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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 5, 2009 23:51:16 GMT -5
A pixel size limit for signature pictures. Some people use huge poster and wallpaper sized pictures in their sigs and it takes half a year to scroll through each page. The auto-resize function only works like half the time. This is something we need to enforce more strongly. I'm also favoring spoiler text. Also like the 2002 WWE cutoff. A forum for just tournys and games I'm on the fence about (not that it's my call). I'm generally against adding more sections because it dilutes the other section. As DiG talked about and another poster mentioned, politics and religion here would only lead to more headaches and more flames than a cookout at the Baxter Building. We have to deal with heated arguments over freaking wrestling angles, dealing with politics would be like dropping a nuke here. i'm also wavering away from the ignore button. I think that the people here should be mature enough to just not read someone they don't like's posts, but that's something for some posters here to work on themselves. Not saying everyone of course. Some really great ideas have come out of this, and it's been kept civil as well. Thank you again.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Jun 6, 2009 1:05:40 GMT -5
To extend on what DiG said a little bit about that one thread that was allowed to, as well as it went off to everyone else, there were a few posts that had to be handled. It wasn't something that went off without a hitch at all like many think.
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Post by Allie Kitsune on Jun 6, 2009 1:19:45 GMT -5
Another completely different, and a little more positive idea, would be to have some kind of 'thank' option, where you can thank a poster ofr there post and some king of record of this could be shown under their name. There's certainly been a few times people have helped me out where this option would have come in handy to show my gratitude. I have to disagree with this, because I've been on forums where posters get "rated" by other posters, and it just devolves into another sort of popularity contest, where the mods and popular posters get rated highly no matter what they say, and less popular people get rated lowly no matter what they say, sometimes just based on their username or avatar picture alone. It creates unnecessary prejudice. As far as tougher rules on banning, if this is the case, it's going to have to be made clear by the mods exactly what constitutes what sort of offense, and they're going to need to be able to let someone know exactly what they did and why it's suspension or ban-worthy instead of just handing them out without explanation. This way someone who has an unpopular opinion isn't always looking over their shoulder. Also, I'd suggest giving comics their own sub-forum, as I'd say they take up a gigantic chunk of off-topic.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jun 6, 2009 1:22:35 GMT -5
A pixel size limit for signature pictures. Some people use huge poster and wallpaper sized pictures in their sigs and it takes half a year to scroll through each page. The auto-resize function only works like half the time. This is something we need to enforce more strongly. Speaking on this, I would like to see an 800x600 limit. It's still plenty large and would allow those with smaller screens (read: those who still use 1024x768 or even 800x600) not to have a huge headache. Reason I say this is because some photo sharing websites (Photobucket comes to mind and there may be others) do have the ability to make images shrink to various sizes including 800x600. Also, possibly keeping a bit of a tighter lid on the whole 1MB limit would help as well. Even on a broadband connection, it sometimes chugs when there are larger than average files being used for someone's animated GIF or just a normal JPG.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 6, 2009 3:25:21 GMT -5
This is something we need to enforce more strongly. Speaking on this, I would like to see an 800x600 limit. It's still plenty large and would allow those with smaller screens (read: those who still use 1024x768 or even 800x600) not to have a huge headache. Reason I say this is because some photo sharing websites (Photobucket comes to mind and there may be others) do have the ability to make images shrink to various sizes including 800x600. Also, possibly keeping a bit of a tighter lid on the whole 1MB limit would help as well. Even on a broadband connection, it sometimes chugs when there are larger than average files being used for someone's animated GIF or just a normal JPG. I had thought there was something in the rules about 800x600 being the max. I know we definitely discussed that but can't remember if there was a consensus. I personally have been removing any sigs and avatars that are over 1.1MB (giving a slight buffer there) after I posted the announcement about it getting out of hand. Some people just seem to refuse to get the hint though even though according to our rules, we are supposed to be warning over it. So a lot of people are getting very lucky in that regard. In the future a removal may start coming with a stern message.
