done to death locking

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Mal
Couple of points Iâ€™d like to make.
If someone does do a search on a topic and get 500 responses, without reading all of them, wouldnâ€™t common sense then kick in and say it has already been done 500 times? :

what ever i search for i get lots of results sometimes alot more than 500, that was just a figure that popped to mind...
and out of them 500?, 99% of them don't have nothing to do with what i am searching for, i wasn't saying it came up with 500 of that topic :shock:
I didn't elaborate on that though as i would of thought common sense would of pointed that out rolleyes

But the rest of what you said makes good sense to me... if the search button would work better :thumbup:
maybe my search button don't work as it should dunno

shaz x

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags
Done to death justifying.
Done to death explaining.

You mean mine wasn't useful, enlightening or illuminating?? :shock:
:silly:

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags

Done to death justifying.
Done to death explaining.

You mean mine wasn't useful, enlightening or illuminating?? :shock:
:silly:
No :sleeping:
Now go and get the wine open!!! :cheers: :lol2:
Mal
wink

17 Mar 2006

What makes you think it's not 'breathing' whilst I sit here??? :shock:
Mind you, I'm hardly breathing today with the sheer volume of work I've got through since Monday, wish I were on piece work! I don't get to post often any more, only dip a toe in when something offends.
:cheers:

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags
What makes you think it's not 'breathing' whilst I sit here??? :shock:
Mind you, I'm hardly breathing today with the sheer volume of work I've got through since Monday, wish I were on piece work! I don't get to post often any more, only dip a toe in when something offends.
:cheers:

You dip your TOE in your WINE? Urgh - gross! :crazy:
your idea of allowing a wine to breathe is:
Open wine
Pour wine immediately
Drink wine just as quick
Take a deep breath!!! rotflmao

Simple, really! :lol2:

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Mal
What makes you think it's not 'breathing' whilst I sit here??? :shock:
Mind you, I'm hardly breathing today with the sheer volume of work I've got through since Monday, wish I were on piece work! I don't get to post often any more, only dip a toe in when something offends.
:cheers:

You dip your TOE in your WINE? Urgh - gross! :crazy:
your idea of allowing a wine to breathe is:
Open wine
Pour wine immediately
Drink wine just as quick
Take a deep breath!!! rotflmao

Simple, really! :lol2:
Clean toes +dry wine = happy Jags!!
I've taken the hint and opened up the GFZ for all you St Patrick Day fans, bring your own Guiness.

17 Mar 2006

I can see where Staggy's coming from, but I generally would agree with Mal's comments.
There are days when I've logged on to the Forum and seen utter rubbished and just switched my laptop off.
I've seen some threads that I know have been done before but not that often and to be fair they're usually left alone by the mods.
Personally I'm glad that the "done to death stuff" is locked. We've all seen what happens when. the chatroom goes down and suddebly there are 5 separate posts about it on page one rolleyes

There's always going to be a fine line between "done to death" and "been done before" and depending how often you're on the site will partially determine that. Remember you may have seen it posted once this week - others may have seen it 7 or 8 times.

17 Mar 2006

Quote by dpg230272

staggy it was locked within 3 mins of me posting it with no explanation as to why it was locked if it had been done before then a brief explanation from a mod or admin saying so wouldnt have gone a miss as a relaive newbie on here i dont know what has or has not been done and it would take too long to wade thro 500 pages of posting to find out

daz

You put at the bottom of the post that Sarge was to lock it if it had been done !
It's one of those threads that doesn't really need to be open - nothing to resolve, not a query, no opinions asked for. It's still there for people to look at if they want to.
too true frecklebird so i did and i appreciate what your saying but just a short note saying done to death wouldnt go a miss would it
daz
Sarge didn't need to explain why he locked it really......you did by just saying if it had been done (which it has many times)..lock it....simple as that! wink

ive found a large hole ........................geronimo lol

daz
is it safe to come out yet lol

just a quick visit before my evening do lol

daz

17 Mar 2006

mal and everyone else that cant seem to see what i was posting , no where was i having a go at the mods, tempting when i get a response like Jags sent though i must admit ,but pointless , i was trying to come up with constructive ideas to what i saw as a problem , its everyone else that is trying to turn this, as always, into a mod v members subject, not me!
best to just stay quiet eh, let the experts run the show.
it would be rude of me to go and post done to death under every topic ive read on here before just to make a point wouldnt it,
clever, sarcastic and purile so i wont ........
staggy

17 Mar 2006

Quote by wild rose and the stag
it would be rude of me to go and post done to death under every topic ive read on here before just to make a point wouldnt it,
clever, sarcastic and purile so i wont ........

But you couldn't - they all get locked don't they dunno

(sorry - couldn't resist)
I could see the point of your initial post - I fail to see the point of some of the comments you have posted since. Debates bring out differing opinions - if they don't they are not debates.

17 Mar 2006

Quote by wild rose and the stag
, tempting when i get a response like Jags sent though i must admit ,but pointless , i was trying to come up with constructive ideas to what i saw as a problem , its everyone else that is trying to turn this, as always, into a mod v members subject, not me!
best to just stay quiet eh, let the experts run the show.

