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Ok - there's no sex, or at least none that I'm hearing about...
There have been a few posts questioning things such as posts being deleted, members being banned, and moderator actions. I'd like to clear a few things up.
1. Posts being deleted.
Thanks for making me troll over log files - however I've just checked, apart from some posts that were deleted as they were exact duplicate of existing threads, I am the only person who has deleted posts this month.
Usually we try to move posts to another thread or split a thread.
I guess I could have done this, but did Jono and Jargan bitching at each other really need a new thread?
It certainly added nothing to the Cheetahs -vs- Western Force thread. The said posts were not deleted as a form of censorship, they were deleted out of convenience (I couldn;t be stuffed moving them to a new thread) I've just undeleted all of these posts if you wish to read them: http://twf.com.au/showthread.php?t=20416 (first 2 pages)
2. Moderators
Moderators are a bit like refs, eveyone likes them as long as the decisions they make are the same as their own. Moderators are not paid. TWF moderators have very few rather broad guidelines and it is up to them to do as they see fit at the time. They were 'hired' for their varied viewpoints and entrusted with tools to do a job. They do their job well and without thanks, quite the opposite generally. I stand by any decision they make.
3. Editing posts
Apart an incidence of some mischief late last year, posts are not edit to change meaning or intent. Sometimes they are edited for grammar or spelling or writing team lists 1 to 15 rather than 15 - 1. Sometimes they are edited to tone back language. For the most part, they are not edited.
Here is an example of one of the few posts edited because of content
changed toHe's also a lazy sh1t that expects everything to happen for him since sycophants like you have been licking his anus since he was 12
He has a self destructive personality that will see him snorting crack and head butting telegraph poles in Redfern before too long.
Do you think the original should have stayed?He's also lazy and expects everything to happen for him
He has a self destructive personality
4. Closing threads
Threads get closed from time to time if they bug a moderator, are seen to be going no where. It's a way to make the contributors to such threads stop and think. Any member can start a new thread - they generally don't.
5. Banning Members
Any member may be banned at a moderators discretion. See point 2.
6. TWF
No, TWF is not a communist state. Nor is it a public website. It is a privately owned website. An excerpt form the registration agreement:
7. You can't please all of the people all of the timeThe owners of Western Force Rugby Supporters Site reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.
Trolls will not be tolerated.
The owners of Western Force Rugby Supporters Site reserve the right to delete, ban or suspend a members account without notice at their discretion.
As much as I'd like to - it's a fruitless pursuit. The flipside of this is that you as individuals or a group can not expect to be pleased all of the time either.
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I think most would agree that we try and make TWF an inclusive site with as broad an appeal as possible to as broad an audience as possible. Men, women and kids. Whilst trying to uphold this toes will get stepped on from time to time.
If anyone has a genuine ongoing gripe - they can PM me. If you wish to remain anonymous, log out and then use the 'Contact Us' link. Or you may email me coachtwf.com.au
As you were...
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
I just praised you and now I feel odd about it, because you're stating the obvious.
I could remove my praise, but I'm pretty sure I'd feel odd about that, too.
Bugger. I've snookered myself.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal:
it is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill
5. banning members......coach is it up to the mods to lift the ban?....
I also praised, clarifying the rules (for want of a better word) might settle the edginess around the place...hopefully.
Coach runs the site largely at his own expense, with the help of TWF member donations, and if he has put faith into people to moderate his site then they sure as day have the right to do what he allows. If you disagree suck it up, you're using Coach's site and what he says goes. Go team!
Y'know how to get our attention, though, boss!
Ooops - I for one didn't mean to give you more work - I was trying to make a general point about how most of us can respond to the stirrers intelligently. Though perhaps what we're told about bullies at school would be better - just ignore them...
Keeping the Faith ... right here in Perth!
You know I love this place coach and I don't usually bitch but I came here under the premis of sex ...
I appreciate what the mods do but I just hope some of them aren't moderating with their hearts as oppossed to the TWF guidelines which I'd imagine could be hard sometimes!
Coach you mentioned threads are removed if they 'bug' a moderator, but what 'bugs' a moderator may not 'bug' others; this is where I get confused, and also where I can see moderating would become difficult!
"Believe in the best, think your best, study your best, have a goal for your best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best."
15-1 rule noted but the English Writers have started using 15-9 and 1-8 as the standard - I would like time for a sex life (and do not wish to interfere with the mods mating rituals) how strict are we on this one ?
Onya Mods - Death to the Trolls - personally not into the language some peps use however as I can't spell who am I to say anything.![]()
61 years between Grand SlamsWas the wait worth it - Ya betta baby
Not removed, closed. Chances are that if they 'bug' a moderator, they also bug a proportion of readers.Originally Posted by Lonzy
Yes - Also, all bans are given a time frame atthe time of banning after which the the member will automatically be 'unbanned' with no intervention. The 'banee' is notified of this time period which can be a minimum of one day. A week is the default I believe.Originally Posted by Slomo
Dear Lord, if you give us back Johnny Cash, we'll give you Justin Bieber.
so, Chiselhead has a ten year ban,with the automatic 33% off for truth in sentencing
with the overcrowding of our prisons that should be another 33% off.Another 33% for good behaviour
with the sentence backdated to the time of the offence,we should expect him back tomorrow?
I believe that Chiselhead earnt his ban fair and square. but the problem was - it should have been given to him 12 hours earlier.
I believe that the rant that he was on, and then creating three(?) threads of similar nature as well as taking a go at people for differing opinions to his own was his own undoing. He needed a break to cool his heels and calm down. Having an opinion is fine, not accepting other people opinions is not.
As far as the Mods go. They are doing a great job considering the money they get for it. I couldn't do it - I don't have the temprement for it.
Lets never lose sight of the fact that opinions are like buttocks, everyone has them and most of them stink.
Exile
Port Macquarie
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place and I don’t care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard ya hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done! Now if you know what you’re worth then go out and get what you’re worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain’t where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain’t you! You’re better than that!" - Rocky Balboa
Thanks for clearing that up Coach...I thought Trolls were the things that lived under bridges and ate goats and was wondering why they weren't allowed on TWF
coz Stone Cold says so