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Post by Bobafett on Jun 6, 2009 5:04:06 GMT -5
I dunno, I remember another forum having a politics/religion section and there being a very civilised discussion about the sectarianism in scotland/northern ireland (and if that can be talked about civilly anything can )
I think if as long as there are the same rules as everywhere else, no flaming, no disrespectful stuff (like holocaust didn't happen )
sometimes it can bring people closer together.. not always pull it apart, for example is it wrong of me to wonder on the boards how mny catholic wrestlers/posters there are?
to say they can NEVER be discussed is a lil unfair and assumes that all posters would flame, i'm not trying to cause trouble, but I do feel that it is unfair that someone like myself can't talk to the people of this board about subjects that are close to my heart, i for one would never disrespect amyone elses beliefs
but I think it should be at least lightened up.. if say someone wants to find out the religions of wrestlers for example, theres a difference between discussing the relogion/political leanings of someone and talking about the actual topic itself
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Post by simplydurhamcalling on Jun 6, 2009 8:17:22 GMT -5
Another completely different, and a little more positive idea, would be to have some kind of 'thank' option, where you can thank a poster ofr there post and some king of record of this could be shown under their name. There's certainly been a few times people have helped me out where this option would have come in handy to show my gratitude. I have to disagree with this, because I've been on forums where posters get "rated" by other posters, and it just devolves into another sort of popularity contest, where the mods and popular posters get rated highly no matter what they say, and less popular people get rated lowly no matter what they say, sometimes just based on their username or avatar picture alone. It creates unnecessary prejudice. As far as tougher rules on banning, if this is the case, it's going to have to be made clear by the mods exactly what constitutes what sort of offense, and they're going to need to be able to let someone know exactly what they did and why it's suspension or ban-worthy instead of just handing them out without explanation. This way someone who has an unpopular opinion isn't always looking over their shoulder. Also, I'd suggest giving comics their own sub-forum, as I'd say they take up a gigantic chunk of off-topic. I can see where you're coming from with this, we have this system at work where you get a Karma point everytime you're thanked and it works pretty well there. However I can see people abusing it and giving it to each other for no good reason, thinking that it will give them some kind of status on the board.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 6, 2009 13:15:20 GMT -5
I dunno, I remember another forum having a politics/religion section and there being a very civilised discussion about the sectarianism in scotland/northern ireland (and if that can be talked about civilly anything can ) I think if as long as there are the same rules as everywhere else, no flaming, no disrespectful stuff (like holocaust didn't happen ) sometimes it can bring people closer together.. not always pull it apart, for example is it wrong of me to wonder on the boards how mny catholic wrestlers/posters there are? to say they can NEVER be discussed is a lil unfair and assumes that all posters would flame, i'm not trying to cause trouble, but I do feel that it is unfair that someone like myself can't talk to the people of this board about subjects that are close to my heart, i for one would never disrespect amyone elses beliefs but I think it should be at least lightened up.. if say someone wants to find out the religions of wrestlers for example, theres a difference between discussing the relogion/political leanings of someone and talking about the actual topic itself There's just been too many examples time and time again where people here CAN'T discuss those subjects without going overboard. Hell people can't talk about boob jobs here without going overboard. I'm sorry, I know some of you would be respectful, but a lot wouldn't, so the likelihood of ever seeing a politics or religion forum or threads here are just about nil. Sorry to be so blunt about it, but people can talk about it and it's just not going to change. Besides there are plenty of boards that do discuss those topics...or at the very least, someone can make one themselves. It's not like we're preventing you from talking about it period...just on this board. As for the karma thing mentioned elsewhere, I'm totally against it. As someone else mentioned, mods and popular kids would get positives no matter what they post and that's just not fair. Plus really, do you really need a number to make you feel good about yourself? Just not a needed thing IMO.
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Post by Bobafett on Jun 6, 2009 15:08:44 GMT -5
I dunno, I remember another forum having a politics/religion section and there being a very civilised discussion about the sectarianism in scotland/northern ireland (and if that can be talked about civilly anything can ) I think if as long as there are the same rules as everywhere else, no flaming, no disrespectful stuff (like holocaust didn't happen ) sometimes it can bring people closer together.. not always pull it apart, for example is it wrong of me to wonder on the boards how mny catholic wrestlers/posters there are? to say they can NEVER be discussed is a lil unfair and assumes that all posters would flame, i'm not trying to cause trouble, but I do feel that it is unfair that someone like myself can't talk to the people of this board about subjects that are close to my heart, i for one would never disrespect amyone elses beliefs but I think it should be at least lightened up.. if say someone wants to find out the religions of wrestlers for example, theres a difference between discussing the relogion/political leanings of someone and talking about the actual topic itself There's just been too many examples time and time again where people here CAN'T discuss those subjects without going overboard. Hell people can't talk about boob jobs here without going overboard. I'm sorry, I know some of you would be respectful, but a lot wouldn't, so the likelihood of ever seeing a politics or religion forum or threads here are just about nil. Sorry to be so blunt about it, but people can talk about it and it's just not going to change. Besides there are plenty of boards that do discuss those topics...or at the very least, someone can make one themselves. It's not like we're preventing you from talking about it period...just on this board. As for the karma thing mentioned elsewhere, I'm totally against it. As someone else mentioned, mods and popular kids would get positives no matter what they post and that's just not fair. Plus really, do you really need a number to make you feel good about yourself? Just not a needed thing IMO. well its likea modding (for games) board i went to that had acookiething (toshow appreciation and you knew some guys would post substandard stff and still get cookies so i'm against a karma/points/ etc system? the politics I can understand but well there are some things people may talk about that may touch a lil on religion.. like say a death or something, or if talking about say the movie Angels and Demons, y'know.. or as ya know any Finlay threads can decend into what religion is Finlay.talking ABOUT the religions =wrong asking what religion are wrestlers/posters is a lil different, sorry if its bugging ya but, i know this'll be weird but I wouldn't feel comfortable talkingabout such things on any other board, this one feels more like home also PLEASE change filters back to smurf I'd do anything for that though I do think Photoshops/phtots/tournaments need a section because it is such a specialised, free up the other parts for discussusions only ifpeople get a comic book one you'll havepeople wanting sci fi bits and then anime..and so on, so those wouldn't be good
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Post by lildude8218 on Jun 6, 2009 17:10:54 GMT -5
also PLEASE change filters back to smurf I'd do anything for that Filters aren't supposed to be liked. They're supposed to keep you from using them in the first place.
