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I think that Platinum members who have been active for > 1 year should be able to vote to move a Lounge post to either the Soapbox or Backroom. This would work just like reporting does already. I make this suggestion because it would enable the community keep the Lounge somewhat "clean".
Just a thought.
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Agree but want ....
Slacker007 wrote: Ability to move Lounge Cross posts to appropriate forum.
FTFY
Surely it's a nice feature.
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Cool, a new kind of war: the "move-my-post" battle.
Or, to state it clearly, I don't think this is a necessary feature, the way it works today is OK.
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Rage wrote: I don't think this is a necessary feature, the way it works today is OK.
So you think that "all" the posts in the Lounge belong there? You don't think "any" of the posts would be better off in the Soapbox or the Backroom?
All I am proposing is that regular, active members (meeting some kind of criteria) vote (lets say 5 or 7 votes) to move a post to a more appropriate location...not to remove the post. I don't think this would cause a "war" or a "battle" of any kind. It wouldn't be the will of one person but rather the will of the community.
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You got me wrong, I meant the way the moderation is working today is sufficient. The war I am talking about would be one of keeping moving posts from one forum to another, aso...
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Rage wrote: You got me wrong, I meant the way the moderation is working today is sufficient.
I am saying that it is not working. There are a lot of posts in the Lounge as of late that do not belong there. They belong in the Soapbox or Backroom. IMHO, the moderation is not working well.
I think the community needs to be the ones who moderate the Lounge.
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If this were to be implemented, I'd insist that it be longer than a just 1 year.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: I'd insist that it be longer than a just 1 year.
agree
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Not a good idea, Platinum status can be achieved by people who often don't abide by the rules, or generally accepted practice, and could therefore use such power for malicious purposes.
The best things in life are not things.
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Minimum Post Number as well, as, generally, these people will be around long enough to have not made a complete arse of themselves.
Suggest - Platinum Status, 10K posts, 3 years Membership.
That would cover enough people to police the site whilst winnowing out those that may abuse the power.
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Dalek Dave wrote: Suggest - Platinum Status, 10K posts, 3 years Membership.
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Half way there in terms of time, and by then the 10K post will be made, I'm sure. 
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: and could therefore use such power for malicious purposes.
Seriously...
Then forget about the Platinum status and come up with a good set of criteria. See my reply to Rage in this thread for some of my ideas.
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Slacker007 wrote: come up with a good set of criteria.
Only staff members of The CodeProject!
The best things in life are not things.
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Richard MacCutchan wrote: Only staff members of The CodeProject!
and what a fine job they are doing with the Lounge. I think the community would do a better job. This is all I am saying.
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Slacker007 wrote: and what a fine job they are doing with the Lounge.
I think you are losing sight of the issue. There are occasional posts which are not appropriate to the Lounge and either get voted down or reported. Chris generally cleans up quite quickly on the bad ones and everyone is happy. Do we really need anything more?
The best things in life are not things.
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Many (perhaps most) of the inappropriate threads are ironically started by Platinum status members. Not a good idea
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"Inappropriate" is a subjective view.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: "Inappropriate" is a subjective view.
Yeah, it sure is. So eventually what'll work is for Chris to select a group of moderators who will mostly share his views on what's appropriate and what's not.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: what'll work is for Chris to select a group of moderators who will mostly share his views on what's appropriate and what's not.
Now that is downright scary. 
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Many (perhaps most) of the inappropriate threads are ironically started by Platinum status members.
I dare say that you didn't think of me a little when you wrote this. 
You are one of the very few members on this site that I respect and have watched and learned from for many years before I became "active" here. I have been coming to this site for about 7 years now but have only participated in the last 3+ years as Slacker007. A lot of the members here are pretentious, self serving slobs. However, you, Pete, John, and a few others have been main stays here and have always been real.
If you think this is a bad idea then you are probably right.
--Cheers.
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Slacker007 wrote: You are one of the very few members on this site that I respect and have watched
and learned from for many years before I became "active" here. I have been
coming to this site for about 7 years now but have only participated in the last
3+ years as Slacker007.
You've posted this to Nish by mistake. 
Slacker007 wrote: A lot of the members here are pretentious, self serving slobs
Thank You 
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Ᵽompey wrote: You've posted this to Nish by mistake.
I don't think so.
I originally came to this site a long time ago to learn and to be with my fellow programmers and not to be the controversial a**hole I am today. I do respect Nish and a select few others here for reasons I don't fully wish to explain now. Nish may not care for my antics (deep down inside) but that doesn't stop me from being who I am and how I feel about things. I call it as I see it.
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I know, I like to give him a bit of banter from time to time. Top Bloke.
Slacker007 wrote: Nish may not care for my antics (deep down inside)
He just takes awhile to warm to you thats all.
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Slacker007 wrote: I dare say that you didn't think of me a little when you wrote this.
 No, I didn't! Sorry if it sounded that way.
Slacker007 wrote: If you think this is a bad idea then you are probably right.
I don't think the idea is completely bad, I just think that Platinum status is not good enough to be able to trust a member to do this maturely. I'd prefer it if Chris hand-picked a dozen or so members and gave them forum moderation rights. That would work better than what you suggested (in my opinion).
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