Red Iron Crown Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 26 minutes ago, Randazzo said: I see some moderators I don't recognize popping up on the forums. Has some new blood been recruited? None have been added since February of last year. Maybe you're just noticing posts from some who are usually less active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randazzo Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 7 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said: None have been added since February of last year. Maybe you're just noticing posts from some who are usually less active? Hmm, entirely possible. I guess I can hold off on the preemptive apologies for now then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark4558 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 i wanted to do a related question to the addons releases forum if the last post of an X mod has more than a month, if I answer something it counts as necroposting right? -but if my post warns of any problems with the addon it is ignored or what? and less old threads, passing to page 3/9 or so, I can reply something without violating any rules?( assuming that those threads last activity is less than 1 month) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Rocket Scientist Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 21 hours ago, Shark4558 said: i wanted to do a related question to the addons releases forum if the last post of an X mod has more than a month, if I answer something it counts as necroposting right? -but if my post warns of any problems with the addon it is ignored or what? and less old threads, passing to page 3/9 or so, I can reply something without violating any rules?( assuming that those threads last activity is less than 1 month) [NOTAMOD] Necros are only a problem if the post has no new content, such as "Bump" "Agreed," etc. Adding info, asking a question or answering a still relevant question is fine. [/NOTAMOD] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzkid Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) What does 'Guests' Mean, under the username, e.g this post in this thread? Edited January 17, 2016 by Whizzkid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 It means some extremely old posts got garbled as they were carried over through several forum software transitions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzkid Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Have you ever had users who edited parts of their post back that a mod edited out, if so, what do you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 22 minutes ago, Whizzkid said: Have you ever had users who edited parts of their post back that a mod edited out, if so, what do you do? Yes, that happens sometimes. Usually that results in an escalation of moderation measures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Certain topics are forbidden because they inevitably lead to rule breaking, mod abuse and thread locking. There are the obvious ones, like discussion of religion and politics, and then there's others more peculiar to a game forum. (I'm looking at you, Rule 2.2j!) So, I imagine that there's already been some behind-the-scenes discussion on adding a Rule 2.2k to ban other perennial problem topics, such as "Is ____ cheating?" I'm curious to hear some of mod community's arguments for and against adding such topics to the 2.2 list, and to a larger extent how you guys determine the balance (or try to) between allowing free discussion and putting too heavy a load on the moderator community. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 44 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: Certain topics are forbidden because they inevitably lead to rule breaking, mod abuse and thread locking. There are the obvious ones, like discussion of religion and politics, and then there's others more peculiar to a game forum. (I'm looking at you, Rule 2.2j!) So, I imagine that there's already been some behind-the-scenes discussion on adding a Rule 2.2k to ban other perennial problem topics, such as "Is ____ cheating?" I'm curious to hear some of mod community's arguments for and against adding such topics to the 2.2 list, and to a larger extent how you guys determine the balance (or try to) between allowing free discussion and putting too heavy a load on the moderator community. Thanks! I'd like to add that too. Also, anything beginning with "PSA" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Dilsby Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 5 minutes ago, CliftonM said: I'd like to add that too. Also, anything beginning with "PSA" To be perfectly clear, I am not proposing a Rule 2.2k for "Is ____ cheating", or for anything else-- I'm just guessing that such a proposal has come up before within the mod community, and am hoping they can tell us something about that discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 4 minutes ago, Kuzzter said: To be perfectly clear, I am not proposing a Rule 2.2k for "Is ____ cheating", or for anything else-- I'm just guessing that such a proposal has come up before within the mod community, and am hoping they can tell us something about that discussion. Oh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Iron Crown Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 2 hours ago, Kuzzter said: Certain topics are forbidden because they inevitably lead to rule breaking, mod abuse and thread locking. There are the obvious ones, like discussion of religion and politics, and then there's others more peculiar to a game forum. (I'm looking at you, Rule 2.2j!) So, I imagine that there's already been some behind-the-scenes discussion on adding a Rule 2.2k to ban other perennial problem topics, such as "Is ____ cheating?" I'm curious to hear some of mod community's arguments for and against adding such topics to the 2.2 list, and