[META]Alright! Take it outside!

[Torm]

I apologize to the moderators if this belongs in Meta, but I couldn't find Meta, so I'll post it here. If there is a Meta, I'd be glad to have this moved there, if you could point it out to me. Thanks.

Does ENWorld need a Flaming Forum? Someplace to direct people to take their arguments if they get heated, or to move entire threads to if they break down like that?

I know the idea is that we should all try not to offend Eric's Grandma, but in the past couple of years of lurking and/or posting on the board, I've noticed that there are certain topics that seem to inevitably bring hard feelings into the matter. One, for example, is Paladins and their Faiths (and no, this isn't what I want the topic of this thread to be about, please) - people tend to bring real world religions into it and some don't seem to be able to take others' comments about their religion for what they are worth - the ramblings of somebody you don't really know on a message board (however illustrious this one may be) .

When it comes to stuff like this, would ENWorld benefit for someplace they can 'take it outside' and get it all out - or do you think it might just make things worse?

 

[Crothian]

no, EN World doesn't need a place like that. few arguments ever get that heated, and when they do report to a mod and let them calm everyone down or close the thread. personally, I don't even consider the "flames" of En World to be real flames anymore after seeing what happens elsewhere.

and meta is near the botome of the list of forums.

 

[Torm]

Hmm. Found it. That's very odd. I've always used the little 'tree' of Site>Forums>Forum>Thread up top to navigate. Before the new server, clicking on RPG Forums took me to the main Forums page, and clicking on EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site took me to the main site page (the one with news). Now, it seems like it has moved down a level - clicking on the latter takes me to the main Forums page, and on the former takes me to an abbreviated list of Forums that, as far as I know, didn't exist before....

Okay, thanks. No problem, just will take a little getting used to.

The only reason I suggest such a thing is that I've seen it work on other forums - people get irritated and take it to a flaming forum, and when they come back (if they come back) they seem much calmer. At least about that topic.

 

[Crothian]

other forums also need it more. En World doesn't seem to produce that many topics that become flame bait.

 

[JoeBlank]

EN World has a sister site where such activity is permitted, and folks do sometimes take disagreements there.

It used to be called Nothingland, but that has evolved into something else. They prefer for you to do a little work to find the site now, but I think you can figure it out. Try reading this thread:

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=112580

My apologies if I am telling you something you already know.

 

[Torm]

You aren't. That site is ... odd. It will require further exploration.

I can't believe my good old DM, Henry, never told me of this place.

Wouldn't work for what I'm talking about though. If angry people have to make new acc'ts at a new forum first, I don't think they would.

 

[diaglo]

If angry people have to make new acc'ts at a new forum first, I don't think they would.

i have accounts on over 15 different sites.

 

[Crothian]

i have accounts on over 15 different sites.

slacker.....

 

[Crothian]

You aren't. That site is ... odd. It will require further exploration.

I can't believe my good old DM, Henry, never told me of this place.

Wouldn't work for what I'm talking about though. If angry people have to make new acc'ts at a new forum first, I don't think they would.

Actually that was one of the reasons for Nothingland and how it becasme the sister site of EN World. It was a place that people could go and not worry about grnadma and flame away and act like they wanted. That way EN World could be a bit more serious and less offensive for those of us who wanted that.

 

[DragonSword]

Actually that was one of the reasons for Nothingland and how it becasme the sister site of EN World. It was a place that people could go and not worry about grnadma and flame away and act like they wanted. That way EN World could be a bit more serious and less offensive for those of us who wanted that.

...And guess which is more popular...