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  • #61
    Re: Improving the Forum

    Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post

    As for spam, perhaps that be solved by having better registration procedures - perhaps making it in several stages, and with a delay in posting rights for several days after registering.
    Bell, we've considered this as well, however spam has not really been such a problem as to necessitate this sort of action which would also decrease legitimate new registrations.
    [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
    -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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    • #62
      Re: Improving the Forum

      Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
      I ran this through Google's Armenian-English translator, and it gave me: "I think it is disgusting that people have a free hand at disagreeing with what I post, since I am a true Armenian and thus must always be correct, and those who disagree wih me are either not true Armenians or are non-Armenians and so shouldn't be allowed to be here."

      As for spam, perhaps that be solved by having better registration procedures - perhaps making it in several stages, and with a delay in posting rights for several days after registering.


      I am not against being criticised.
      I am not against free speech or opinion.

      I can see something which you obviously cannot see.
      Even if you could see, you couldn't care less as a non Armenian who is frequently hostile to Armenians ( at times justified but not always).

      My point is, there is a big difference between starting a ( derogatory ) thread, leaving it as a hook for others to debate AND
      expressing an opinion whatever that may be.

      It is noticeable these threads were started by individuals who have only a few postings and disappear from the scene.
      I see this as a sinister behaviour, without loosing my sense of the importance of free speech.
      Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
      Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
      Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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      • #63
        Re: Improving the Forum

        Originally posted by Siggie View Post
        It's really easy to criticize, isn't it?
        Indeed.

        It was not a criticism but a polite request to improve the forum.

        I think you (all) do a wonderful job, please keep it up!!
        Politics is not about the pursuit of morality nor what's right or wrong
        Its about self interest at personal and national level often at odds with the above.
        Great politicians pursue the National interest and small politicians personal interests

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        • #64
          Re: Improving the Forum

          Originally posted by londontsi View Post
          I can see something which you obviously cannot see.
          Even if you could see, you couldn't care less as a non Armenian ....
          See, your own words prove what I said was true. That you seem to be blind to it (so blind that you actually posted the above) is even more proof if it were needed. "I am a true Armenian and thus must always be correct, and those who disagree with me are either not true Armenians or are non-Armenians and so shouldn't be allowed to be here."
          Last edited by bell-the-cat; 08-11-2011, 10:46 AM.
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          • #65
            Re: Improving the Forum

            Originally posted by Siggie View Post
            Bell, we've considered this as well, however spam has not really been such a problem as to necessitate this sort of action which would also decrease legitimate new registrations.
            I don't know what the current registration procedures are, but for most forums nowadays, where the applications are automated, the membership application requires you to fill in a letter/number verification box to prove you are human, and then sends out an email with a link that you need to visit as a second stage to the verification. Is this how it is set up here? And some forums require the first few posts by new members to be checked by moderators before their posts show up. I don't think legitimate new registrants would mind waiting - if they were legitimate they would probably have been browsing the forum for some time before deciding to be members anyway.
            Last edited by bell-the-cat; 08-11-2011, 10:48 AM.
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            • #66
              Re: Improving the Forum

              Yes, we use both of those features. I'll consider it... I just hate for people to have to wait until I can review their posts or approve their membership.

              But let's not have the argument about what Armenians are like here please.
              [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
              -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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              • #67
                Re: Improving the Forum

                Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
                I don't know what the current registration procedures are....
                And I don't know what the old procedures were either - because I never actually took out membership here!

                (I came here by default when the ArmenianGenocide forum merged with this one.)
                Plenipotentiary meow!

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                • #68
                  Re: Improving the Forum

                  Originally posted by bell-the-cat View Post
                  And I don't know what the old procedures were either - because I never actually took out membership here!

                  (I came here by default when the ArmenianGenocide forum merged with this one.)
                  More reason for you to stop Doging us here.....wait but your a xxxxxcat. ??


                  I have an idea, how about everytime a new member puts a link in his first 5 posts the message comes out " Siggie knows I am a spamer", or something like that.
                  B0zkurt Hunter

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                  • #69
                    Re: Improving the Forum

                    Originally posted by Eddo211 View Post
                    More reason for you to stop Doging us here.....wait but your a xxxxxcat. ??


                    I have an idea, how about everytime a new member puts a link in his first 5 posts the message comes out " Siggie knows I am a spamer", or something like that.
                    You can usually tell before they've even posted anything. I delete most spammers before they post at all. It's the ones in the evening and overnight that get by because I'm typically not on then.
                    [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
                    -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

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                    • #70
                      Re: Improving the Forum

                      moderators/admins should have limited terms.
                      members should be able to vote them out every six months.

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