Members Piñata Tsunami Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 First of all, I didn't really want to clog up EG with this, but as my PMs to the mods seems to have been ignored, I'm trying a different approach. Please. I understand why you want to keep EG fairly on-topic, and therefore move selected threads to GJ, rather than delete them in their entirety. Fair enough. What I'm not understanding, though, is what is so hard about changing their title, tagging them, to inform us what the deal is. Hmm? Thanks in advance. I'm getting tired of having small aneurysms reading through thread after thread with tons of "who-the-hell-are-these-people" moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Isn't this OT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UllyssesSB Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Reported! j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verence Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hah! Got a good laugh outta' that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wedgehed II Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 You will find your answer shortly.....in Guitar Jam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted January 28, 2008 Moderators Share Posted January 28, 2008 I've also noticed that the mods are a tad selective about what they move, certain forumites seem to be able to post whatever they like, while other get moved almost instantly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lonechicken Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yeah, some sites, if there's a question in the title of the thread and it gets definitively answered, the moderators attach the answer to the title. Reducing traffic and whatnot. Well, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 You will find your answer shortly.....in Guitar Jam! LMAO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackbelt1 Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 One of the reasons I like this place is that it is an "on topic only" forum to discuss electric guitars. I think some things relate to guitars, such as amps/gigs/band questions/etc. but many threads do not. It's disrespectful to all forumites to post off-topic threads. Placing an "OT" before a post does not make it ok to violate the rules. I see spammers get jumped all over pretty quickly by the population here, but post something way off topic and several forumites will chime right in to keep bumping the thread right along. I always think, "Are they really that big of an idiot that they don't realize the thread is off topic, or do they just not respect the rules?" It's been out of hand lately and makes it more difficult to focus on the threads that genuinely are on-topic. ~Blackbelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members book_of_lies777 Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 the modding here is rather arbitrary and often biased. yes, I said it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Piñata Tsunami Posted January 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 One of the reasons I like this place is that it is an "on topic only" forum to discuss electric guitars. Hey, don't get me wrong; keeping EG an on topic forum is a good thing. I'm just a bit tired of wading through threads addling my brain trying to figure out who all these people are. A simple ([Moved] ...thread title...) would suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocknhard Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I noticed even in the past few months that EG is more of a mix of general chat and EG...I guess that is because there is so much traffic, which is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 One of the reasons I like this place is that it is an "on topic only" forum to discuss electric guitars. I think some things relate to guitars, such as amps/gigs/band questions/etc. but many threads do not. It's disrespectful to all forumites to post off-topic threads. Placing an "OT" before a post does not make it ok to violate the rules. I see spammers get jumped all over pretty quickly by the population here, but post something way off topic and several forumites will chime right in to keep bumping the thread right along. I always think, "Are they really that big of an idiot that they don't realize the thread is off topic, or do they just not respect the rules?" It's been out of hand lately and makes it more difficult to focus on the threads that genuinely are on-topic. ~Blackbelt I don't think he's complaining about having off-topic posts. I think the problem is that sometimes a thread gets started here, gets 2 or 3 pages of flames, and then is magically transferred over to Guitar Jam with no indication there of where it came from. Guitar Jam is a pretty screwy forum sometimes anyway, so when there's an automatic 3 page flame war full of people who never post there, it sometimes gets hard to keep up. A simple "Moved: " in the thread title could possibly clear up the confusion. What gets me though, is that Guitar Jam is also supposed to be semi-on-topic. We all know that it's not, but when somebody in Electric Guitars starts a thread about the cup size of their favorite porn star and it gets moved to Guitar Jam instead of to Open Jam (or nuked all together) it gets a little irritating. We start more than enough {censored}ty off-topic threads over there...we don't need help from other forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Piñata Tsunami Posted January 28, 2008 Author Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 I don't think he's complaining about having off-topic posts. I think the problem is that sometimes a thread gets started here, gets 2 or 3 pages of flames, and then is magically transferred over to Guitar Jam with no indication there of where it came from. Guitar Jam is a pretty screwy forum sometimes anyway, so when there's an automatic 3 page flame war full of people who never post there, it sometimes gets hard to keep up. A simple "Moved: " in the thread title could possibly clear up the confusion. What gets me though, is that Guitar Jam is also supposed to be semi-on-topic. We all know that it's not, but when somebody in Electric Guitars starts a thread about the cup size of their favorite porn star and it gets moved to Guitar Jam instead of to Open Jam (or nuked all together) it gets a little irritating. We start more than enough {censored}ty off-topic threads over there...we don't need help from other forums. We can never get enough {censored}ty off-topic threads, and you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rocknhard Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 We all know that it's not, but when somebody in Electric Guitars starts a thread about the cup size of their favorite porn star and it gets moved to Guitar Jam instead of to Open Jam (or nuked all together) it gets a little irritating. We start more than enough {censored}ty off-topic threads over there...we don't need help from other forums. Link to this post please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveAronow Posted January 28, 2008 Members Share Posted January 28, 2008 First of all, I didn't really want to clog up EG with this, but as my PMs to the mods seems to have been ignored, I'm trying a different approach.Please. I understand why you want to keep EG fairly on-topic, and therefore move selected threads to GJ, rather than delete them in their entirety. Fair enough. What I'm not understanding, though, is what is so hard about changing their title, tagging them, to inform us what the deal is. Hmm?Thanks in advance. I'm getting tired of having small aneurysms reading through thread after thread with tons of "who-the-hell-are-these-people" moments. Who the hell are these people?^^^^^:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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