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GDR Member Posts: 6202 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 2.1 |
I'd like to discuss Herepton's thread "Theistic Evolution".
Thanks, and also thanks for all the work you put into this forum. Everybody is entitled to my opinion.
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Admin Director Posts: 13038 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.1 |
Access Granted.
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Trixie Member (Idle past 3733 days) Posts: 1011 From: Edinburgh Joined: |
I didn't chime in earlier, but I've just had a look at Ray's Theistic Evolution thread and it's bloody awful. He's tried to boot both posters who replied after their first replies and his posts are utter nonsense.
I know the argument is that the Showcase forum is unmoderated and that it's a padded cell for the unmoderatable, but many newcomers to the board have made the same mistake, namely that the "Showcase Forum" is a sort of elite place where really good debates take place. It's the name that does it. Previously the name "Boot Camp" let people know what to expect when they went in there, especially lurkers and new members. I know that you want to give the more "problematic" members a place where they can voice their opinions and can't scream censorship, but what's going on in Showcase really is beyond the pale. I would suggest giving people a "heads up" when they enter showcase to read posts so that they don't think this represents the "creme de la creme" or change the name of the forum to something a bit more suitable. I could suggest some, but I'd probably be permanently banned. The final suggestion I have is that posts in Showcase by Showcased members which would bring down the ire of Mods in any other forum have that noted by a Mod at the bottom of a post without any sanctions being imposed. You might feel that these suggestions are unworkable and I appreciate that sometimes I have abberant ideas, especially when irritated. If so, forget I even spoke
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Admin Director Posts: 13038 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.1 |
Showcase and its predecessors have always been problematic, and I'd say all your comments are pretty much on the mark.
In a way, the problem of moderating a discussion forum is similar to maintaining civil order in society in general. For those who fall afoul of society's laws there is trial followed, if guilty, by incarceration with the possibility of rehabilitation. At this discussion board there is suspension, both temporary and permanent, which is analogous to incarceration, and then there is Showcase, which is sort of like incarceration and sort of not. Maybe it could be considered like one of those Federal minimum security country club prisons. But unlike prison it allows interaction with those on the outside. Maybe this isn't a good idea. Society also endures a lot of unpleasant behavior without locking people up. In cities homeless people sleep in storeshop fronts, sidewalk preachers shout their pious wares, jaywalkers abound, etc. I think we put up with a fair amount here, too. I don't know if there are answers, but I do know that we'll keep looking for them. If I ever finish my current project at work (it's taking up what used to be my spare time) I have some ideas for some automated improvements that would make Showcase superflous, but there's no guarantee they would work. If a discussion board somewhere solved this problem the idea would spread like wildfire and we'd know about it.
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Omnivorous Member Posts: 3990 From: Adirondackia Joined: Member Rating: 6.9 |
Trixie writes: I would suggest giving people a "heads up" when they enter showcase to read posts so that they don't think this represents the "creme de la creme" or change the name of the forum to something a bit more suitable. I could suggest some, but I'd probably be permanently banned. Yes, I put my prized collectibles in a showcase, not an air sickness bag. How about: Soapbox Arena or both: Soapbox Arena Extreme Arena Bedlamarama Free Dr. Adequate! Save lives! Click here!Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC! ---------------------------------------
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1432 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
I like soapbox: it's judgmentally neutral and it implies that it is the person's opinion.
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ReverendDG Member (Idle past 4137 days) Posts: 1119 From: Topeka,kansas Joined: |
i would like to be able to post to herepton's latest thread, lords and ladies admins
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purpledawn Member (Idle past 3484 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: |
I second that idea for a new name for the showcase forum.
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Admin Director Posts: 13038 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.1 |
Access granted.
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RickJB Member (Idle past 5017 days) Posts: 917 From: London, UK Joined: |
If it were my choice I'd prefer to see these "showcases" scrapped given the quality that Herepton and Randman have demonstrated within them most recently.
Soapbox IS a much better name for them, however.
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kuresu Member (Idle past 2540 days) Posts: 2544 From: boulder, colorado Joined: |
to post in herepton's "great pyramid" thread.
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Jon Inactive Member |
I'd like access to herepton's pyramid thread, please
I promise, I'll play nice Thanks,Jon |
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 311 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
Agreed. "Showcase" makes it sound as though the moderators are proud of the level of reasoning displayed on those threads.
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Dr Adequate Member (Idle past 311 days) Posts: 16113 Joined: |
I too feel a strange urge to post on the "Great Pyramid" thread.
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Admin Director Posts: 13038 From: EvC Forum Joined: Member Rating: 2.1 |
Showcase access granted to Kuresu and Jonicus Maximus.
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