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Posted by Country Squire (U2267298) on Wednesday, 26th December 2007
Will someone tell me how long I am likely to be stuck here?
It is getting remarkably irritating.
, in reply to message 1.
Posted by littlecandle (U2651900) on Wednesday, 26th December 2007
Ey up, Squire
How/why did that happen? You've been posting for ages. Were you norty or what?
lc
Hope this explains the (fairly new) rules.
Flytie
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Posted by Bleak_Midwinter_Squirrel_Nutcase (U2248205) on Thursday, 27th December 2007
Happy Christmastide, My Hero and A Splendid Ornament to Mustardland. You can't be back too soon, in my book. The banishment was folly. $qxx
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Posted by Dusty Substances (U1474929) on Thursday, 27th December 2007
Keep going poppet - by the time you have recovered from double pneumonia, with a bit of persistence, you could have clocked up enough hits. Dx
It would seem that Ambridge is a law unto itself.
Yes it is irritating, and seems high handed, reactionary and counter to the spirit of messageboards. Almost as if it was trying to imitate the characters in the series.
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Posted by MsMumbo-Jumbo (U3613133) on Thursday, 27th December 2007
Whatever happened to Lynda_snail I wonder.
MJ
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Posted by Serafina the Virgo Witch (U3287790) on Thursday, 27th December 2007
-Who is Lynda_snail?
-Why was Country Squire (who's always funny) put in pre-moderation?
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This posting has been hidden during moderation because it broke the in some way.
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This posting has been hidden during moderation because it broke the in some way.
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This posting has been hidden during moderation because it broke the in some way.
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Posted by MsMumbo-Jumbo (U3613133) on Thursday, 27th December 2007
I can only presume that Lynda_snail struck again.
Watch out, there's a mollusc about.
MJ
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Posted by Serafina the Virgo Witch (U3287790) on Friday, 28th December 2007
It seems I've asked something that I shouldn't have: three messages (9,10,11) were hidden before I could even see them.
I'll keep me gob shut and me eyes open so that I can find out what's going on here.
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Posted by Vicarshusband (U6051871) on Friday, 28th December 2007
Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:43 GMT, in reply to Serafina the Virgo Witch Queen in message 13
Um. This is all rather confused, and is covered in threads on DTA, but briefly, there appears to be someone (or a number of someones) about at present who is or are rather sensitive, and who complained about a funny (but fairly bland) message posted by Nesta a few days ago. Quite what the objection was it is hard to see, but the mods modded it, so there it is.
The Squire then apparently fell foul of them (the catpe-er(s)) (one might might think, fell into their trap: but I won't say that) by reposting the censored message a number of times (enabling many of us to form our own judgements on it). It was also posted to an external website. As a result he has been put into pre-mod.
If I'm wrong I'm sure I'll be corrected. We are urged to move on from this: that would be nice, but it remains to be seen whether perfectly fair and reasonable posts continue to be zapped. (There, I've said it...)
VH
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Posted by Bleak_Midwinter_Squirrel_Nutcase (U2248205) on Friday, 28th December 2007
We are urged to move on from this: that would be nice, but it remains to be seen whether perfectly fair and reasonable posts continue to be zapped. (There, I've said it...)Â
And said it very well, VH. My feelings entirely.
But entirely accurately, I fear. This gives the full picture, which I was able to write with the benefit of actually seeing the complaints and removed messages in full:
Sorry, that should have read *not* entirely accurately.
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Posted by MsMumbo-Jumbo (U3613133) on Friday, 28th December 2007
Freudian slip.
MJ
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Posted by Serafina the Virgo Witch (U3287790) on Friday, 28th December 2007
Thank you for the explanations provided.
Gosh, Mr Keri can be very masterful. Gulp.
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Posted by jennet_device (U8197637) on Sunday, 30th December 2007
Speaking as a non-player of either, what does Keri mean by 'treat the mods as the referee in Rugby, not as in football'?
In reply to jennet_device in message 21
Like you, Jennet, I've never played rugby or football. However, I have a pretty good idea that Keri is referring to the fact that in these degenerate modern times football players often argue with the ref, whereas rugby players accept the ref's decisions without question, even if they disagree. Hope that helps. Gaye
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Posted by montythemuntjac (U6065689) on Sunday, 30th December 2007
Who exactly are the mods and how do you get to be one? I was always a rocker myself.
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú uses external Moderators, they are not Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú employees.
The Moderators do not post anything on the boards, they do not have the power to put anybody into premod - only Hosts can do that.
When the Mods read a message they see it on its own, they do not see it in 'context'. They also do not see the name of the poster.
They read at least 250 000 posts every week. There is not an 'Archer' mod who learns all our funny little ways. They see the post, without a name, and decide whether it breaks the House Rules. I imagine they have to make their decision quite quickly and of course sometimes make mistakes.
Hosts are quite different. They *are* Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú employees although they usually host a board as a volunteer (Mr Keri is a rare exception). They are the ones with ultimate power.
Flytie
Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:21 GMT, in reply to Gaye Gables in message 22
Agreed. The ref will also not interrupt the game if the disadvantaged team do not lose by a tackle. It is very complicated. Have you seen the size of some of these guys?
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