to a larger extent how you guys determine the balance (or try to) between allowing free discussion and putting too heavy a load on the moderator community. Thanks! "Cheating" threads aren't that big a problem, and they're more on-topic for the forum than politics or religion because they're actually about the game and how people think it should be played. By far the biggest problem with them that I see is people backseat moderating ("This again? Mods lock this!"). I honestly don't understand some people's inability to avoid clicking on a thread that they know they don't want to read. 1 hour ago, CliftonM said: I'd like to add that too. Also, anything beginning with "PSA" I don't understand why people find this one so objectionable. In almost every case the thread topic is fine, but put "PSA" in front of it and some people go off their rocker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 26 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said: "Cheating" threads aren't that big a problem, and they're more on-topic for the forum than politics or religion because they're actually about the game and how people think it should be played. By far the biggest problem with them that I see is people backseat moderating ("This again? Mods lock this!"). I honestly don't understand some people's inability to avoid clicking on a thread that they know they don't want to read. I don't understand why people find this one so objectionable. In almost every case the thread topic is fine, but put "PSA" in front of it and some people go off their rocker. Very true. What I personally don't like is when there are several of the exact same thread. VERY good point, though. I know, I came off as really upset and wanting it banned, but I want people to look around a bit before posting. And, no, I don't want to turn this into the Stack Exchange. I hate how those places are. You ask a thoroughly researched question, and you get down voted... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 The stuff that forces us to ban certain topics is way, WAY, WAY nastier than anything you've seen in the is-X-cheating threads, which should tell you how bad something has to get before we ban it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 8 hours ago, CliftonM said: Very true. What I personally don't like is when there are several of the exact same thread. VERY good point, though. I know, I came off as really upset and wanting it banned, but I want people to look around a bit before posting. And, no, I don't want to turn this into the Stack Exchange. I hate how those places are. You ask a thoroughly researched question, and you get down voted... Part of the problem is that those who are new to the forum do not know how to do a key word search to see if the topic has already been posted; some of us more seasoned forum users are also having issues using the search forum. I'm not sure if there needs to be a tutorial or maybe an "introduction to forum search" thread or even if such an effort would actually be utilized ( I wouldn't mind doing it if I knew it was warranted). Anyhow, sometimes one key word can make a difference between adding to an existing thread or starting a new thread. I will admit (and so will the mods), I have started threads that mirrored other threads simply because I didn't enter in the exact right key word, or held my mouth in a left-bent smirk, or whatever and never saw the thread in my search results. I am not complaining about the forum or its set-up, but have often wondered if maybe there were some way to add an auto-search function so that when a new thread title is being entered, it searches existing threads by title to see if there are already related threads and possibly suggest either merging the new thread to the older thread, linking to the older thread as a child thread, or maybe restructure/re-title the proposed thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceplaneAddict Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 *Activate stupidity* *Initiate Serious mode* What IS a PSA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adsii1970 Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 9 minutes ago, SpaceplaneAddict said: *Activate stupidity* *Initiate Serious mode* What IS a PSA? Public Service Announcement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 12 hours ago, adsii1970 said: Public Service Announcement? Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Just out of curiosity, are moderators able to change their names at will? (as in they have the ability,not should they do so) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanamonde Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Only the couple of senior-most guys with admin powers can change user names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampa Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Ah! ok! was just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whizzkid Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Not sure if it has been asked before, but what do the dots mean that are above a user's avatar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norpo Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 4 minutes ago, Whizzkid said: Not sure if it has been asked before, but what do the dots mean that are above a user's avatar? [Disclaimer: I'm not a moderator] I've read that those are based on your reputation; note how people with more reputation have more dots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 3 minutes ago, Norpo said: [Disclaimer: I'm not a moderator] I've read that those are based on your reputation; note how people with more reputation have more dots. [notmod]No. It's actually based off of post count, so I've heard, but @KasperVld should know.[/notmod] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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