political content in custom titles etc.

[Olive]

Just joshin' ya...

I told you my spelling was bad.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I told you my spelling was bad.

It's not that bad.

 

[tleilaxu]

this is on raistlin's tangent:

there is a difference between saying "this thread will get closed" and "this thread should get closed"

i have never reported a thread to a moderator, although a few years ago there was a guy named brax on Eric's old site that made me want to a few times. i certianly find excessive namby-pambiness annoying, but sometimes people just don't realize that what they are posting will be (obviously) closed

 

[Darkness]

posting how WRONG it is IN the post is dumb. If it offends you so bad, E-MAIL the perp and a moderator.

So... Am I reading this correctly: You don't view it very positively when, say, people break board rules and start a thread in Meta to ask why a thread was closed instead of doing the right thing and sending an e-mail (to the mod in question, or else to an admin)?

 

[Mistwell]

So... Am I reading this correctly: You don't view it very positively when, say, people break board rules and start a thread in Meta to ask why a thread was closed instead of doing the right thing and sending an e-mail (to the mod in question, or else to an admin)?

I looked and looked for this board rule, and couldn't find it. In fact, the FAQ specifically said there is only one rule, and that is the Gradmother rule. I don't think this would be covered by the Grandmother rule, do you?

 

[tleilaxu]

mistwell-
i think the understanding is that when a topic gets closed it is bad form to restart one on the same topic too soon. threads complaining about thread shutdowns are essentially threads about the same topic as the shutdown thread.

 

[Olive]

I looked and looked for this board rule, and couldn't find it. In fact, the FAQ specifically said there is only one rule, and that is the Gradmother rule. I don't think this would be covered by the Grandmother rule, do you?

If Eric or Russel's grandma's are offended by threads on [insert real world political topic here], then they'll be offended by threads discussing threads on [insert real world political topic here], as it's pretty hard tio discuss the closed thread with out discussing its topic.

 

[Eosin the Red]

It seems that most of us humans like to have the last word or get that last dig in. [Kinda like what you are doing with your previously closed thread topic]. They post knowing the thread is doomed and that a retort is unlikely.

I report threads that should not be here - even when I wade in hip deep and would like to let things run there course - because they should not be here. Eric then Rus let me come over and hang out at their house. If they step outside and two people start brawling in the living room as a friend, I am going to stop the rough housing. 10,000 guests like to crash on the ENworld couch, those grateful for the cool dudes who let us hang feel it is our responsibility to keep the place tidy. But some folks will undoubtedly raid the fridge while Rus/Pkitty/Darkness/Henry/Dinkle are out.

 

[tleilaxu]

so what is your point raistlin?

 

[Dinkeldog]

I assume that you are referring to a thread from a few weeks ago. A moderator closed that thread and gave no reason--at least, at the time I was there, no reason had been posted. I found out that I must of visited the thread virtually seconds after it had been closed. In fact, I was posting a reply JUST as it had been closed. I thought the policy about closing threads around here was ludicrous, so I called "the mystery locker" out in Meta. Minutes later, a post secretly appeared in the closed thread. Honest mistake? Hmm. You decide.

Raistlin, please don't take this the wrong way. You're being paranoid. The thread wasn't closed just to spite you and keep you, Raistlin Majere, from getting the last word. The other moderators and I don't dislike you nor do we want to keep you from getting to speak your peace in threads. Your timing was just bad in the one instance. It happens to everyone. I'm not sure why this has become a weeks-long crusade for you.

I have found that a lot of people at EN World are very uptight and like to jump out and create drama (much like I have in this thread). I'm not understanding why people don't just send an e-mail DIRECTLY to the poster or to an admin (much like I have not). If the population of this board is so self sufficent and noble, why whine and complain in the thread they want closed? Why not just do the above mentioned action (much like I have not)?
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Do you really want your mailbox flooded like that? [FoghornLeghorn] That's a joke, son. [/FoghornLeghorn]

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