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[Elagabalus]

Its been going on scince the forum started, which is why I've always said ban both the troll and the troll feeders and the issue endsl

Can't argue with that!

 

[Anonymous]

Polish was being outrageous. Polish was gently baiting and trolling and the haters were much more aggressively baiting and trolling back. Then the mod tells everybody to stop.

Immediately afterward, Polish subtly baited the haters one more time--with the obvious intention to trip the haters into a ban. That's just plain malicious.

Like your subtle trolling now? Pathetic. Ballsy, given this is the mod thread, but pathetic.

 

[180mmCrank]

Any lines that are drawn in here are pretty broad ... You have to push things to cross them ... People who get banned have generally created a lot of noise and nuisance one way or another.

Believe me all the admin folk have way better things to do than make up reasons to ban folk.

T

 

[boomcie]

Believe me all the admin folk have way better things to do than make up reasons to ban folk.

I volunteer!

 

[Froome19]

The doping arguments of the last week have become so rife in the Pro racing section that it is driving members away permanently.

Threads such as:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17750

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?p=934143&posted=1#post934143

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17740

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15116

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15097

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17744

Amongst many others...
I appreciate that the moderators are trying but currently it is not enough.

Also this thread also demonstrates another problem is occurring where posters are having unnecessary bashes at each other, I would have reported it but instead decided to mention whilst I was here.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17751&page=2

It seems like there are not enough moderators online at the same time too deal with the increased influx due to the Tour.

 

[will10]

Did you use the report button at all?

 

[ElChingon]

The doping arguments of the last week have become so rife in the Pro racing section that it is driving members away permanently.

Threads such as:
http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17750

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?p=934143&posted=1#post934143

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17740

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15116

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=15097

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17744

Amongst many others...
I appreciate that the moderators are trying but currently it is not enough.

Also this thread also demonstrates another problem is occurring where posters are having unnecessary bashes at each other, I would have reported it but instead decided to mention whilst I was here.

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17751&page=2

It seems like there are not enough moderators online at the same time too deal with the increased influx due to the Tour.

Took a look and can only say:

clutching at straws

 

[BroDeal]

The doping arguments of the last week have become so rife in the Pro racing section that it is driving members away permanently.

LOL. What about the members being driven away permanently because they cannot make snarky comments about the obvious?

 

[180mmCrank]

There is not enough moderation capacity to keep up ... We do our best and sometimes that is not enough! All I can say is we try to respond to reported posts and other things we come across... Although you would raise an eyebrow at some of what gets reported ... Most of the time this very very helpful - thank you!


T

 

[FignonLeGrand]

you now have polls running stating Wiggins is a doper in the pro section

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17750&page=7

this foum is fast becoing a haven for dopng related smears, not at all worried someone might make you liable?

 

[college]

you now have polls running stating Wiggins is a doper in the pro section

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=17750&page=7

this foum is fast becoing a haven for dopng related smears, not at all worried someone might make you liable?

Seems to be that way doesn’t it?
I was specifically called out in the Clinic- Sky thread as another person named Chris. It was on post #1373 it is blatant baiting yet nothing was done.

 

[JRTinMA]

Susan, you have banned Tyler's Twin and Mr. Pumpy for using "Wiggins Words". Is it possible nobody knows what the hell you are talking about? What is a "Wiggins Word"? Are we not supposed to say his name or some word he uses? I really have no idea. If its saying his name I guess I get my first ban...

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

If you read the news, you will know what those words are.

Susan

 

[JRTinMA]

If you read the news, you will know what those words are.

Susan

Because of my damn curiosity you have forced me to go read the news. Very cruel

 

[pedaling squares]

Susan, you have banned Tyler's Twin and Mr. Pumpy for using "Wiggins Words". Is it possible nobody knows what the hell you are talking about? What is a "Wiggins Word"? Are we not supposed to say his name or some word he uses? I really have no idea. If its saying his name I guess I get my first ban...

