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  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

a new moderator added :)

@ kiwikat: In defense I will tell you that those were things that were rolling before I was brought in...and that I had nothing to do with.

With that said I guess you have pretty much killed the spirit of this thread. I guess I'll ask that it get locked.
 
N2056 said:
@ kiwikat: In defense I will tell you that those were things that were rolling before I was brought in...and that I had nothing to do with.

With that said I guess you have pretty much killed the spirit of this thread. I guess I'll ask that it get locked.
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I've got nothing against you Robert. I miss the days we used to talk on messenger.


The "new" direction of SOH is another story though.


I wasn't the one who "killed" the spirit of the thread. Many others have wanted to say what I did. Simply look a few posts up. The other threads where it was being discussed were removed. This discussion will just move onto another thread. You guys can keep locking it and removing it, but its going to continue.
 
TimHarris said:
The tantrums here are astonishing! :sheep:
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Tantrum? Being concerned about a community you've been part of for 4 years is a tantrum?

I've donated here for two years straight. I've posted more than 3000 posts since I first came here. I've even submitted files to the library in the past. I think I've earned my couple cents to throw in. :salute:
 
The direction SOH is going in is being worked on. That might have something to do with my getting involved. My disappointment stems from the fact that you felt the need to bring that up here vice opening a new topic.

Everyone else said "welcome". You came in and criticized current events without so much as a "Hi".

You know me well enough to know that I am going to call things as I see them, but hopefully I will do it in a professional manner. All I ask is that others do the same.
 
N2056 said:
The direction SOH is going in is being worked on. That might have something to do with my getting involved. My disappointment stems from the fact that you felt the need to bring that up here vice opening a new topic.

Everyone else said "welcome". You came in and criticized current events without so much as a "Hi".

You know me well enough to know that I am going to call things as I see them, but hopefully I will do it in a professional manner. All I ask is that others do the same.
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It is by chance that it is on your thread Robert. I agree it isn't the right place to talk about this. However I did respond on multiple threads that have been locked and removed. Where are we to discuss what's going on? If we create a new thread about the situation, who's to say it too won't be removed?

Please answer some of these questions so we can discuss this in the proper thread that won't be locked and hidden. :salute:
 
Guys, remember your first days at a new job? It takes time to get up to speed on how things are done. One of the reasons I am keeping low is because I am learning some things. Granted, there have been problems. In my real life job when something doesn't work like you thought it should you go back and figure out why (which here includes comments you guys make). Then you make adjustments and try again.

We're human. Just like you. Trust me...I understand the frustration but I don't have a magic wand that fixes it magically. Give it some time.

EDIT- In the interest of constructive dialogue I have asked that this stay active
 
I'm not really taking it personally (not too much at least). All I'm trying to do is let you know that I (we) actually have a plan.

One of my big goals is to try and have fun doing this. The crowd here is a good one and that really should not be hard to do.
 
Good luck, N2056! :wavey:

But I agree with Kiwikat...deleting the 'Good/Grief' thread without any comment was not very helpful for the situation. What's wrong with simply telling the users that the 'banning system' was obviously not a good idea and has been discarded? :)

Greetings
Tim
 
By the way, how many moderators are they are and who might they be. Some of them drift off to be replaced by new ones. Stand and be counted.
 
A forum that thrives, will have a membership cross-section that includes many free spirits.

In a "gotta take the good with the bad" reality; there's a VERY thin line between governing, and dictating.

Thread-locking is a necessary component of forum governance, but it does takes ya right up to that line; a loaded gun of last resort.. Thread deletion is akin to book burning, and is a step over the line.

In this thread's spirit of welcoming a new moderator: Whilst planning,, be careful what you wish for :salute:
 
Just a quick note for the record. I currently do not have the ability to lock threads. None of that was by my hand.
 
Welcome to the party, Mr. Kerr! :wavey:

They still have that he!!-hole of a mega home improvement store over by the Honda dealership? Gosh I hated delivering to that store.... But if I came over from Santee to get a load of "orange buckets" it took me right by KSEE and that was always nice! :jump:
 
Helldiver said:
By the way, how many moderators are they are and who might they be. Some of them drift off to be replaced by new ones. Stand and be counted.
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The moderators for a particular forum are identified at the bottom of the page for that forum. They and other moderators are also identified by the "SOH Staff" title above the avatar. Moderators have responsibility for and authority within the forums to which they are assigned. Administrators (even the "Jr." ones) have authority over all the forums, and have more "magic powers" such as the ability to merge threads, move them, and other (classified) capabilities. If you see that some action has been taken within a forum by somebody not identified as a moderator for that forum, it's because it was done by an administrator. This sometimes happens when the moderator is not available. Everyone has to sleep sometime. It's why we brought in a second moderator to this forum, which would keep one person very busy. Especially here!
 
PRB said:
Administrators (even the "Jr." ones) have authority over all the forums, and have more "magic powers" such as the ability to merge threads, move them, and other (classified) capabilities.
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Interesting that you mention about the capability of moving threads. Is there any chance of moving the ones that have nothing to do with FSX yet were posted in the FSX General Discussion nonetheless. The ones titled OT 303 SMLE and off topic mauser 98 are two that spring to mind.

Regards, Mike Mann
 
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