I can resist anything except temptation, and Mod baiting is my favourite topic. Having a go at Mods disguised as 'constructive idea's is old hat and sits very uncomfortably indeed. Especially when you wrote:

Quote by wild rose and the stag
give people a chance before a mod decides the value of a "new topic" for us, how can the by thier very position mods are not new to this site so could have tunnel vision of what appeals.

:shock: :crazy: :crazy:
PS - I'm assuming that my opinion is just as valid as anyone else's... if not then no-one told me!
rolleyes

17 Mar 2006

Quote by PoloLady
C - people learn by what they see and if all they see is a flood of "how do I get my wife to do anal" type threads - it has the potential to encourage more of the same.
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Quote by Mal
You could wait until the weeds appear and get rid of them as soon as possible, before they spore more weeds, which means your garden looks nicer for longer â€“ that equates to a thread being locked sooner rather than later, so it doesnâ€™t attract inappropriate comments or copycat threads by newbies who think that is the way to go.

I've qouted the two because they both say the same and are near the top of my reasoning list for locking threads, outside of the more obvious, rule breakers, threads that are heading for a major road crash and a handfull of other stock reasons, accompanied by the occasional gut feeling decision that 'this is a wrong un' Interestingly enough 'done to death' isnt on my list as yet, they don't bother me as such, other than for the fact that they might end up in the road crash catagory as other members drop into it to let the poster know...this is done to death!
The above is also the reason why, for me, the page two option doesn't work. Again my opinion only, but page two, given the way I use the site, is already 'storage' page one is whats seen and where the interactions happen, once its got to page two, its too late for a lock to be effective in either preventing the road crash, the rule break or the setting by default of lower markers that folk can take a brief from and follow on, thus taking us forward into the areas that the two posters I've qouted have already identified.
I don't disagree that as the membership grows there will be more of the repeating of topics and also agree that the search button isnt an answer, but I think trying to let them go, would give tacit approval to folk taking an easier and safer option to thead starting through the tried and tested route of whats worked in the past, gradually narrowing the topics covered and making it as boring as fuck.

17 Mar 2006

OH! Was going to reply to the next post about a hidden agenda but it's gone! Wasn't me BTW!
And no, no hidden agenda. Just responding to something said in the very first post. And why pick on me?? A hidden agenda of your own perhaps??
:sleeping: :sleeping: :sleeping:
Looking with tunnel vision.

17 Mar 2006

you have a pm as im sure you know , i decided not to have a public slanging match with you , i just dont like to be accused of something publicly im not guilty of!

17 Mar 2006

Quote by davej

C - people learn by what they see and if all they see is a flood of "how do I get my wife to do anal" type threads - it has the potential to encourage more of the same.
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Quote by Mal
You could wait until the weeds appear and get rid of them as soon as possible, before they spore more weeds, which means your garden looks nicer for longer â€“ that equates to a thread being locked sooner rather than later, so it doesnâ€™t attract inappropriate comments or copycat threads by newbies who think that is the way to go.

I've qouted the two because they both say the same and are near the top of my reasoning list for locking threads, outside of the more obvious, rule breakers, threads that are heading for a major road crash and a handfull of other stock reasons, accompanied by the occasional gut feeling decision that 'this is a wrong un' Interestingly enough 'done to death' isnt on my list as yet, they don't bother me as such, other than for the fact that they might end up in the road crash catagory as other members drop into it to let the poster know...this is done to death!
The above is also the reason why, for me, the page two option doesn't work. Again my opinion only, but page two, given the way I use the site, is already 'storage' page one is whats seen and where the interactions happen, once its got to page two, its too late for a lock to be effective in either preventing the road crash, the rule break or the setting by default of lower markers that folk can take a brief from and follow on, thus taking us forward into the areas that the two posters I've qouted have already identified.
I don't disagree that as the membership grows there will be more of the repeating of topics and also agree that the search button isnt an answer, but I think trying to let them go, would give tacit approval to folk taking an easier and safer option to thead starting through the tried and tested route of whats worked in the past, gradually narrowing the topics covered and making it as boring as fuck.
thanks for taking the time dave , and not putting a spin on my original post
staggy

17 Mar 2006

Quote by wild rose and the stag
you have a pm as im sure you know , i decided not to have a public slanging match with you , i just dont like to be accused of something publicly im not guilty of!

And as you know I'm not going to read it tonight. You started the slanging match by saying Mods had tunnel vision etc I quoted directly from your original post so not sure that a) you're guilty or b) you're correct or c) you're not showing muddled thinking!
I'm off to bed. My tunnel vision works better in the dark.
rolleyes

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags
you have a pm as im sure you know , i decided not to have a public slanging match with you , i just dont like to be accused of something publicly im not guilty of!

