williamssl
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Of Mods and Admins and bOOard Hygiene
Let me start by saying that on a scale of 1-10, this is probably a 3 or 4 in importance. I'm by no means suggesting that the problem is so big
that it requires immediate if any attention. I am also not calling anybody out or saying that people aren't doing what they're supposed
to be doing. This is a damn wrestling message board, for goodness sake. That being said...
There's some noticeable opportunity for some ongoing bOOard hygiene: collapsing threads, starting new ones that are deserving of their own,
etc.
Probably the biggest example is that seemingly everything ends up in the RUMORZ thread. On the one hand, it's been a great way of
consolidating lots of smallish and/or potentially non-News items into one place. On the other, it's bred laziness , and perhaps more
significantly, it becomes the permanent place for things that start as rumorz and then become true and are deserving of their own thread once they
make that transition. The example within this is Brock's return to UFC. It started as a rumor that then within a few hours was NEWZ and
spun off a good page+ of discussion on it. But because it started in RUMORZ it stayed in RUMORZ.
Back when I was a kid, there was a posse of mod-types who kept things in line, including this type of clean-up. Things they were a different back in
those old-timey days, and volume and behaviors of shitposters necessitated said posse. Obviously, it's less so now.
However, I'm not sure who could or should even be doing this now. Rick can. Matte can. But that doesn't mean that they are responsible
for it and have any sort of expectation laid upon them to do so when judgement and discretion suggests.
OK - so why the fuck am I bringing this up then?
Is there a real or perceived need for this, and if so, how best to go about it? Is there a person who is interested, willing, and capable of this
who can also be trusted? Do we yell at Matte and say, you know what, this is your damn job so put down the trannie porn maybe once a day and do it?
Other?
Rick - not trying to force your hand on this at all and apologies if it comes across as such. There have been enough comments in the RUMORZ thread,
and then with the Brock thing, that I thought I'd bring it up.
PS - I am not campaigning for this nor would I throw my name in the hat if we went down this path, so this isn't some veiled selfish interest
thing at play.
Don't Mess With Texas
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coxito
IMPUDENT WRETCH! 
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
remember that huge fuckin post? imagine you just read it again
As a reader Im just as lazy. Leave it in one place so i dont have to read through 43 different other threads for the same opinions. The rumor thread
is a living breathing organism thats whole life cycle is 1000 posts. 2016 pt. 3 here we come!!
[Edited on 6-10-2016 by ModSquad]
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OOMike
The Great One
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My two cents, I agree with Tex that once something is no longer a rumor it should be moved out, especially if it is drawing multiple posts. First,
when the news for Brock broke I came here looking for the discussion on Brock and was surprised there wasn't a thread, until I went into the
rumor thread. That brings me to second, which was a pain to scroll through and try to read all the posts dealing with different topics that were
being discussed.
But I will add that we need to take some responsibility for it without being a mod by calling it out, and maybe starting another thread and asking
Matte or OORick to combine them when they get a chance.
2017 where Nazis are defended and being against Fascism is a bad thing.
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angstboy
cornerkicked.com
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You guys still hang out here?
Sweet JESUS.
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ModSquad004
Cop Dawg
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quote:
Originally posted by williamssl
Let me start by saying that on a scale of 1-10, this is probably a 3 or 4 in importance. I'm by no means suggesting that the problem is so big
that it requires immediate if any attention. I am also not calling anybody out or saying that people aren't doing what they're supposed
to be doing. This is a damn wrestling message board, for goodness sake. That being said...
There's some noticeable opportunity for some ongoing bOOard hygiene: collapsing threads, starting new ones that are deserving of their own,
etc.
Probably the biggest example is that seemingly everything ends up in the RUMORZ thread. On the one hand, it's been a great way of
consolidating lots of smallish and/or potentially non-News items into one place. On the other, it's bred laziness , and perhaps more
significantly, it becomes the permanent place for things that start as rumorz and then become true and are deserving of their own thread once they
make that transition. The example within this is Brock's return to UFC. It started as a rumor that then within a few hours was NEWZ and
spun off a good page+ of discussion on it. But because it started in RUMORZ it stayed in RUMORZ.
Back when I was a kid, there was a posse of mod-types who kept things in line, including this type of clean-up. Things they were a different back in
those old-timey days, and volume and behaviors of shitposters necessitated said posse. Obviously, it's less so now.
However, I'm not sure who could or should even be doing this now. Rick can. Matte can. But that doesn't mean that they are responsible
for it and have any sort of expectation laid upon them to do so when judgement and discretion suggests.
OK - so why the fuck am I bringing this up then?
Is there a real or perceived need for this, and if so, how best to go about it? Is there a person who is interested, willing, and capable of this
who can also be trusted? Do we yell at Matte and say, you know what, this is your damn job so put down the trannie porn maybe once a day and do it?
Other?
Rick - not trying to force your hand on this at all and apologies if it comes across as such. There have been enough comments in the RUMORZ thread,
and then with the Brock thing, that I thought I'd bring it up.
PS - I am not campaigning for this nor would I throw my name in the hat if we went down this path, so this isn't some veiled selfish interest
thing at play.
