closing threads grrr

[Imurg]

Here's an idea.
Lets continue bickering like schoolkids and see how long it takes for Mike to get so racked off with it that he just shuts the whole thing down......

 

[Hacker Khan]

it just throw rules & regs at you and state "that's how it is, like it or find another forum", that's not very inclusive is it, its just dictatorial and inflamatory!

Much like golf dress codes. Boom and indeed Zing. Way to go tying in 2 hot topics together.

And by the way I am in no way endorsing what Fish said. As I'd call it Deep Rough, a much better name.

 

[stevie_r]

I can't see why we can't have a section called "The Bunker". An area where you have to tic a box declaring your over 18 and that you accept their will be controversial discussions within it and possibly bad language etc. Topics from any section that a mod feels is pushing the open public boundaries could be simply moved to that area rather than it being closed or removed.

It certainly works well on a number of other fora I use; a number of criteria to be fulfilled for access, e.g.

Minimum membership period.
Minimum post count.
Specific Ts & Cs and a disclaimer.

Job done

 

[Fish]

And by the way I am in no way endorsing what Fish said. As I'd call it Deep Rough, a much better name.

Along with a "place to go" like:

The Bunker
Deep Rough
[any more people]

infractions could be made to be more humorous to take on the chin as they accumulate and shown in your profile.

1 infraction = Air Shot
2 infractions = Bunker
3 Infractions = Water Hazard
3 Day Ban = Lost Ball
7 Day Ban = Clubs Stolen

Just a warped idea

 

[stevie_r]

Along with a "place to go" like:

The Bunker
Deep Rough
[any more people]

Lateral water hazard with ball attracting powers

 

[Smiffy]

Lateral water hazard with Stepanie Powers

She was nice once upon a time wasn't she

 

[One Planer]

Maybe rather than defend and tell folk its "your" way or the highway you should all go to a dark room as discus where you could improve, surely all the members can't be wrong.

Sorry, I didn'realise you spoke for all 15000+ members of the GM site.

Have you visited, to use your words, a "Dark room " to consider your actions and posts on here........ No I didn't think so

I maybe wrong but from where I am sitting it looks this way and your constant defending of your actions will only add fuel to the fire and then we know any member who questions it will get infractions or a holiday.

Moderators have, on numerous threads, stated sometimes we make mistakes, were human. We, as a group, have openly admitted to previous failings that have been made, but made in the thought of keepng the forum a respectable place to be.

From where I'm sat, any fire that has been started, started a long time ago. All you are doing is fanning the flames.

 

[Fish]

She was nice once upon a time wasn't she

Did she have "ball attracting powers"? :mmm:

 

[One Planer]

Hey Gareth, you can take this as a good or a bad thing. But until you posted that explanation, I hadn't even realized that you were a Mod. Some of your colleagues are very easy to spot.

I have no complaints about the moderation on this forum. It is what it is and I have no doubt that it's hard work and not very satisfying. Carry on lads...

Whether that is a good, or bad thing, I'll leave firmly up to you my man :thup:

 

[Smiffy]

Did she have "ball attracting powers"? :mmm:

She did.
Many's the time I washed it/them rather furiously

 

[North Mimms]

Here's a solution for the dissenters....

Long long ago on a forum far far away there was a group of posters (including me) who didn't like the rules.
We frequently got our knuckles rapped for overstepping the line, and many went on short holidays to places like Bognor.
We hated the fact that we were "overly modded"

So we flounced off and set up an alternate forum on Facebook.

All was happy for a while.
No one minded if we said ........... or ............... or said that another forum member was a ................

Then it got boring.
We had nothing much to say anymore.

The original forum is the worse for our absence but the New Forum has died too.

Give it a go....





you'll be back here soon.


If it still exists.

 

[Bomber69]

Sorry, I didn'realise you spoke for all 15000+ members of the GM site.

Have you visited, to use your words, a "Dark room " to consider your actions and posts on here........ No I didn't think so



Moderators have, on numerous threads, stated sometimes we make mistakes, were human. We, as a group, have openly admitted to previous failings that have been made, but made in the thought of keepng the forum a respectable place to be.

From where I'm sat, any fire that has been started, started a long time ago. All you are doing is fanning the flames.

Debate Gareth, it's called debating some of the issues and I never at any point said I was talking for the "15000+" members only talking about most of the members who have posted on this thread. Your trying to turn this into something not me.

