Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 65 (9162 total)
3 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,817 Year: 3,074/9,624 Month: 919/1,588 Week: 102/223 Day: 0/13 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   General Discussion Of Moderation Procedures 10.0
Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 51 of 305 (384553)
02-12-2007 2:27 AM
Reply to: Message 44 by Admin
02-10-2007 2:42 PM


Re: "The Chosen Few"
Admin writes:
Regarding the power hierarchy, all moderators have equal power.
Hang on, let me get this straight. So, if Adminmoose decides to rally support from the other admins, they could permanently ban you and take over the forum?

This message is a reply to:
 Message 44 by Admin, posted 02-10-2007 2:42 PM Admin has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 52 by Admin, posted 02-12-2007 7:23 AM Taz has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 62 of 305 (385622)
02-16-2007 1:03 PM
Reply to: Message 60 by Nighttrain
02-15-2007 8:24 PM


Re: Hang `em high
Nighttrain writes:
I notice a lot of the old-timers are getting less tolerant, and who could blame them for having to explain misconceptions for the umteenth time.
Good observation. When I was still a lurker here, jar would write long explanations to work with newbies. Nowadays, I see more "you're just wrong" type of answer from him.
The only old timer who hasn't lost it is none other than Percy. Heck, even I have lost it and I'm still somewhat in the newbie category. This makes me wonder what sort of person he is or what he looks like. He appears to be several levels above the average joe. In fact, he appears to be several levels above the typical intellectual.
Percy, if you are reading this, any chance of posting a picture or perhaps tell us a little about yourself?

This message is a reply to:
 Message 60 by Nighttrain, posted 02-15-2007 8:24 PM Nighttrain has not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 63 by Admin, posted 02-16-2007 1:29 PM Taz has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 130 of 305 (393223)
04-04-2007 12:01 AM
Reply to: Message 128 by AdminAsgara
04-03-2007 6:49 PM


Re: Normally I don't like over moderating, but...
AdminAsgara writes:
If this is who I suspect, the suspension will be a banning.
I'm dying to know who you are thinking of.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 128 by AdminAsgara, posted 04-03-2007 6:49 PM AdminAsgara has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 136 of 305 (393979)
04-08-2007 9:55 PM


I respectfully ask the admins to allow Rob to continue posting his ideas in this thread without being warned or censored. Can't you see the tactic he's been using?
Everytime there's a science thread that he's interested enough to say something about it, he declares himself to be an expert in such topic and then you folks censored him, giving lurkers the impression that you are sencoring him for his "dangerous" cosmic wisdom. I for one would like to see what he has to offer in regard to the topic. For example, while trying to bring morality into string and M-theory is obviously off topic, I think we should at least allow him to explain what M-theory has to do with morality.
I really appreciate you guys working hard to keep people on topic, but at the same time you are playing right into his cards.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

Replies to this message:
 Message 137 by AdminNosy, posted 04-08-2007 10:16 PM Taz has replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 138 of 305 (394003)
04-09-2007 1:15 AM
Reply to: Message 137 by AdminNosy
04-08-2007 10:16 PM


Re: Morality and M Theory
I don't agree. The OP in that thread asks people if M theory is valid or not and why. Rob said that it's not a valid theory because it undermines morality. I know it's a long shot, but I'm sure Rob has an explanation to (1) what M theory has to do with morality and (2) why undermining morality makes a theory invalid.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 137 by AdminNosy, posted 04-08-2007 10:16 PM AdminNosy has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 179 of 305 (398280)
04-30-2007 1:52 AM
Reply to: Message 177 by macaroniandcheese
04-29-2007 11:57 PM


Re: adminnemooseus
brennakimi writes:
i always use proper capitalization at work. but this is play.
I'm just curious. Do you purposely not hit the shift button to save time, to distinct your writing style from the rest of us, because you know some of us (me for instance) are annoyed by the lack of capitalization, or because there is some other great purpose for the great scheme of things I haven't thought of?

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 177 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-29-2007 11:57 PM macaroniandcheese has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 180 by Phat, posted 04-30-2007 7:54 AM Taz has not replied
 Message 185 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-30-2007 2:29 PM Taz has replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 182 of 305 (398360)
04-30-2007 1:21 PM
Reply to: Message 181 by purpledawn
04-30-2007 11:25 AM


Re: Re:Capitalization
It's not just the fast reading that gives you trouble. I read fairly slowly and no capitalization also gives me trouble. Honestly, I have to use more mental power and concentration to read and understand a post that has no capitalization. You can call it a disability if you want. I have to read twice or thrice to mentally process a post with no capitalization. And since it takes me a lot more time to read such posts, I've been ignoring them.
I can't remember the last time I read arachnophilia's posts. I've been ignoring him for so long... With bren's posts, I only read them if there are 3 lines or less. Anymore than that and I just skip right over them. It just takes too much mental effort to absorb them...