A profane word written with a couple of asterisks replacing vowels. Shocking enough to peel paint. The word appeared in articles on the CN main page, but cannot appear in the same form in the CN forum. It is ok to show the word, well you cannot really call it a word, more like a few consonants and an asterisk, on the main page accessible to all, but it is an affront to repeat this partial word in the forum, accessible only to those who log in. Make sense? Probably not, but this is the CN forum, where we are treated like b*bies. Do as they say, not as they do.

 

[Stingray34]

The only person allowed to refer the 'wiggins words' is ol Muttonchops himself, it seems. While others can be censored, sanctioned or even arrested for using them, the man himself recieved widespread praise.

There may be a difference between courage and being a boor, but...

It's good to be tha king...

 

[JRTinMA]

A profane word written with a couple of asterisks replacing vowels. Shocking enough to peel paint. The word appeared in articles on the CN main page, but cannot appear in the same form in the CN forum. It is ok to show the word, well you cannot really call it a word, more like a few consonants and an asterisk, on the main page accessible to all, but it is an affront to repeat this partial word in the forum, accessible only to those who log in. Make sense? Probably not, but this is the CN forum, where we are treated like b*bies. Do as they say, not as they do.

Trusting you on the usage of the word on CN.com, that is a fair bit of hypocrisy to say the least.

Rhymes with tanker?

 

[Stingray34]

A profane word written with a couple of asterisks replacing vowels. Shocking enough to peel paint. The word appeared in articles on the CN main page, but cannot appear in the same form in the CN forum. It is ok to show the word, well you cannot really call it a word, more like a few consonants and an asterisk, on the main page accessible to all, but it is an affront to repeat this partial word in the forum, accessible only to those who log in. Make sense? Probably not, but this is the CN forum, where we are treated like b*bies. Do as they say, not as they do.

The very polite PM I received for asking the same question explained it succinctly as 'the difference between the news and a forum.'

Good enough for me and all right-thinking people.

 

[pedaling squares]

Ah yes, the peoples' right to know but not to discuss.

 

[Stingray34]

Ah yes, the peoples' right to know but not to discuss.

...and all the news that's fit to print on cyclingnews.com. See you over at velorooms.

 

[pedaling squares]

Surely I won't get banned for quoting CN forum leader Daniel Benson's article on the main page? After all, this is not news but rather an opinion piece on the first 10 days of the tour.

Cyclingnews checks in on the first rest day

1. Allez Wiggo, Allez the f**king w**kers

It's either right, or it's wrong. Which is it?

 

[Anonymous]

The issue here is that Cyclingnews and Future Publishing do not want to be running a forum where those type of words are used as insults either directly or indirectly.

There is a big difference between reported speech in the context of a news story and littering what are meant to be community-based posts between members with foul and abusive language. That is the issue here. And those are the rules.

Mark Robinson
Deputy Editor, Cyclingnews

 

[ElChingon]

That means we can quote the living daylights out of the world! Yes!

I knew there was a loophole in there, thanks!

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Don't worry, loopholes can be closed.....

Susan

 

[pedaling squares]

The issue here is that Cyclingnews and Future Publishing do not want to be running a forum where those type of words are used as insults either directly or indirectly.

There is a big difference between reported speech in the context of a news story and littering what are meant to be community-based posts between members with foul and abusive language. That is the issue here. And those are the rules.

Mark Robinson
Deputy Editor, Cyclingnews

Thanks for the reply, Mark. I agree with your position, although I note that the speech has been used by staff outside of that context. Your interpretation eliminates the double standard. Insults between forum members have been forbidden, and dealt with by moderators, since the inception of the forum, whether or not they involved foul language, with or without asterisks. And they should continue to be dealt with in the interests of the community. Repeating a word, or partial word, that is repeatedly used by staff in the main body of the site, in the forum in a non-insulting manner is another matter, and is outside of those goal posts.