More severe moderation in update threads?

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Just remove postings...you say

Deletion of postings should not be required.

Most of the members on this boards are adults.

In tune with the requests on this thread. The coming update thread will be more severely enforced. No big deal, 1 week bans to members posting off topic - first offense. It will not matter if you have been a member of this board for 3 years and have a good record. OFF TOPIC IS OFF TOPIC, no warnings.

The current update thread is locked because of all the OFF TOPIC postings.

Report OFF TOPIC POSTINGS when you see them. Moderators can't read every posting 24/7.

Thanks

YES! Can't wait for Friday. Thanks Mods.

[Fafnir_6]

LOL Adman & KG26 Alpha. You guys are hillarious .

WRT the moderation of update threads, I support Nearmiss' new direction which will hopefully calm things down a bit (I find the on-topic discussion in those threads very interesting). To all those that worry about the stifling of free speech and moderator power trips, I suppose we could revisit this after a couple of weeks' worth of doing things Nearmiss' way. My gut (and the poll) tells me that the majority of us will appreciate the changes.

Cheers,

Fafnir_6

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by Fafnir_6

LOL Adman & KG26 Alpha. You guys are hillarious .

WRT the moderation of update threads, I support Nearmiss' new direction which will hopefully calm things down a bit (I find the on-topic discussion in those threads very interesting). To all those that worry about the stifling of free speech and moderator power trips, I suppose we could revisit this after a couple of weeks' worth of doing things Nearmiss' way. I gut (and the poll) tells me that the majority of us will appreciate the changes.

Cheers,

Fafnir_6

+1

[Osprey]

Just came back to find the thread locked. What a joke, Oleg stopped posting on about page 5 - if you want to 'stay on topic' then we should get some more updates to talk about, otherwise we are just making conversation.

If the mods are that bothered then perhaps they should use the moderation tools they've been given to split and merge the threads as desired.

All the internet control freaks here would have Tim Berners-Lee shaking his head in disappointment.....

[NLS61]

Originally Posted by Trumper

What we need is an easy to access,easy to understand question and answer ONLY thread where no other replies are allowed to be posted,a read only thread,locked .
Any questions that need to be added could be added in another thread and once again NO DISCUSSION just the question and as it is answered it gets moved into the other thread described above.
A question for Oleg and team to answer needs no discussion as we can't answer them anyway.
Failing that we carry on as it is ,first 10 pages or so Oleg chips in but then it degenerates into personality v personality slanging match.
I personally think the moderators should be alot stricter and cull the threads HARD and ruthlessly.

Realy good idear plus one

[kendo65]

The previous post talks about something similar, but thought I'd repost an idea that came up a few months back:

The idea is for a second supplementary discussion thread running every week alongside the official update thread.

The official Oleg update thread would allow ONLY: our reactions to what Oleg has posted, and questions to Oleg about what we see that week.

The shadow thread would include EVERYTHING else: speculation, discussion, questions to Oleg that weren't related directly to that week's update,.

This way we all get to comment on whatever we want, but the main thread is kept clear for the developers (and the impatient) to read. Those who want to ignore all the speculative stuff can avoid it.

Reading back on that now, I can see that it could be unwieldy to implement and enforce. Maybe too restrictive? Would be great if everyone played ball, but we already know from current experience that (some) people aren't good at following instructions.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by kendo65

The previous post talks about something similar, but thought I'd repost an idea that came up a few months back:

The idea is for a second supplementary discussion thread running every week alongside the official update thread.

The official Oleg update thread would allow ONLY: our reactions to what Oleg has posted, and questions to Oleg about what we see that week.

The shadow thread would include EVERYTHING else: speculation, discussion, questions to Oleg that weren't related directly to that week's update,.

This way we all get to comment on whatever we want, but the main thread is kept clear for the developers (and the impatient) to read. Those who want to ignore all the speculative stuff can avoid it.

Reading back on that now, I can see that it could be unwieldy to implement and enforce. Maybe too restrictive? Would be great if everyone played ball, but we already know from current experience that (some) people aren't good at following instructions.

A second thread would only force Oleg to monitor and reply in each thread, time he does not have. The answer I think is for, the few members who abuse each week to ...knock it off!

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

A second thread would only force Oleg to monitor and reply in each thread, time he does not have. The answer I think is for, the few members who abuse each week to ...knock it off!

Well ... also if the usual suspects do make their normal negative critical unhelpful statements, outrageous claims that rewrite history or make requests for the Kriegsmarine to be issued Dr Evil style ""frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads" people really really should resist the temptation to reply and just ignore it.

If the half dozen trolls got ignored by other posters it would be relatively easy to just block them and be left with a sensible thread.

Its the REPLIES to the trolls that really clutter things up.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

Just remove postings...you say

Deletion of postings should not be required.

No, you're right, they shouldn't.

In tune with the requests on this thread. The coming update thread will be more severely enforced. No big deal, 1 week bans to members posting off topic - first offense. It will not matter if you have been a member of this board for 3 years and have a good record. OFF TOPIC IS OFF TOPIC, no warnings.

I absolutely love it, thank you! On the last couple of threads I have been one of the worst offenders of off-topic chat. This rule should mean there's no off topic chat to join in with.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by Osprey

If the mods are that bothered then perhaps they should use the moderation tools they've been given to split and merge the threads as desired.

It's not the mods that are that bothered, it's all of us (including some of the offenders), and it's too much work for mods to keep splitting threads each time we go OT.