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 181 by purpledawn, posted 04-30-2007 11:25 AM purpledawn has not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 183 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-30-2007 2:07 PM Taz has not replied
 Message 184 by ringo, posted 04-30-2007 2:25 PM Taz has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 186 of 305 (398395)
04-30-2007 3:11 PM
Reply to: Message 185 by macaroniandcheese
04-30-2007 2:29 PM


Re: adminnemooseus
bren writes:
it's actually just because capital letters are harder for me to read and are less attractive.
It's not like I'm asking you to WRITE LIKE THIS.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 185 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-30-2007 2:29 PM macaroniandcheese has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 187 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-30-2007 3:54 PM Taz has replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 189 of 305 (398487)
05-01-2007 12:18 AM
Reply to: Message 187 by macaroniandcheese
04-30-2007 3:54 PM


Re: adminnemooseus
Ok, so let me see if I get this right. You've said before that to you capital letters are ugly and that the smaller letters are more pleasing to your eyes. Now, look at the following sentence written in two different ways.
(1) X-Men 3 The Last Stand is the best movie in the trilogy.
(2) x-MEn 3 tHe lASt sTaND iS THe beST MoViE iN thE tRilOgY.
According to your last statement, these two sentences look essentially the same to you, correct? In other words, any capitalization at all within the sentence, whether it's the beginning, middle, or end of the sentence, would make you see the whole sentence in a similar format as (2)?

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 187 by macaroniandcheese, posted 04-30-2007 3:54 PM macaroniandcheese has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 191 by macaroniandcheese, posted 05-01-2007 1:49 AM Taz has not replied
 Message 193 by AdminPD, posted 05-01-2007 6:43 AM Taz has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 236 of 305 (402862)
05-30-2007 11:57 AM
Reply to: Message 235 by berberry
05-30-2007 10:51 AM


berberry writes:
Sometimes ignorance can be a mitigating circumstance, but no circumstance can ever remove the immorality of, for instance, killing an innocent child.
I suggest you just give up on this one. Obviously, some people don't see anything wrong with killing innocent people in certain contexts. And also obviously, we can't really say anything more than "why is it a bad thing? Because it's obviously a bad thing..."
Just do what I do and sit tight waiting for them to die of old age


We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 235 by berberry, posted 05-30-2007 10:51 AM berberry has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 255 of 305 (405532)
06-13-2007 12:21 PM
Reply to: Message 249 by molbiogirl
06-12-2007 8:23 PM


Re: admins
To tell you the truth, I have been noticing AdminPD to have been somewhat over flexing her muscles lately. Whether she thinks she's being helpful to newbies or whether she is just confusing one person to another, I don't know. Many would agree with me that Adminmoose has always been the toughest moderator on these boards, and yet things that don't bother Adminmoose seem to bother AdminPD. Perhaps she's trying to overtake Adminmoose's reputation?


We are BOG. Resistance is voltage over current.
Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 249 by molbiogirl, posted 06-12-2007 8:23 PM molbiogirl has not replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 260 of 305 (407192)
06-24-2007 11:21 PM


Just a question to either confirm or not what I have noticed.
Is it me or people who are fundamentalist christians
tend to write like
this? You know, they write
like this is some kind of chat
window and when they move
on to another paragraph, they only
hit enter once rather than twice.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 272 of 305 (407810)
06-28-2007 3:30 PM
Reply to: Message 271 by Percy
06-28-2007 2:44 PM


Re: Moderation Request
Percy writes:
Ringo has described an almost obsessive/compulsive behavior when reviewing his messages for errors before posting them.
This is due to a disability, though.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 271 by Percy, posted 06-28-2007 2:44 PM Percy has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 273 by Percy, posted 06-28-2007 3:36 PM Taz has replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 274 of 305 (407818)
06-28-2007 3:41 PM
Reply to: Message 273 by Percy
06-28-2007 3:36 PM


Re: Moderation Request
Oh, and I forgot to mention that Ringo is a girl.

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 273 by Percy, posted 06-28-2007 3:36 PM Percy has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 275 by Percy, posted 06-28-2007 3:44 PM Taz has not replied
 Message 276 by Asgara, posted 06-28-2007 6:25 PM Taz has replied

Taz
Member (Idle past 3292 days)
Posts: 5069
From: Zerus
Joined: 07-18-2006


Message 278 of 305 (407863)
06-28-2007 10:06 PM
Reply to: Message 276 by Asgara
06-28-2007 6:25 PM


Re: Moderation Request
Asgara writes:
I don't recall Ringo ever stating what gender s/he is.
I do. In fact, the only time she ever told anyone on this board of her gender was the time someone implied that... never mind. Why the hell do I care anyway?

Disclaimer:
Occasionally, owing to the deficiency of the English language, I have used he/him/his meaning he or she/him or her/his or her in order to avoid awkwardness of style.
He, him, and his are not intended as exclusively masculine pronouns. They may refer to either sex or to both sexes!

This message is a reply to:
 Message 276 by Asgara, posted 06-28-2007 6:25 PM Asgara has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024