pharts" :p in these ranks and all of us love a joke as much as anyone!:D

[RETIRED]

Would that include the people who complained about it? Just wondering ;)Nope.

[Wongo]

Thanks guys, thanks a lot and you know who you are.:mad:

The Friday thread was created for some of us to have some fun on Friday. We even gave away useful WW tools to each other. What's wrong with that?

Did I say keep it pure?:mad:

[Felder]

Would that include the people who complained about it? Just wondering ;)
That was my line of thinking.....

There are no woodworking posts in OS, so people that go therew aren't looking for woodworking info.

Only problem is it may encourage folks to be a bit wude...:eek:

[Eddie Jones]

.....where the moderators have their stuck up the arses and anything at all not related to woodwork disappears......

Seems the "banned words detector" isn't turned on for moderators.

Methinks some double standards going on here!

[Wood Butcher]

This probably relates to my post yesterday. My appologies if it was taken as offensive as none was intended. I thought it was just factual.

Cheers

Rod

What post?:confused:

[Wood Butcher]

Seems the "banned words detector" isn't turned on for moderators.

Methinks some double standards going on here!

The censor works for everyone!:mad: Even the admins.

The are no double standards here!:mad:

[RETIRED]

Seems the "banned words detector" isn't turned on for moderators.

Methinks some double standards going on here!The "banned word detector" works for us as well. Which sometimes is just as well.;)

[RETIRED]

This probably relates to my post yesterday. My appologies if it was taken as offensive as none was intended. I thought it was just factual.

Cheers

RodNo rod. just moved it to the appropriate forum.:)

[silentC]

I can guarantee that there are no "crusty old pharts" in these ranks and all of us love a joke as much as anyone!
Sorry, what I meant was that things were being stopped because some crusty old phart was complaining to you. I would never accuse the mods of being crusty :p

[Ivan in Oz]

G'Day you lot,

Are the 'Boundaries' we have, self imposed by the [General] Majority;
or are the Mods. having to reel some of us in, often?

I am on the ECCA BMW Forum; and it is often WAY over the top.
Makes me look like a real Stick in the Mud:confused:

[Bob38S]

If I have managed to cause offence to either He's or She's please accept this as my apology.
I enjoy this forum and check it out most days and yes have been known to make comments - mostly I try to be helpful - I appreciate that perhaps sometimes my sense of humour may leave some wondering.
No offence[s] intended.
Bob

[silentC]

For ####'s sake what has the world come to that people are apologising for having a sense of humour? We need more of it, not less. Too much serious crap in the world as it is. Watched a show on the ABC last night about "the falling man" - a photograph of a guy who jumped or fell out of one of the towers at the World Trade centre.

We have one of these every 6 months or so. Someone gets their nose out of joint over something and has a whinge about it, either openly or whispered in the ear of a mod. It'll all be forgotten by next week.

[Stuart]

The "banned word detector" works for us as well. Which sometimes is just as well.;)I rely on it :D

As to moderation, when a thread looses its way, sometimes it is a lot easier and less work to shut the whole thing down, than to weed out the problems. Some here are 'apologising' for their posts, that probably had nothing to do with the thread being closed. There was a lot of mess to clean up, in more than 1 thread, and for different reasons, some minor, some very serious.

End of the day, like it or not, this is a community, and the mods are trying to keep a balance so the vast majority can enjoy being here for whatever they are looking for.

[silentC]

the mods are trying to keep a balance
And that's all we can ask for. No complaints here. Except for the one above, but hey, it's Friday ;)

[Stuart]

I for one (and I'm sure it is true for the other mods and admins) would be more than happy if we never had to do anything more than just be regular board members, and a vast majority of the time we can. 99% of my posts are as a member, not as a moderator.

It is probably reflects well on how this board is moderated (to put a positive spin on things) that members occasionally do push the limit, because they know we will (try to) not overreact, but will keep walking the fine line. From what some have said, there are other BB out there that are heavily moderated, and there isn't the same sense of community.

---------walkin' the line----------

[Stuart]

This thread was a serious message from . Hijacking it with crap is very inappropriate, wouldn't you think?