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I just thought it would be easier to have one location to see who was banned, but I do see where it can be problematicsky14kemea said:
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ok sinece I have no idea where to post this and it's the moderater's who keep asking for it I gotta ask how do I embed my video's from youtube? I don't really care if this get's moved to another form I just need the question answered.
You've got TimeLord mentioned twice in the list
(Then again he has that effect, with time travel and all)
(Then again he has that effect, with time travel and all)
*sobs*Ziadaine said:You've got TimeLord mentioned twice in the list
(Then again he has that effect, with time travel and all)
But really, thanks for letting me know. I'll go fix that. =P
I'd just like to bring attention to something I've noticed in this FAQ and the Code of Conduct. Necroing threads isn't mentioned anywhere but it is doubtlessly against the rules; as I've seen many a thread necro receive moderator action. Is it possible to amend these rules list for a more comprehensive list of infraction types?
In the R&P we discuss a lot of things, because people have opinions about a lot of things. A lot of these things are very mature (zoophilia, age of consent, you name it). Yet some of these things apparently break the Code of Conduct:
"Posts including or advocating". Well, if, for instance, I believe that something illegal should be made legal in the US (and we have many, many of those topics), how can I argue this without breaking the CoC? Can I even MENTION said thing without 'including' it in my post and thus breaking the CoC?
You are welcome to discuss those options, as long as you do not admit to using it, or give anyone advice on how to use it.Realitycrash said:
Arguing it's legality is fine, but as long as you argue both pros and cons.
It's an iffy area, so really I'd advise not discussing it at all if you're unsure as to whether or not you'd get banned for posting it.
As always, you're welcome to PM a Mod to ask if your OP is within the CoC before posting.
Okay, question:
Someone's harassing you via PM. Now, I've tried the "contact" form before and I no longer get responses (I've checked my spam filter, I've whitelisted the Escapist, I have received email from here before) and the last time I contacted a community manager, it was clear nothing came of it. If I bring this up with a regular mod, is this the sort of thing they can handle, or am I just out of luck?
Someone's harassing you via PM. Now, I've tried the "contact" form before and I no longer get responses (I've checked my spam filter, I've whitelisted the Escapist, I have received email from here before) and the last time I contacted a community manager, it was clear nothing came of it. If I bring this up with a regular mod, is this the sort of thing they can handle, or am I just out of luck?
I'd like to ask and know exactly why the Jak & Daxter thread was locked because I saw normal discussion going on in there whilst the gaming forum section is full of talk of sexism, the Zoe case and Anita, why are those threads allowed to stay alive when there as very similar threads like those going on in the "off-topic" section, it doesn't make sense because the gaming section is to be for gaming discussion topics only and yet one gaming discussion was locked while allowing 5 other threads non gaming related to be open.
I feel that allowing those threads to multiply and spread is just giving you guys too much work and in the end I feel I;m going to see random lockdowns compared to threads that have long long overstayed their discussion period (the Zoe thread is now 370 pages long, pretty sure enough has been talked about such a hot topic).
There's even a post two above that asks how the workload for you guys is working with the Zoe thread in particular, I;d say letting it live to beyond 370 is just going to increase the pointless workload, if it's that bad why not hire new mods or lock the thread, from the much smaller threads I've seen locked like the Jak & Daxter which is nowhere near as bad as the Zoe one I;d say it's not really a problem for you guys.
I know one of you will point out a rule being broken but let's be honest here, plenty have already been broken in the past without much mod thought or interaction, yes you are human and make mistakes but I can tell some are overlooked like allowing hot topic threads to stay alive or deliberate threads in order to garner more hits, I'm not unfamiliar with that as I've seen it happen on multiple sites, this one isn't any unique and special to such things.
I'd also like to point out as a final note that a user previously in the gaming section had become active again after some time being away since we'd not seen him around since 2011 and he ended up posting 2-3 topics designed to anger others and two of them just bringing more fuel to the console vs PC fire, why weren't those threads locked?, two of them were recent and even after repeated flagging nothing was done about it, was it due to the sexism, Anita and Zoe threads?.
I feel that allowing those threads to multiply and spread is just giving you guys too much work and in the end I feel I;m going to see random lockdowns compared to threads that have long long overstayed their discussion period (the Zoe thread is now 370 pages long, pretty sure enough has been talked about such a hot topic).
There's even a post two above that asks how the workload for you guys is working with the Zoe thread in particular, I;d say letting it live to beyond 370 is just going to increase the pointless workload, if it's that bad why not hire new mods or lock the thread, from the much smaller threads I've seen locked like the Jak & Daxter which is nowhere near as bad as the Zoe one I;d say it's not really a problem for you guys.
I know one of you will point out a rule being broken but let's be honest here, plenty have already been broken in the past without much mod thought or interaction, yes you are human and make mistakes but I can tell some are overlooked like allowing hot topic threads to stay alive or deliberate threads in order to garner more hits, I'm not unfamiliar with that as I've seen it happen on multiple sites, this one isn't any unique and special to such things.
I'd also like to point out as a final note that a user previously in the gaming section had become active again after some time being away since we'd not seen him around since 2011 and he ended up posting 2-3 topics designed to anger others and two of them just bringing more fuel to the console vs PC fire, why weren't those threads locked?, two of them were recent and even after repeated flagging nothing was done about it, was it due to the sexism, Anita and Zoe threads?.
Either make a post in this group: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-TeamIrick said:
Or submit a ticket here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/contact/subject/tech
Please not that staff members are less active over the weekend, so it may not get looked at until Monday.
I have a major doubt . I am new to this site and i do not know how to make a thread . Where is the button or the option that creates a thread ? Can someone help ?
If you hover over the forums tab at the top of the page it will expand and show you the different forums you can click on. Click on the forum that you want and under the big blod letters of the forum name you should see the options New Topic, Forum Index, and Search Forums.TheArcaneThinker said:
The new topic option is bright blue so it is pretty easy to see.
I just have to say, there's a fine line between keeping the peace and beings dictators as if the people posting don't even have minds of their own, the fact they do being what you rely on if you want them to actually continue and y'all just took a swan dive over it... I think I'm done here. Thanks for the memories.
I wouldn't worry about it. They can't see who's-reporting-what anyway; reports/flags are anonymous.Dynast Brass said:I reported someone by mistake, is there any way I can undo that? I clicked the link to get to the page, but the one in question had actually already been moderated. I don't want to seem like I'm randomly reporting users for nothing.