Skandar Akbar
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mewmewmew13 said:the weather in houston today...51* ..a slight chill ---little windy
Ye it is I live here. I will not address you any longer with your games.
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mewmewmew13 said:the weather in houston today...51* ..a slight chill ---little windy
python said:can we get back on topic about the mods...?
python said:can we get back on topic about the mods...?
akbar places a sexist remark that gets a protest and gets removed. he comes here and whines.
...out of the blue some hypocritical suggestions are added to the topic and some members who would normally jump in to freE, try to derail the thread.
i hope the mods handle it properly.
python said:thanks for showing up, me and some others expected you !
no one, including the mods, is fooled by where you, akbar and glen are from
i'm all for being sensitive to people from all lands, including texas.
He is just taking the discussion in the direction of Armstrong. Some ole stuff, different thread.Cal_Joe said:Python, this is the exact thing (the bolded part) the mods seem to be trying to curb - responding to posts that do not answer a post but serve up speculation regarding a poster. I do not know if you are capable of tracing IP addresses of posts on this forum, and pinning the IP address to a particular locale - if so, please let the mods know that they have a security problem with the forum. If not, is there any rational explanation for the bolded part?
Disagreement on posts is what makes this forum lively - again my take is that disagreement should have some substance, not the TFH of the day.
scribe said:Some ole stuff, different thread.
TeamSkyFans said:Any mods know why my thread pointing out two glaring photo captioning errors on the website was deleted today?
explanation be nice.
for what its worth, the two pictures are this one
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-mediterraneen-cycliste-professionnel-2-1-1/day-3/photos/158214
and this one
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-mediterraneen-cycliste-professionnel-2-1-1/day-3/photos/158215
Alpe d'Huez said:Just an aside - Re-registering as a new user (sock puppet) during a ban is grounds for a permanent ban of all accounts.
susan,Susan Westemeyer said:Of course people aren't allowed to re-register while they are banned, and you might be surprised how many we fish out trying to do that.
But when people monkey with their IPs and email addresses, there's not a lot we can do.
Susan
python said:i have a general mod question related strictly to this forum, just like all my posts in this thread related to this forum only... i do not have any specific user in mind.
Most definitely, as most ISPs have shared internet portals. The people who intentionally try to mask their IPs with special programs sometimes read as distinctively as anyone.Martin318is said:incidence of IP crossover with other members (happens more than you think)
Martin318is said:? (To answer my own question, there have been at least 2 cases of BPCs being banned who were NOT BPC. - and roughly 10 times that many false accusations)
Check out WL's first posts. Nothing like the irreverent and funny poster we now have. If memory serves he went head to head with TFF and RR and supported BPC while, God forbid, using correct spelling and intelligent phrasing. I don't blame anyone for initially thinking it was a BPC sockpuppet. I don't know what led to the change in approach but when it happened I wondered if WL was a CN staffer just messing about on the side.The Hitch said:When WonderLance joined he was accused of being BPC immediately by about 6 posters and there were many calls for him to be banned.
Imagine how much we would have lost if he had been banned for this there and then.
pedaling squares said:I don't know what led to the change in approach
Susan Westemeyer said:Qbix, do you realise that 7 of your 12 postings are in the mod threads? Did you join this forum simply to discuss our mod policies?
Susan
QbixNorway said:Of course I do realize. I take great interest in these topics. I moderate another forum, so I think it's interesting to compare the policies and whatnot between the two. I post in the cycling related threads when I find topics that interest me, but so far those have been far between.
Anything wrong with that?
Ferminal said:I doubt there is a "problem" but it's just a little weird seeing someone so newly registered and with so few posts/discussions to their name to be actively discussing moderation policies. The fact that you are being critical of the moderators without actually being a forum contributor may rub some people the wrong way.