Author: Chessfun
Date: 14:35:21 12/04/00
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On December 04, 2000 at 09:29:44, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >On December 04, 2000 at 05:51:11, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On December 03, 2000 at 22:53:51, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On December 03, 2000 at 21:19:12, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >>> >>>>On December 03, 2000 at 16:41:10, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>>> >>>>>On December 03, 2000 at 13:53:47, Stephen A. Boak wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I vote to move all off-topics to the General Chess Forum--rapidly, when detected >>>>>>by the moderators themselves or after a reader complaint. This should be a >>>>>>simple solution (I hope). >>>>>> >>>>>>I think posters themselves should have the self-control to avoid off-topic >>>>>>posting in the Computer Chess forum. Alas, they often do not. >>>>>> >>>>>>Then those who want attention on 'off-topics' may have it, in the general forum >>>>>>(which I virtually never read!). The thread may languish at its leisure, die in >>>>>>relative obscurity, and not interfere with those who are studying or enjoying >>>>>>computer chess topics. >>>>>> >>>>>>How about it? >>>>> >>>>>What is that board for? Everything that isn't for here? >>>>> >>>>>bruce >>>> >>>>Is your question real or rhetorical? >>> >>>>If real, don't ask me, ask Mr. Schwartz, the owner of the board. >>> >>>Beeeep wrong. >>> >>>>If rhetorical, okay here's my reply: :) >>> >>>Correct. >>> >>>>You have two boards intended to keep certain types of postings segregated, due >>>>to topicality. >>>> >>>>The first board is intended only for topics specifically involving computer >>>>chess (specific emphasis on computer). >>>> >>>>The second board is intended for all other general chess topics that are >>>>non-computer in nature (emphasis on non-computer). >>>> >>>>Thus I believe an off-topic posting (having *nothing* to do with computer chess) >>>>on, say, elections, should be put in the more general forum (general chess >>>>forum) rather than the more specific forum (computer chess forum). This >>>>reserves the forum with the more specific posting topic for the more specific >>>>posts. >>> >>>This makes no sense at all. >>>These are two specific forums for Chess one involving computers >>>the other not. Those are the subjects that should be posted. >>>No others. >>> >>>>If the moderators do not moderate to the extent of deleting off-topic posts (and >>>>that would be my preference, although as Bob says if an off-topic thread is >>>>short-lived it may often simply be ignored) , then they should at least move >>>>them to the non-specific forum where they interfere less with the nature of the >>>>specific forum (for computer chess!). >>> >>>The problem is the moderators are not consistant with either their >>>policy regarding deletion or the methods chosen. >>> >>>>However, if you must handle the threads in order to move them to the General >>>>Chess Forum, where the threads are also off-topic, then you might simply delete >>>>them, saving further inconvenience to the General Chess Forum readers who at >>>>least expect that board's postings to concern chess in general. >>> >>>You got it. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >> I'm against most deletions done by other than oneself. It can cause many >>upsets, and doesn't respect those who post. >> But I do agree that everyone should keep on-topic, or very closely related. >> And the same goes for the general chess forum. It is seriously lacking however, >>in important chess matters. But it should NEVER be a trash can of anything. >> Stephen, what would you say about the off-topic and trash comments from General >>Chess forum being moved over here? >>S.Taylor > >Aha! Gotcha! :) > >If you object so strongly to *moving* an off-topic or trash comment from the >Computer Chess Forum to the General Chess Forum (and I agree, in fact), then why >allow such 'trash can' items to be posted (or remain posted) in the Computer >Chess Forum in the first place? > >If they are so blatantly trash or off-topic that moving them to the General >Chess Forum would be unpalatable, then they absolutely should not be left in the >initial forum in the first place--they should be deleted! That is my point. > >I have a little bit of tongue in cheek humor (Bruce missed it, Sarah missed it) >behind my initial postings--based on the following conundrum: > >1. What is the sense of having multiple forums, one for more specific topics >than the other, one for more general topics than the other, if the moderators do >not enforce the segregation rationale? I never missed it. It was a question I raised months ago. Either we have a moderated forum or we don't. If we don't have one then we may as well get rid of GCF. >What a joke!--letting off-topic matters remain in a forum they don't belong >to--especially when they take up so much bandwidth (more than a single posting >and a couple of replies). It all comes down to moderator policy and defining such a policy early on. Maybe a poll on the off-topic subject would help. If we already had one then have another, the same as normal elections. >A third forum we should have is the off-topic forum, which is the big trash can >for deleted posts! Hahaha LOL...too funny. >Moderators shouldn't hesitate to use it. I'm not trying to make them police >every two cents tossed into a posting, but the blatant threads that are >completely off-topic should be quickly deleted, without a moments hesitation. Opps above I thought you were joking LOL. This makes no sense at all, you blast away at someone then it's deleted so it can be read elsewhere LOL. Sarah.
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