I microplay.
Woof.
WOOF!
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williamssl
Steers and Queers
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Don't Mess With Texas
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Matte
"Family Man" 
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My idea was to rename all future rumor crap threads to rumor/news crap because I don't see a way of stopping all the off-topic posts without
constant monitoring and altering of the thread which would be kind of a pain. If a rumor turns into news and deserves its own thread though, of course
someone should make one for it.
"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
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ThePunisher
The Great One
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| posted on 6-9-2016 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ModSquad004
edit: wow, double quote, that's double secret probation
Parvini rules!
[Edited on 6-10-2016 by ModSquad]
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ModSquad
Hello, future girlfriend 
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| posted on 6-10-2016 at 07:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coxito
As a reader Im just as lazy. Leave it in one place so i dont have to read through 43 different other threads for the same opinions. The rumor thread
is a living breathing organism thats whole life cycle is 1000 posts. 2016 pt. 3 here we come!!
Holy butt. THANK you for hitting quote on that. I just got done reading all 40 dingy-dang paragraphs of that other guy's post and I was like
"what if I forgot all of it in 10 seconds and could read all of it again right now?" And then I was like HECK YEAH, here is that ENTIRE POST again,
this is like getting heroin and a-doo-a-doo-a-dinga-danged bald eagle injected into my wiener by an aircraft carrier, and then I was like, could this
experience get any better? And then there you were saying something about it. Like, after 80 paragraphs, it was like being in
a-dingy-dang-ding-a-dingy-dang-dong California. OK I gotta go now, I have a soul to squeeze.
(EDIT: Edited to be sound less aggro because that guy probably doesn't remember this stuff.)
[Edited on 6-10-2016 by ModSquad]
"The moment that The Rick tells me that I am in the wrong then I will stop. And since I have 10 years of reading his work under my belt I feel fairly
confident that he won't since he is a proponent of thinking differently. Save the threats."
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williamssl
Steers and Queers
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Don't Mess With Texas
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coxito
IMPUDENT WRETCH!
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quote:
Originally posted by ModSquad
[Edited on 6-11-2016 by ModSquad]
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salmonjunkie
Best There Is Was or Ever Will Be 
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Tex, that's so 2007. Get with the times.
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Matte
"Family Man"
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"I'm a professional. I know exactly what I'm doing." - Jeff Hardy
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ModSquad
Hello, future girlfriend
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Wow. Double Quoting. Mod Sass. That's a double dip of
General Incompetence. Once AGAIN, no one listens to the wise words of Turkmenbashi.
"The moment that The Rick tells me that I am in the wrong then I will stop. And since I have 10 years of reading his work under my belt I feel fairly
confident that he won't since he is a proponent of thinking differently. Save the threats."
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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I see a modsquad and a modsquad004. The fuck have you guys been with GIFFS outacontrol?
I see 004 claimed semi retired status in his last appearance, which is what is causing me to post.
http://www.oowrestling.com/OOForums/viewthread.php?tid=23510&page;=1 Is an awesome thread, where that sucker flows makes me wish Janerd was around to
go a few rounds with JB...
But now that I've jumped in this soup, Mr. mod & Mr. 004 go take your iron fists and clean up the boards for a week or three. My aging iPod
thanks you in advance, whilst it still can.
"I wish sarcasm was available as a font." John Stuart Mill
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Paddlefoot
Rocco Rock of Jabroni 
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My suggestion would be to un-sticky the Rumour thread. That way it ends up beneath the stickies for the TV shows and PPV's. Most people are
scroll-lazy. If the thread they're most likely to head for first is at the very top of the list they're going to ignore most of the
threads beneath it.
I think most of us are adjusted well enough to know that a really big newz story (i.e. Brock returning to UFC, future endeavouring list, TNA out of
business, etc.) deserves it's very own thread. All we need to do is make a more conscious effort to keeping Rumours dedicated for the most part
to what it's meant for.
You know, everyone says it's not supposed to make sense, like that's the whole point, dude. And I'm just saying, you know,
that's like an excuse for lazy storytelling. Just don't sell me shite and tell me it's gold, all right? I might be stoned, but
I'm not high. You know what I mean?
- Cassidy from Preacher, commenting on The Big Lebowski and/or professional wrestling
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merc
Man of a Thousand Holds
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddlefoot
My suggestion would be to un-sticky the Rumour thread. That way it ends up beneath the stickies for the TV shows and PPV's. Most people are
scroll-lazy. If the thread they're most likely to head for first is at the very top of the list they're going to ignore most of the
threads beneath it.
I think most of us are adjusted well enough to know that a really big newz story (i.e. Brock returning to UFC, future endeavouring list, TNA out of
business, etc.) deserves it's very own thread. All we need to do is make a more conscious effort to keeping Rumours dedicated for the most part
to what it's meant for.
👆🏽👆🏽this👆🏽👆🏽
And yeah I quoted the post right before me. We are a population that watches a wrestling program that recaps the same thing 5 times in 117 minutes.
This is done by a billion dollar corporation that has done more research into our attention span than...the fuck was I sayin....
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