12-14-2006, 12:42 AM | #381 | |
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Hmmpph! Nobody else has ever asked me to bribe (or whatever it was ) a mod....I will now pour melted chocolate all over you Hector. May it harden in odd places uncomfortably. Pm when you post a pix of your small pointy beard.....
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12-14-2006, 01:21 AM | #382 |
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I always thought the mods should have a thread that the regular Mooters could see that gives a brief explanation when someone gets banned/tempbanned, like "xyz was given a 2-week ban for repeatedly ignoring such-and-such a rule on the date of so-and-so in these threads (list threads), after having received several warnings from admins/mods via email/PM". That way, we at least know what's going on, and when they're coming back, and you don't get these strange alien-moderator conspiracy theories ...
o.O ... but the powers-that-be prefer to work behind the scenes and keep things quiet. It's their call, as they are the ones doing the work, anyhoo. but I still think it'd be a good idea
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12-14-2006, 01:37 AM | #383 |
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Hey, a neighbor just brought over some Christmas cookies, still warm from the oven!
*hands a plate around* hmm, need some really cold milk, too ... *hands a jug of really cold milk around* *munch* see, if there was a "member status" thread, then we wouldn't go around sounding like whispering in a locker room, "do you know where so-and-so is?" "I don't know, I heard they got banned!" "Hey, I heard they were on vacation for 2 weeks!" etc. etc.
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
12-14-2006, 01:42 AM | #384 |
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lolol... we do tend to sound a bit like that, eh? lol
OOO! cookies! *grabs two- one for each hand* thanx, rian! well, finished the ol' english paper (finally!!!) so now 'tis time fer bed *yawn* wish me luck with it tomorrow!!! (hope it does ok... ) thanks again for the cookies!
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12-14-2006, 02:53 AM | #385 |
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You're welcome!
*snags another* Good luck on the paper!!
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. I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç Ã¥ â„¢ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! |
12-14-2006, 07:32 AM | #386 | |
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However, it also has some drawbacks. For instance, it drags even MORE "dirty laundry" out into public - and may make it harder for someone to feel like they could come back and participate again subsequent to a banning ("everyone knows!"). It could be something good to consider though.
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12-14-2006, 08:42 AM | #387 |
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I suspect on balance Valandil is right, it'd probably cause more problems than it solved.
Regarding the spambots, it really is time entmoot upgraded the V bulletin. we are on version 3.0.3 and the recent version is 3.6.4 i think. Trouble is they replicate ... they are the tribbles of the cyber universe ... DON'T FEED THEM!!! and without getting into this whole thing again ... anyone advertises on their first post - you HAVE to have zero tolerance ... there really is no other way, and anything else is a green light you can register here without any code verification etc .... you guys really have no choice these spam days but to upgrade or add security measures as everyone is so fond of saying this is a pg13 board ... some of this stuff just should not be here on this board |
12-14-2006, 08:43 AM | #388 |
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Hi there all ye mooters! Would u please crack the Enid O'Brien book clues so that I can post a new batch.
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12-14-2006, 08:45 AM | #389 |
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wotcha Doc..long time - how's things?
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12-14-2006, 08:51 AM | #390 | |
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Please see post #294 in the "advertisement thread". A new member joined, starting a thread to advertise an LOTR item (a WETA Balrog statue or some such) they were auctioning on E-Bay. Another member chimed in that they had checked E-Bay and the ad was legit. Earniel merged the thread into the adverts thread. Which should have been "end of story". She was the mod, she made the call. However - Butterbeer insisted that the post should be deleted. You can see a few of his posts right there in the thread to follow. As a moderator, I see EIGHT of them, including the ones that had to be deleted. He CONTINUOUSLY hammered Earniel about her decision. Not to mention an assortment of PM's (BB copied SGH and myself on a number of them - and Earniel kept us well-informed as the situation progressed), bringing it up on other threads all over the place - and continuously ignoring Earniel's requests to respect the decision and leave it alone. Frankly - I think he's gotten ALL the leeway he deserves - and then some. Let's stop dragging that all up, OK? That was a totally separate incident from the current "spam attack" - and it's correct and proper for a moderator to make that distinction. What is INcorrect and IMproper, is for a member to continue to attack that decision and disregard requests to keep it out of open forum. OK?
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12-14-2006, 09:31 AM | #391 |
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no Val (ref bringing it back up) it was just meant as helpful advice. *shrugs* Spambots are on the rise across all forums - the days of ignoring them are gone. i was just trying to help out. *shrugs again* all comments were in general, not, nor ever were, aimed at any one person. anyway - you guys deal with it ... me trying to help out doesn't seem to be a winning formula does it? |
12-14-2006, 09:34 AM | #392 |
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Well... let's just say that there certainly ARE helpful ways to help.
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12-14-2006, 09:45 AM | #393 |
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theres another registering now with lots of xxx's in the name
yeah well, i only ever get into trouble when i try to be good ... i shall have to cut that bad habit out best, BB |
12-14-2006, 11:55 AM | #394 |
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I'm supposing Earniel was relatively unbothered when she came back recently *hint, HINT*
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12-14-2006, 12:06 PM | #396 |
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BB, why don't you just cooperate and have some tea? It's way funner than buggin' the mods, who have plenty on their hands already.
Anyone like Goo Goos? Because I don't...*starts handing them out*
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12-14-2006, 01:40 PM | #397 |
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what the *beep* are Goo Goo's?
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12-14-2006, 01:40 PM | #398 |
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GREAT cartoons, hector!!
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12-14-2006, 02:51 PM | #399 |
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*Shouts* Allahu Akbar! *charges after spammers with her forum sword*
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Allahu Akbar is right! Get 'em, sane!
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