Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Bit of a rant if I may. Today I've dealt with two moderation issues which really shouldn't have happened. This annoys me as it takes up time unnecessarily.
The first was an argument over nothing that I had to sort out and split a thread because of. Could have been solved by a complaint and me acting, instead of loads of replies and private bickering.
The second was a thread in the wrong place which again, rather than just telling a mod or me, or just leaving it to be picked up, someone replied which pissed the OP off, blah blah, still needs moving but in addition to that it also then required a split. Twice the problem.
Please please can you consider that if mods need to get involved then it's significantly easier when they do if you haven't been in there first and made more work.
Thank you.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
Location: Hi
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Would implementing a report to moderator type button be any use?
And/or a penalty point system?
[Edited on 17-08-2009 by Kurt]
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Enable it so I can mod here too, job sorted.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
Would implementing a report to moderator type button be any use?
u2u to me or the appropriate mod would do the trick.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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Ian you guys thought of upgrading to some forum software that was written this decade? 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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And this will educate the users how exactly? 
This for me isn't a technical issue.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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You can have loads of features do lots of this shit for you 
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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I can see where people are coming from though. You need a response, you need it now. General chat provides this, Help zone doesn't. Not that this makes it right by any means.
TBH, the worst bit is when your thread is moved and you get zero indication that it has been.
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Ojc
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
Ian you guys thought of upgrading to some forum software that was written this decade?
If this website become a generic model of all the other shite I have seen on a daily basis across the internet I doubt it would get used as much.
Like it like this and I bet a lot of others do, it's clean and tidy and simple like me.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Yep, true. I browse 106owners a lot and I hate it, allways freezing and crashing due to 6 million sub forums, tons of adverts etc. This site is simple and very user friendly. If it's not broke don't fix it
[Edited on 17-08-2009 by DannyB]
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
You can have loads of features do lots of this shit for you
This software does thread splits but you still need a human to decide which posts need splitting, which normally means reading the thread again. You can't give a computer that job.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
TBH, the worst bit is when your thread is moved and you get zero indication that it has been.
I can fix that.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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In classifieds I allways U2U the person if I move a thread, now you tell me you can do it for us 
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Well not easily, it would need programming. And it would probably need the option to turn it off in case people consider it spammy. But it can be done.
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Meh, not that much hassle to do it ourselves, takes what...10 seconds?
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Twiggy
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Sorry, just gets a bit anoying especially as the user knew that should not be in G/C... (Not saying that i am perfect!)
I will u2u in future
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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It happens a lot, people are too impatient to wait for a reply.
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kylemac91
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Registered: 20th Aug 08
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
Sorry, just gets a bit anoying especially as the user knew that should not be in G/C... (Not saying that i am perfect!)
I will u2u in future
I never knew it wasnt meant to be in general chat tbh
[Edited on 17-08-2009 by kylemac91]
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Help zone is where things like that belong
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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TBH there's a fine line between what should be in there and what shouldn't. I could point out 5 threads right now that could arguably be in the Help zone.
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kylemac91
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Registered: 20th Aug 08
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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quote:
Originally posted by DannyB
Help zone is where things like that belong
Atleast il know from now on mate
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lostboy
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Registered: 29th Jan 09
Location: Durham
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Keep it simple, Only moderate what needs to be moderated, Like moving threads to the right sections and dealing with bad sellers, It works fine on bttos which is full of inbred idiots, So it should work fine here.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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What does it mean if you split a thread?
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lostboy
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Location: Durham
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quote:
Originally posted by alan-g-w
What does it mean if you split a thread?
Removing parts that are unwanted and put it else where so it makes a new thread.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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Ah right, cheers. Where did the other parts of that clunky gearbox thread go?
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