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Post by Bobafett on Jun 6, 2009 18:22:54 GMT -5
also PLEASE change filters back to smurf I'd do anything for that Filters aren't supposed to be liked. They're supposed to keep you from using them in the first place. i know that, but its fun to read when someone HAS used em, plus c'mon hell at one point I'd even type in smurf as opposed to the word, and sometimes those words do get used, they shouldn't but they do
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Post by taylorandborland on Jun 6, 2009 19:15:47 GMT -5
What if I said "phocc" in place of of "f**k? Could I at least do that?
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Post by Milkman Norm on Jun 6, 2009 19:27:31 GMT -5
I'll add my voice to the WWE Current being changed to 2002-Current. It just seems like a thread about KOTR 1998 is nostalgic as a thread about WM V and neither have anything to do with the current product.
I wouldn't mind seeing (and I'm saying this in all honesty, not all to sound dickish) to have the wording of rule 1 changed to something more similar to what DiG and other staff had said here. Basically that the staff doesn't want to spend all their time here putting out fires when they could be enjoying (most of )their time. Or something even more blunt. Personally I would like to see the rule changed, but since that's not going to happen I'd rather have the rule itself made more blunt. The current wording strikes me of a "we're doing this for your own good" nature that kinda makes me cring.
If it this doesn't all ready exist create a banning system (warning, individual forum band for a period of time, board band for a period of time, to a lifetime ban)
This isn't probably possible, though I've seen others mention it here, but if there was someway to turn of filters for an individual user I'd be for it. For me words like smurf or snork are funny when used to describe the verb form of the word they replace. But when they replace that word in threads where crappers use it as an adjective to describe a serious situation in their life it just doesn't work:
example A: Would you snork Cindi Lauper? (funny) example B: My brother has cancer and i'm really snorking scared (ackward)
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Post by Rorschach on Jun 6, 2009 19:53:28 GMT -5
I have something that may or may not have been mentioned yet....how about a "Report to Moderator" function? I've seen that on other boards...and it seems to help out when for instance, a certain poster is getting out of hand or flaming, and his/her post needs to be handled by the mods. You just click the "Report post to moderator" function and instead of the mods having to scroll the entire thread looking for the offending party, it's done for them.
Seems like it could only help.
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Post by rrm15 on Jun 6, 2009 20:19:46 GMT -5
I have something that may or may not have been mentioned yet....how about a "Report to Moderator" function? I've seen that on other boards...and it seems to help out when for instance, a certain poster is getting out of hand or flaming, and his/her post needs to be handled by the mods. You just click the "Report post to moderator" function and instead of the mods having to scroll the entire thread looking for the offending party, it's done for them. Seems like it could only help. This is also an awesome idea.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Jun 6, 2009 20:25:42 GMT -5
I have something that may or may not have been mentioned yet....how about a "Report to Moderator" function? I've seen that on other boards...and it seems to help out when for instance, a certain poster is getting out of hand or flaming, and his/her post needs to be handled by the mods. You just click the "Report post to moderator" function and instead of the mods having to scroll the entire thread looking for the offending party, it's done for them. Seems like it could only help. This is also an awesome idea. I agree.
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Post by Kash Flagg on Jun 6, 2009 21:13:01 GMT -5
I want to thank everyone for their suggestions and time. I will be locking this now, and hopefully the other mods will be discussing these ideas at some point.
Thank you.
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