And as you know I'm not going to read it tonight. You started the slanging match by saying Mods had tunnel vision etc I quoted directly from your original post so not sure that a) you're guilty or b) you're correct or c) you're not showing muddled thinking!
I'm off to bed. My tunnel vision works better in the dark.
rolleyes

i did not start a slanging match you just chose to see what i said "could" be possible as me mod bashing , do i have to explain again to you that this is not the case , how many times jags ? cant you understand that the shear fact you are a mod and have been here a long time that you "may" just see things differently to someone that is new here?
note the words" may " and " could" just like in the original post on here yhet you persist in taking this as Mod Bashing lol ridiculous , everyone on here can draw their own conclusion to how choosing to ignore the word " could " in my original post that you seem to find offensive , puts different spin on it , i reiterate the post was just a suggestion for dealing with threads that have appeared before nothing more or less maybe the fact i included myself as at fault as an older member , a part you chose to ignore , would shed light on this
staggy

17 Mar 2006

Yeh, yeh!
Backtrack all you like - won't wash with me!
cool

17 Mar 2006

ridiculous jags rolleyes

17 Mar 2006

I have been keeping quiet up to now, mainly because I am still not sure where all this has come from.
Yes there have been a number of locked posts, but apart from the odd one which was a repeat, they have been locked for other reasons (much better explained by Jags and Davej) in their posts above. None of us lock things for the sake of it, we dont get a perverse pleasure out of using the lock button and yes, in an ideal world we would let the posts just fall off the page. However others members are always quick enough to come in with their comments, complaining the subject has been done before, mocking the member for posting something totally stupid, so in fact, the post is constantly bumped up and doesn't fall of the page!
So what happens, they are locked by one of the Mods or Admin.
I do feel that no matter what the mods/Admin/Chatroom Ops do, they can't please everyone. If a post is left open, then someone pm's to complain about it, if it is locked then you get another round of messages.
Now I am not complaining in any way about the messages but what I am trying to say is that being a Mod/Admin Chatroom Op, you will always make a decision that does not sit happily with everyone, you cant please all the people and sometimes you just cant do right for doing wrong. confused

17 Mar 2006

Quote by wild rose and the stag
ridiculous jags

17 Mar 2006

nwc i never suggested it was doing wrong , i just suggested an alternative method and maybe a different approach to how things happen here , if it is a rubbish idea fine i really couldnt give a shit anymore , i only reply on here because im being accused of mod bashing baiting whatever , the original post seems a million miles away thanks to that,
im sure not everyone on here has a closed mind and is willing to at least listen without taking offence at the mearest suggestion of change , if jags or anyone else wants to think im mod bashing then they can, im not and never was ,
the details are all in the original post here find the bashing and hang me ! ive accused no one of anything i have not been accused of first , and at least mine was done via pm, ie hidden agenders ! not publicly !
thanks for being constructive in your reply naughty wigan couple thats all i ever asked !
staggy

17 Mar 2006

I just love being 'allowed' to think what I what... am ever so grateful now!
:thumbup:

17 Mar 2006

ok jags quote the bit where i mod bashed !
you have a responsibilty to us as a moderator of this site not to accuse people of things they have not done !
then read through all of the thread and quote the number of times i asked people not to take this thread as a mod bashing exercise !
or will i just get emoticons again!

17 Mar 2006

Quote by wild rose and the stag
... give people a chance before a mod decides the value of a "new topic" for us, how can the by thier very position mods are not new to this site so could have tunnel vision of what appeals.

Thought I did that already? Emphasis is mine. Sentiments are yours.
Now, if I lock this thread HOW many people will jump up and down and cry 'Shame'????
wink

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags
... give people a chance before a mod decides the value of a "new topic" for us, how can the by thier very position mods are not new to this site so could have tunnel vision of what appeals.

Thought I did that already? Emphasis is mine. Sentiments are yours.
Now, if I lock this thread HOW many people will jump up and down and cry 'Shame'????
wink

I personally think it might be a good idea to lock this thread now...
Statements have been made, we have said our bits but now its getting out of hand..
I hate to see people fall out, especially when we have nice little community like this
shaz x

17 Mar 2006

I almost never fall out! More often than not I get bored and walk away!
lol

OOOps - emoticon police still patrolling!

17 Mar 2006

Can we do it professionally and have a count lol

iwill start if thats ok ?
10 ..................
Shaz x

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Shaz_n_Tony
Can we do it professionally and have a count
iwill start if thats ok ?
10 ..................
Shaz x

No, we don't like countdowns!
Ooops - back to tunnel vision again.... sorry, been here too long!
wink

17 Mar 2006

Quote by Jags
Can we do it professionally and have a count
iwill start if thats ok ?
10 ..................
Shaz x

No, we don't like countdowns!
Ooops - back to tunnel vision again.... sorry, been here too long!
wink

ok ok i withdraw my count down offer then lol

Can i do some mod bashing instead then?
If all you mods and admins stand in a neat line with your trousers down i can bash all your bums with my jockstick lol

shaz x
Edit... I forgot the chat room ops also!
I am feeling so kinky today :shock:
ok i normally do!
shaz xxx