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#1 Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:12 am
by mgcjag
Hi All.....As regular members are aware many topics are becoming long and drawn out and drifting way off topic...Please remember it takes 2 to make a thread long winded......so can i please ask everyone to stay on topic....dont get dragged into these point scoring discussions.......Thanks... Steve

#2 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:23 am
by ralphr1780
:salute: fair and square :thankyouyellow:

#3 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:15 pm
by Heuer
I have asked Steve and Angus to consider using the Delete post they have at their disposal. It is quite friendly in that the post is soft deleted from the thread, gives a reason, says who did it and also allows users to display the deleted post if they want to. This should keep threads tight without decrying the poster for their thoughts, albeit maybe unnecessary thoughts. Looks like this:

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If you spot a candidate for soft delete please PM one of the Mods.

#4 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:46 pm
by JagWaugh
Heuer wrote:I have asked Steve and Angus to consider using the Delete post they have at their disposal.
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If you spot a candidate for soft delete please PM one of the Mods.
Speaking as a mod on another forum... It's a lot less time consuming if listers just take a moment to look at their post before they hit reply, and evaluate if they're answering the original question, asking a point of clarification (a new question belongs in another thread), if their tone is commensurate with being a gentleman who drives a Jaguar etc, etc.

Moderating a forum takes time and effort. It's unpaid and mostly thankless.

#5 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 2:07 pm
by golfnut324
JagWaugh wrote:Moderating a forum takes time and effort. It's unpaid and mostly thankless.
Not wanting to contribute to thread drift but if I could be so bold as to step into this thread accompanied by the "Hall of Fame" of forum moderators and go on the record to say "Thank You All"
:thankyouyellow:

(Now if only PeterC would chime in?)

#6 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:25 pm
by PeterCrespin
(Now if only PeterC would chime in?)

Uh oh! What have I done now? (Apart from ten years Admin on various J-L forums?)


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#7 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:02 am
by golfnut324
PeterCrespin wrote:(Apart from ten years Admin on various J-L forums?)
Exactly! By chiming in you rounded out the "Hall".

#8 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:01 am
by AussieEtype
It looks like optimism is alive and well - or is it wishful thinking :P

#9 Re: Getting Drawn in

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 6:55 am
by chrisfell
garrycol wrote:It looks like optimism is alive and well - or is it wishful thinking :P
Nope, there are many of us who wish listers who contribute to this forum will continue to use netiquette: decorum, moderation, focus, inquiry, information, humour, respect. And E-Type Jaguars.