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 | johnd | | Evening, poetry lovers. |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 298 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting AiAustria: Quote:
I think the only way to raise the niveau is moderation: since rudeness, insulting, disrespect, etc. comes from some single individuals most of the time, they have to be taught how to act and react (I don't have in mind real education, but showing where the borders are - most of the time it is only a different understanding of the borders, which leads to misunderstanding and later on to frustration...).
<d> AA Absolutely. Why do I persist in trying to get Skip to respect people in these forums? Extracts from some emails I have received over the last three days: "John, I won't be going back to that forum. I was made so unwelcome by Skip and others that i just dont need the grief. " "Skip was nice at the beginning, but then just ripped into me for a trivial thing. Lots of other places like here where people are nice to you." "Thanks for standing up to him. It won't do any good but you can only try." "Skip has found somewhere where people tolerate his rudeness. It probably took him a long time to find it. He won;t leave until people stop talking to him." Enough. | | | | Last edited: by johnd |
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 | JonM | | Registered 28 Dec 2000 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 343 |
| | Posted: | | | | I don't like the rules being hailed as some all powerful document. I honestly think it seriously threatens the future of this software now. They were created by users for a user built database. If the users feel they are no longer relevant, they should be reviewed. Calmly. As has been stated many times before, we have a perfectly good voting system. I always thought the rules were to keep out blatant mistakes mainly from new users. For other reasonable contentions, they should be flexible. Skip, I hate to single you out, but when someone posts a reasonable question concerning the rules, why do you react like an alarm has gone off? Lots of capitals, demands to keep whatever they suggest local, with the only reason being that it's the rules. The very thing they dared to question. Why can't you just take a step back, let it get discussed and then leave it to the votes on the profile concerned? Most of the time someone is only looking for assurance. Otherwise we all get on a 26 page merry go round. The same arguments trotted out time and time again, with the only difference being the level of anger. I tried to break the mood to no avail, as I've seen others try like 8ball and Funky (mind you, I think we could pull off a Ken and Gerri sitcom now!)  . As I saw someone post the other day on another forum, "I collect DVDs, not database records." Finally will some of you start giving each other the benefit of the doubt? No matter what's discussed, when certain names appear on the same page, my heart sinks! Cue two pages of sniping, accusations of ulterior motives and character assassination. Skip and Lopek are both valued members unless they talk to each other. There's something else going on there though. Unrequited passions. Oh, dear, I feel ill ... Just get a room you two.  | | | Jon
"When Mister Safety Catch Is Not On, Mister Crossbow Is Not Your Friend."
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| Registered: March 15, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,459 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
Unrequited passions. Oh, dear, I feel ill ... Just get a room you two. That deserves a time out purely on the basis of taste!  But seriously, your post made a lot of sense. I've always thought that there should be a disclaimer at the start of the rules that says: "These rules cannot hope to cover every eventuality. If you have a contribution that you believe does not fit within these guidelines, ask in the forums to see if the other users agree with your changes." | | | | Last edited: by northbloke |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 |  Posts: 810 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Kevin: Quote:
Quoting hal9g:
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Better check that again.
30 = Last Day
Sandman coming.......gotta go!
Hal, I only said 45 because that was Paul's suggestion. I know that in the movie it was 30.
But in the original novel... it was 21. And I picked 45 as a rounding down of my age of 47. Young to a few, but quite old to the masses. pdf | | | Paul Francis
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,436 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting northbloke: Quote:
"These rules cannot hope to cover every eventuality. If you have a contribution that you believe does not fit within these guidelines, ask in the forums to see if the other users agree with your changes." That would get my vote. Quoting pdf256: Quote:
And I picked 45 as a rounding down of my age of 47. Young to a few, but quite old to the masses. Not in this forum  | | | Achim [諾亞信； Ya-Shin//Nuo], a German in Taiwan.
