Deleting threads

wasnt that kenny everet?
i dont want to jump on anyone toes but if u need assistance i will volunteer

 

No musty Noooooooooooooooo!

 

I am being good,and not responding to the Cardiff poster.

Picking up on Norway's post,I would ban both profit,and his poodle,jh. They only come here to disrupt,and,apart from the odd occasion when profit comes along and ingratiates himself by ringing the praises of The Swans,he's an enemy.

I don't think mods should have sole banning rights,however. I would prefer to see all bona fide posters given the opportunity of saying yay,or nay.
For example,I am putting up profit and jh for removal,if a vote is taken,and a majority,say 75%, want them to stay,then they stay,end of matter.
In almost four years of posting these are the only two I would vote out,so it's not ever going to be a major problem.

This is,as Norway has pointed out,The Swansea Board,and we find ourselves riven by an interloper from the East. He has very effectively split the Board,and I think it's time to pull his plug,and let him find another venue for his postings.

 

I think that's a decent shout, especially considering you can do polls on here. What about if say 80% wanted someone banned that'd suffice? I'd say it'd have to be a fairly high benchmark to be fair.

 

Don't know how to do a poll so perhaps someone should do it.

Just lost a good mate (41) suddenly who has left behind a wife and a three year old kid. Ironically, he was a Bluebird so this infighting (and I'm being neutral for once) is not that important to me today. Particularly as JH said that he wanted me to die of cancer yesterday. Life is just too damned short, boys.

 

Thanks for seeing the possibility,Scott. The 75% was just for an example,it could be whatever the group want. We could even take a vote on that.

I think it's the answer. With the threat of banning,perhaps visitors would be a tad more careful,and considerate.

Jager is right,we should be having fun,I know I do.

The operative word is "banter",and I will,once more,reproduce my dictionary definition,viz,"to tease jokingly".

Now,I for one,love to tease,but it's more difficult to achieve here than face to face,where the sparkle in the eye,or the sly smile,would indicate a tease taking place.But,I'm preaching to the converted,we all know the difference between teasing and insulting.

Insulting is easy,whereas to carry out a good tease, requires a bit of thought,and subtlety. Teasing is fun,being insulted is not.

Unfortunately,not everyone has a sense of humour,and therein lies the problem.

 

HTR,taking a poll shouldn't be too difficult.

Ask a question;offer a yes/no alternative;allow say,two weeks for posters to respond;tally the votes,then apply the agreed percentage,and voila.

 

HTR,really sorry to hear about the death of your friend. Condolences to his wife ,and family. This type of occurrence really does put things into perspective,with most else paling into insignificance.

 

not everyone has a sense of humour,and therein lies the problem- VETCHETARIAN

Wonder who lacks sense of humour out of our mods ??

PS
Jager i understand your view and respect it 100% i just feel that our mods have a duty to keep our message board clean of WUM s and thats not happening , we all know who they are yet nothing gets done about it!!so why blame the likes of Vetch for taking them on ?

Im talking about 2 posters only JH and Prophet.

We are in this position is because the moderators obviously cant be bothered to do the job they are supposed to do, instead you have a pathetic situation where one of our own swans posters ends up getting deleted instead!! thats how you kill your own forum and watch the numbers dwindle away guys!

trying to cure the headache by cutting off the head springs to mind

Anyway

 

Norway,I have started a thread entitled "Banning",and look forward to seeing your comments,either for,or,against.

If this gets the go ahead,the problems we are/have been encountering,will be a thing of the past.

Thanks for your continued support,by the way,I was beginning to feel isolated.

 

Well we can't ban anyone Norway, that has to be done by a "super moderator".

I was trying to keep the board clean during a time when there were a number of threads that could have possibly gone very nasty, but deleting posts will only ever go so far. If a thread with a load of content likely to cause wumming/abuse/whatever else is up then you will inevitably get replies of a nasty nature. Then I deleted some threads. One of which was by Vetch, and maybe I could have left it up, but it was directed at Prophet solely, and would have been nothing but a thread of Vetch and Prophet going at it, until inevitably it went south again. Since then I've had you making snide comments. Nice. If they're not aimed at me, then maybe I need to thicken my skin. If they are, come out and say it directly innit.

 

Norway the reason I became a mod is to make sure that a flame war doesn't happen, I am guilty of it at times I hold my hands up to it, but we need to make sure people can come here and chat about our team, have a banter with visitors when they come here, and have a laugh with as vetch says with articulate teases.

John has gone to far, I didn't really mind his quizzes he put up as that is banter, but his disruption of proper threads discussing our team or other matters makes the forum unusable for some, his offensive posts about people with cancer and his lies means that he gets short shrift from me.

Scott and I have decided to delete every comment and thread he posts on here, no matter what the subject, prophet's posts on here are a different matter I think , and I will not partake in any vote on it, this section is yours if you want him and John banned from here that is up to you.

 

Let's try and forget the deletion of my post,I am fully accepting of it's removal,even though it contained zero insults.The tongue in cheek humour I tried to utilise would probably have produced hysterics from the humourless one.

So Scott's action was O.K. by me.

But I would like a serious discourse on banning both profit,and jh,if only until they can modify their attitudes and behaviour.

This is the Swansea Board after all.

 

Scott- With respect, you seem to have your head up your own arse a bit i have to say , Are snide comments the next topic up for removal and moderation ?? Who decides if they are snide ?you ?

Please tell me why you think they are snide comments and not sarcastic,lighthearted or witty comments.I would love to know more about your seemingly negative viewpoint towards myself ,most would see my comments maybe as light hearted,sarcastic, witty and also direct. You see them as "snide" almost like you have some kind of complex there fella!

No scot ,Think that says more about you than it does me, time to grow that thick skin eh ?

Beleive me, if i have something to say im not backward in coming forward. if you feel my witty (not snide)remarks are directed at you may i suggest that you get over your self ,they are not!! the world does not revolve around you scotty boy

 

Jager- that sounds fair to me , shame it took 162 comments for us to get on the same hymm sheet !! in fact of the last 4 highest commented threads on our page 3 of them are non football related ! and are also titled as such ,proves there doesnt have to be football only debate like some think.

 

You're entitled to your own opinion, and if you think I have my head up my arse then that's your perogative. You called me "self righteous" and alluded to my actions being "pathetic" but never called me by name, that's why I said they were snide.

I'll always allow for interpretation online, because, as Vetch has said, it's difficult to convey sarcasm and banter online if people can't see you winking or grinning like you can in real life, your comments irked me a little that's all.

There we are, I used the word "irked", I guess I must be a self righteous idiot with my head up my own arse, eh!

 

You will always allow for interpretation online ? doesnt seem so in this case does it

I didnt call you self rightous or pathetic though scott. That was your perception not what i actually said .

You just thought that the cap fitted so you wore it with pride by the looks of it

Anyway, irked or not arse or not self rightous or not snide or not its all a load of bollocks in the grand scheme of things dont you think?

 

Good point there Norway.Quite often a football topic will change direction,and why not,nothing is written in stone.

I quite like the fact that threads can move in different directions.It actually assists in the hoped for banter,especially when an individual divulges little things that can be built into a future tease. As long as there is no hurtful intent,I don't really care where the thread goes.

 

It's a pity we weren't in the Carling Cup 'cos everyone would be thinking of the footie instead of bickering

 

I'm probably going to do the Chelsea match thread tomorrow just so we've got something to talk about!