 

[One Planer]

Debate Gareth, it's called debating some of the issues and I never at any point said I was talking for the "15000+" members only talking about most of the members who have posted on this thread. Your are trying to turn this into something not me.

I'm not trying to trun anything into anything else, hence me using a direct quote from you. It's now gone from all the members, to most of the members. Will the next step be "some" of the members

I'll make it wasy for you. Here's your post.

After reading thro this whole thread I do agree that the Mod's do have their work cut out and as they are human sometimes they will get it wrong, what I can't understand that after reading all the post not once has one of them accepted they have got anything wrong yet most of the members posts on this are saying that they do get it wrong and go in all guns blazing.

Maybe rather than defend and tell folk its "your" way or the highway you should all go to a dark room as discus where you could improve, surely all the members can't be wrong.

I maybe wrong but from where I am sitting it looks this way and your constant defending of your actions will only add fuel to the fire and then we know any member who questions it will get infractions or a holiday.

Tell me exactly from this post what are we debating?

All I see here is opinion, blatant guess work and an attempt, and a poor one at that, to deflect attention from yourself and your conduct on Ricks thread. Nothing in your post remotely looks like its up for debate.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Hey Gareth, you can take this as a good or a bad thing. But until you posted that explanation, I hadn't even realized that you were a Mod. Some of your colleagues are very easy to spot.

Isn't the clue that it says Global Moderator under his name?

 

[One Planer]

Isn't the clue that it says Global Moderator under his name?

I think he was talking more about my posting style as opposed to anything else :thup:



But you are right :smirk:

 

[Bomber69]

I'm not trying to trun anything into anything else, hence me using a direct quote from you. It's now gone from all the members, to most of the members. Will the next step be "some" of the members

I'll make it wasy for you. Here's your post.



Tell me exactly from this post what are we debating?

All I see here is opinion, blatant guess work and an attempt, and a poor one at that, to deflect attention from yourself and your conduct on Ricks thread. Nothing in your post remotely looks like its up for debate.

Lets be clear Gareth and read what I said don't go making things up.

After reading thro this whole thread I do agree that the Mod's do have their work cut out and as they are human sometimes they will get it wrong, what I can't understand that after reading all the post not once has one of them accepted they have got anything wrong yet most of the members posts on this are saying that they do get it wrong and go in all guns blazing.


As for Rick's post I wished him will with my first post and then later it was about an Rules Infringement that was getting pointed out so please don't go blaming the members for bringing it to the attention of the MOD's.

Maybe in future it can or will be done via PM if you guys missing some other breaking of the rules. You do now realize you have brought this up thread up again after it has been closed, or is that my fault also.

 

[One Planer]

As for Rick's post I wished him will with my first post and then later it was about an Rules Infringement that was getting pointed out so please don't go blaming the members for bringing it to the attention of the MOD's.

Maybe in future it can or will be done via PM if you guys missing some other breaking of the rules. You do now realize you have brought this up thread up again after it has been closed, or is that my fault also.

If we get it wrong so often, why have GM not acted to bring us to task? If we are doing such a poor job moderating their forum, surely this would have happened?

As fore the reporting of posts/threads/sigantures missed by moderators. I have no issue with users reporting posts/threads/signatures that are unsuitable or contain, as in this case a commercial siganture. Most people follow the correct channels.

In this instance did you? No! And this is exactly the point I'm making.

You know full well how to report posts to moderators attention using the report function, you have done so multiple times.

Did you choose on that occasion to use the same function to report a commercial siganture to the moderator team by reporting the post? No.

You decided to post it out in the forum knowing full well the ramifications of what would follow. If you had reported the post, as you are fully capable, the thread would have unlikley decended to the level it did.

I fully realise I brought Ricks thread into this to prove a very specific point.

You had the option to report the post through the correct channels. Did you? No. Yet you blame moderators for how the thread deteriorated. How's the view from your glass house?

 

[Fish]

You know full well how to report posts to moderators attention using the report function, you have done so multiple times.

 

[bigslice]

no one likes a grass lol

 

[jimbob.someroo]

You know full well how to report posts to moderators attention using the report function, you have done so multiple times.

I know that it shouldn't be seen as a negative thing to report someone, but, personally, I don't think mod's should disclose when/if individuals have reported something.

I wont comment on the rest of the thread as I've not been here as long as some, and personally am ok with how things are running. But, I do like 'the bunker' idea :thup:

Hopefully when the weather's better and we get outside playing golf, we may have some more upbeat things to chat about!