Registered: May 29, 2000 (at InterVocative) |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | What are the rounding Rules, Paul. Can I be 29 again? Don't I wish. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 5,635 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting skipnet50: Quote:
What are the rounding Rules, Paul. Can I be 29 again? Don't I wish.
Skip I'm closer to 17 than I am to 97! (but just....) | | | If it wasn't for bad taste, I wouldn't have no taste at all.
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 4,596 |
| | Posted: | | | | I like to say that I'm about to celebrate the 18th anniversary of my 30th birthday  | | | | My WebGenDVD online Collection |
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| Registered: April 7, 2007 | | Posts: 228 |
| | Posted: | | | | Mudslinging WHOOOOO! HOOOOO! *starts rapidly making mud pies*
(and grats 8ball!) | | | That's the thing about racism, though, most of it is covert.
"Freedom without Socialism is privilege and injustice and Socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality."Bakunin
“It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.”Churchill
Fire Next Time: http://www.valdosta.edu/~cawalker/baldwin.htm
Some people think football [and soccer] is a matter of life and death.... I can assure them it is much more serious than that. |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 21,610 |
| | Posted: | | | | I think I will pick up where Jack Benny left off. I'm 29. Skip | | | ASSUME NOTHING!!!!!!
CBE, MBE, MoA and proud of it.
Outta here
Billy Video |
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 4,479 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
I don't like the rules being hailed as some all powerful document. I honestly think it seriously threatens the future of this software now.
They were created by users for a user built database. If the users feel they are no longer relevant, they should be reviewed. Calmly. As has been stated many times before, we have a perfectly good voting system. I always thought the rules were to keep out blatant mistakes mainly from new users. For other reasonable contentions, they should be flexible.... I couldn't have said that better... | | | | Images from movies |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 5,918 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting surfeur51: Quote:
I couldn't have said that better... We'd have to start classifying users based on how many contributions they have given. Let's come up with some rankings! 0-10: n00b 11-49: Slightly demented 50-99: Elevator slams to the top floor, sideways You get the idea. |
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| Registered: March 29, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 4,479 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Quoting surfeur51:
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I couldn't have said that better...
We'd have to start classifying users based on how many contributions they have given.
Let's come up with some rankings!
0-10: n00b
11-49: Slightly demented
50-99: Elevator slams to the top floor, sideways
You get the idea.  Euhh... I'm not sure I understood what you meant... I contributed about 390 profiles, but I stopped one month ago, as I'm fed up with rules as they are now... and I fear many people will do the same | | | | Images from movies |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 20,111 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Dr. Killpatient: Quote:
Let's come up with some rankings!
0-10: n00b
11-49: Slightly demented
50-99: Elevator slams to the top floor, sideways
You get the idea.  ............. 2000-2499: Death Warmed Up 2500-4999: Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious 5000-9999: R.I.P. | | | | Corey |
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 | Kevin | | Registered March 22, 2001 |
| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 609 |
| | Posted: | | | | Remember, Ken said at the get go that there was no limit to collections, so what title do people get after their first quintillion? |
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| Registered: May 19, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 5,715 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting JonM: Quote:
I don't like the rules being hailed as some all powerful document. I honestly think it seriously threatens the future of this software now.
They were created by users for a user built database. If the users feel they are no longer relevant, they should be reviewed. Calmly. As has been stated many times before, we have a perfectly good voting system. I always thought the rules were to keep out blatant mistakes mainly from new users. For other reasonable contentions, they should be flexible.
I don't agree, that the rules should be flexible by itself; I'd correct your statement to: the rules have to be evolutionary (if this word exists in the English language) - the process of the rule development should be an ongoing... But I fully agree with you in the point that the rules-rule-guys started to kill the community; it's rather disapointing if you get a contribution vote "Read the rules" or even worse, you get insulted without any constructive commentary...  AA | | | | Complete list of Common Names • A good point for starting with Headshots (and v11.1) |
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