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This isn't a moderator thing, and to blame the mods would be wrong.

Smiffy is a bit miffed with golf right now and that is understandable given the weather/conditions that we've had all year and the fact that Winter is on the doorstep, and now he's into a spot of fishing. To come on the forum was more like the last straw rather than the almighty axe,.... hopefully he'll realise that and bring his happy cheeky smiley little face with him to Blackmoor.... and remain one of the GM golf fraternity, even if it's not every waking moment and 500 posts per week.
 
In my opinion if your upset by references to Derek Whyte or poo you really shouldn't be on here. That's my take on it. Dafties getting they're Y-fronts soiled over that sort of language really need to get a life.
 
Tommo21 said:
Take it to pm fellas, we dont need this turning into a 5 page tuppence worth thread.

Oh, I like many others like 5 page tuppence worth threads. You know, my tuppence worth can be another mans £50 worth.

At the moment this thread is worth much more than tuppence, but it is on 5 pages.

The answer is....CHANGE THE STUPID RULE.
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I think we can all agree that when a thread receives a post containing the word tuppence not once, not twice, but 4 times, then the thread has descended into anarchy and should be shut forthwith.....:whistle:
 
brendy said:
Did you honestly just type that? Sectarian remarks are never banter, especially from my past experience so take a dim view. A couple of the scottish contingent have been heavily modded in the past for various reasons, they are all still here even after their protestations via pm, thicker skin perhaps?
Any sectarian posts reported ARE dealt with. You have reported two threads going by the system, the reasons given were, foul language regarding the length of a putt and the other one for a sectarian word which was moderated by DCB after it had discussed in the mods section. The only other mention of your name was for the warning you got in the hurricane thread last year.

Ref regions? it looks pretty even for me when you consider some of the staff do mod posts if necessary.
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showgroups.php
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nope, I've flagged up more than that, the fact that there clearly was a blind eye being applied to certain posters was the reason I left the forum for a while (albeit without a heralding it) try having a look further back
 
thecraw said:
In my opinion if your upset by references to Derek Whyte or poo you really shouldn't be on here. That's my take on it. Dafties getting they're Y-fronts soiled over that sort of language really need to get a life.
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Given the amount of young posters on here do you think that bad language is acceptable? really simple question
 
No lets not take it to PM and lets not lock it which is the Mods get out of jail card when they don't get things they're own way or things get hot under the collar. Lets have a clear the air and blow away the cob webs.
 
thecraw said:
No lets not take it to PM and lets not lock it which is the Mods get out of jail card when they don't get things they're own way or things get hot under the collar. Lets have a clear the air and blow away the cob webs.
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Why?

The mods shouldn't have to explain themselves, certainly not to the forum. They run the place and the rules are clearly there... if you don't follow them then anyone is free to leave. In this instance Smiffy already had a foot out the door, it's up to us to ASK him to reconsider not to put the mods through a wringer.
 
thecraw said:
How many 10 year olds do we have on here? I ken a few who act like it.
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I tell you what Craw, why don't you avoid the issue and dress it up however you want. The rules are the rules, I'm pretty sure they include the use of foul or obscene language. Now back last winter I queried over zealousl moderation when a thread of dodgers was closed pretty much before anyone got the chance to read it.

Your reply was 'structure is important'

So which is it?
 
There is structure and there is anal.

A lot of the stuff borders on anal in my opinion. Telling someone to GTF etc is a completely different kettle of fish from posting my golf was s41te!

That's my opinion and I'm happy to stand or fall by it. I'm also quite confident that I'll receive another infraction for posting that, however my care factor is now quite low on this forum.
 
thecraw said:
There is structure and there is anal.

A lot of the stuff borders on anal in my opinion. Telling someone to GTF etc is a completely different kettle of fish from posting my golf was s41te!

That's my opinion and I'm happy to stand or fall by it. I'm also quite confident that I'll receive another infraction for posting that, however my care factor is now quite low on this forum.
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I'm pretty sure that we can all get away with the odd word at times, sometimes we get infractions, sometimes we don't, but there are posters on here who use language as if they are down the pub. I'm no prude, out with my mates then my language is fairly appalling but I don't do it on here.
 
I cannot fathom why a forum used by and run by ADULTS cannot have the occasional rude word in a post.It is not a site aimed at under 18s and I am sure there is far more harmful content on the internet than our forum! I would like to post the same way as I speak and I really find grown men complaining about the odd swear word a bit daft! As for harmful sectarian content can anybody link to a post including it? I can't remember ever seeing any!
 
I really don't know what to say......?

Well I do actually - seems most people don't have any toys left at all now.....

Mods - They're appointed by Mike, they're not on here 24/7 so can't always see a For Sale thread without pictures until it's been up for an hour or two. When they do, they move it - why?

Because it's in the rules. If Mike came on and posted a For Sale thread without pictures then I'd expect it to get taken down.
In this instance, I believe, Smiffy stated that the article was at home and he would be there in an hour and would add pictures.
Now I think Smiffy's a Gent, a real Diamond- but, for the Love of Pete, wait until you get home, take the piccy and then post the thread.
Then there is no problem is there - this thread doesn't exist and Smiffy stays part of the Family.
Nobody who's been on this Forum for any length pf time can possibly say that they don't know the "no piccy, no thread" rule but people keep doing it? Why? Do they think that it's not going to get moved? For the sake of an hour, a day or however long, wait until you have all the info and then post - it's not that hard is it?

And you can't waive rules for one person. Waive for one and you waive for all.
Whether the rule is a good one, bad one or indifferent one is irrelevent. Its there. Abide by it or face the consequences.
We're all supposed to be used to following Rules - or have we forgotten that we're Golfers.

Smiffy - don't be a knob. Have a drink, calm down, relist the thread with a piccy and get on with it.
Life's waaay too short.
 
Deke said:
And your point? Why such disgust at the odd swear word? I am sure the large majority of folk on hear utter the odd curse word,no?
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And here is the point you are choosing to either deliberately avoid or struggling to understand:

Foul language - against the rules but hey, lets ignore that

Posting in the for sale without a picture - may you burn in hell
 
stevie_r said:
And here is the point you are choosing to either deliberately avoid or struggling to understand:

Foul language - against the rules but hey, lets ignore that

Posting in the for sale without a picture - may you burn in hell
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Define foul language???
 
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