cowudders14

I realise that there is already the function "report this thread to a moderator", but, as far as I understand it, that is mainly for posts that are spam/abusive etc.

May I suggest a second item of "bring this to the attention of a moderator" or something. I'm saying this for two reasons:
1) Recently, I tried to post three threads in the titty board. I could see them, but others replied saying they were rexed. So, I edited the contents (Aside point - why can we not delete our own posts?) to have little in, and hit the "report this..." link to ask for them to be deleted - I moved it all to the links board instead. I didn't really feel that the "report this..." link was appropriate, as I'm only asking for it to be deleted due to rexing - it wasn't a priority. However, I had no other option. Thus, the "atn mods" link should go to a secondary list of things that wan doing but are a low priority.

2)http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=25633 - I've been waiting for a reply to my comments in this thread for a while now, so, as far as I am aware, it's simply been overlooked by the mods. I'd like to hit this kind of 'it's not urgent but I'd like a mod to look over this sometime soonish', instead of posting to bump the thread in the hope that a mod will read it.

oldtimer

Don't go overboard. That's pretty rash of you to say. Rexes are just as important as deleting vulgar posts. Plus, there are more than enough mods to handle this task. Assuming most of them still come to the forum after receiving that responsibility. Or the bunch that don't do anything at all. And I don't know if we have any moderators like that. But in my personal experience, overall, I am satisfied with the moderator response/action. They do get the job done. Consider asking in a polite, "this will only take a second of your time" way. Then the moderator will undoubtedly take quick response. Also consider sending a pm by singling out one of the moderators and concentrating your request there. There are plenty to choose from.

And, yes, I too know the frustrating pain of someone not replying to or even reading a thread you have started. For me, I have not been able to see your bookmark icons even after your image host change. Maybe it's my computer, I don't know. But others should speak out here if cowudders14's images are not displaying properly. Perhaps take the initiative and pm him; alerting him of the problem. Maybe I can not see the images but everyone else can just fine and choose not to reply. Maybe they find the "bookmark icon" uninteresting. Who can say? But before you try to change your image host again, ask around.

My main guess is nobody saw your pictures or nobody cares.

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cheerios

that's the generic board text. It needs changed, I know. don't worry about it not being abusive. we totally encourage reporting rexed posts, yours or someone else's.

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May I suggest a second item of "bring this to the attention of a moderator" or something. I'm saying this for two reasons: 1) Recently, I tried to post three threads in the titty board. I could see them, but others replied saying they were rexed. So, I edited the contents (Aside point - why can we not delete our own posts?)

because you can't.

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to have little in, and hit the "report this..." link to ask for them to be deleted - I moved it all to the links board instead. I didn't really feel that the "report this..." link was appropriate, as I'm only asking for it to be deleted due to rexing - it wasn't a priority. However, I had no other option. Thus, the "atn mods" link should go to a secondary list of things that wan doing but are a low priority.

nah, that was perfect. what happens, for those who are interested, is that generates an e-mail with a link to the reported post, the thread it contains, adnthe message you type in the box. we get to these when we can, as we do all things. we are all voulenteers and have real lives out side the computer, so in a sense ALL this is "second priority". as far as that goes, we're PERFECTLY capable of prioritizing our requests.

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2)http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=25633 - I've been waiting for a reply to my comments in this thread for a while now, so, as far as I am aware, it's simply been overlooked by the mods. I'd like to hit this kind of 'it's not urgent but I'd like a mod to look over this sometime soonish', instead of posting to bump the thread in the hope that a mod will read it.

honestly, I dunno what's up with the other thread, BUT, I do know this. Hal & the admins are the only ones that can change the site, and it all goes through Hal.

and this is a perfect example of something we probably DON'T want reported. reports are for:
rexes, rudeness, abuse, deletion/move requests. it you want to bring something to one of our attention personally, a friendly PM or an e-mail is probably a better way to go about it. hope that helps...

numist

if you really need to talk to a moderator, I suggest you click on the chat button on the top right of the main page.

This will take you to our irc channel on irvingnet.net, and there is almost always a mod present who can help you in whatever your endeavor.

cheerios

heh, that too. Speaking from pacific time, there's someone around from about 6 AM all the way through to when me'n Juan or Red crash at like midnight at the earliest.

cowudders14

Ok! Seems fair enough. Chat or pm it is then. Thanks!
Also, I'm glad you don't mind rexes being reported via the link. As it says
"This is ONLY to be used to report spam, advertising messages, and problematic (harassment, fighting, or rude) posts."
I thought rexes didn't fall into that catagory.
I appreciate that it's all "second priority" - glad to hear it!

Lastly, can I ask those reading this thread to let me know if they can see my icons in the other thread? Thanks!

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Lasereth

Cow didn't ask for a reiteration of the question. He/she asked why we can't delete our own posts. Is it a programming fault? Is VB hard to "get" to do this? I've found many times that I posted a thread that was useless and needed deletion. It would save moderator/admin/Hal's time if there were an option for this. The only thing I can think of is a post count issue when deleting a thread -- all of those that posted on it would essentially "lose" those posts. I'm not sure if that would update in real time for those that replied or not. Either way, I'm still curious why we can't delete our posts/replies.

-Lasereth

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cheerios

Lasereth: I don't have a clue as to the functionality of allowing users to delete their own posts. I do know it can and does cause trouble though. for example, in another board I was arguing with another member, and he threw a tempertantrum and deleted all the nasty comments he had, including the post itself. so now I look like a bitch who's yelling at someone and talking to myself, and I can't even point to an edited postand say "see? he DID say something, he was just a weenie and erased it." If it ever came to it, I'd advise Hal not to turn such a feature on. y'all should be accountable for your words. Also, as you bring up, deleting the first post in a thread deletes the whole thread.

Really guys, we voulenteer to help Hal and the place out 'cuz we like it here. we DON'T MIND helping someone delete something if there was an honest mistake. that's why we're here, and why we make ourselves available to you.

your welcome, cowudders, yes, I can see your icons. if you'd like some honest criticism, I think the lines are too thin to see at any reasonably high resolution. small icons need big, obvious symbolic contents. But that's just my opinion.

cowudders14

Cheerios - thanks. For explaining why we can't delete our posts, for letting me know you can see my icons, and for giving me some honest, useful criticism on them. I appreciate it.

I'll have a think and see what else I can design!

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Peetster

Also, if it's the first post that is deleted, the entire thread with everyone's comments vanishes. We don't want that. Since there is no way for the software to distinguish whether it is a first post or not, it's simpler (and safer) to get a mod to do it for you.