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spring cleaning?
« on: Sep 12th, 2007, 1:59pm » |
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Well, ok, it's not anywhere near spring.
It's not really my habit to delete posts, so I thought I'd ask if everyone is ok with it if I (and other moderators that feel like it) start cleaning up some of the threads from the last few weeks by massively deleting the crud from them.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #1 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 2:10pm » |
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No problem with me. Even though I usually just ignore anything irrelevant to the thread, so it won't make a big difference to me.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #2 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 3:00pm » |
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It seems to me that the volume of crud has decreased substantially in the last few days, and that few long-standing threads have been effected -- if it were just me I'd opt for letting it blow over. Sure it's annoying, but there's little lasting harm. Still, if you want to go to the trouble I don't have any fundamental objection.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #3 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 4:59pm » |
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Anything of mine, which you don't deem as necessary, go for it and delete. But I'd prefer it if it was still there.
Quote:| Well, ok, it's not anywhere near spring. |
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Try in the southern hemisphere. 
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #4 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 8:35pm » |
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on Sep 12th, 2007, 1:59pm, towr wrote:Well, ok, it's not anywhere near spring.
It's not really my habit to delete posts, so I thought I'd ask if everyone is ok with it if I (and other moderators that feel like it) start cleaning up some of the threads from the last few weeks by massively deleting the crud from them. |
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That sounds splendid!! You can start with this one!! 
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #5 on: Sep 12th, 2007, 10:35pm » |
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #6 on: Sep 13th, 2007, 11:44am » |
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on Sep 12th, 2007, 1:59pm, towr wrote:| It's not really my habit to delete posts, so I thought I'd ask if everyone is ok with it if I (and other moderators that feel like it) start cleaning up some of the threads from the last few weeks by massively deleting the crud from them. |
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Banzai!!!!!
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #7 on: Sep 13th, 2007, 6:36pm » |
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Why is it referred to as spring cleaning ? Do you guys only clean during spring ? 
on Sep 13th, 2007, 11:44am, TenaliRaman wrote:
And my favourite part after cleaning, Kanpai !!!
<And mods, go ahead and delete any of my posts, if it's not up to the forum's standard>
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Noke Lieu
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #8 on: Sep 13th, 2007, 8:04pm » |
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had too much coffee to work properly (whoopos) and just read through the most pathetic thread. It's intersperesped with gold, admittedly, but is there a way to *snip* some of the more inappropriate posts?
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #9 on: Sep 13th, 2007, 11:46pm » |
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I'll have a look. I've only had a look at putnam and hard so far (haven't made much changes yet though, just selected a few threads that can use cleaning up).
The biggest problem with excising posts is when they're commented on later in the thread.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #10 on: Sep 14th, 2007, 4:58am » |
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Look through my old posts. Anything past this last week, feel free to delete if it doesn't seem right.
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Noke Lieu
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #11 on: Sep 15th, 2007, 3:44am » |
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on Sep 14th, 2007, 4:58am, hiyathere wrote:| Look through my old posts. Anything past this last week, feel free to delete if it doesn't seem right. |
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... or you could. think critically, act rationally.
If you don't want to delete a post, you can just modify and replce the text with
*snip*
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #12 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 12:10am » |
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I think it's time for decisive action.
Initially I thought we should just ignore him until he went away. But I now feel that allowing him to continue would be a disservice to every other member of this site. He's had plenty of warnings, and I don't see any reason not to ban him. Surely he can find somewhere else to troll.
If all of his posts, and their replies, simply disappeared, would anybody care?
I propose a Vote on the following:
Ban: We contact William asking him to ban srn347.
Delete: If anyone feels that one of srn347's threads has led to something worthwhile, they may request that it be saved*. All others shall be deleted after some set period of time; this will include direct replies. Other references to srn347 may be deleted by their authors if they desire. Any unsightly remains shall be left to moderators' discretion.
The options shall be For, Against, Indifferent, and/or Suggest something else. You may vote on Ban and Delete separately; if unspecified, your answer will count for both.
Aryabhatta: For
Barukh: Against
BNC: For
denis: For
Eigenray: For
FiBsTeR: For Ban
Grimbal: Against
Hippo: For Delete
hiyathere: For Delete
iyerkri: For
JiNbOtAk: For [updated from For Delete]
JP05: For
Michael_Dagg: For
mikedagr8: For
Noke Lieu: Against
Obob: For
pex: For
Sameer: [apparently] Against
SMQ: For
srn347: Against
TenaliRaman: For Ban
ThudanBlunder: For Ban
towr: For
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: For
*Please provide links. For example, I imagine telekinesis would have to be edited carefully, if at all.
[Mods feel free to edit this post, or start a new thread with it, or something like it.]
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #13 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 12:39am » |
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For.
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mikedagr8
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #14 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 12:50am » |
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For. Leave his ghoti post, I want proof so he can be seen as being partially correct once . But that is only because of Murphy. Also I think IP ban, because he will get a new username.
He has now also gotten a numerical fraction correct.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #15 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 1:02am » |
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on Sep 12th, 2007, 10:35pm, Noke Lieu wrote:
Does this mean "not!"?
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #16 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 1:15am » |
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My vote on Ban.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #17 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:07am » |
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For Delete ( up to the discretion of the moderators, you guys have to put in the extra work )
Let him have a grace period, if after say, 1 week of deleting his posts, he is trolling about, then banning is the option.
<You gotta admit, some of his posts were downright idiotic enough to be funny.  >
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #18 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 2:27am » |
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An alternative is to delete only his worst posts, which it looks like people have been doing. But that will make him seem better than he really is (and make it hard to observe any change in his behavior, if there is one). And even his most inoffensive posts are redundant and worthless at best.
People have been seriously talking of banning him for a while now. He knows this, and has done nothing to redeem himself. I think he just enjoys seeing how much energy we can waste on him, and wants to get banned. I don't think this forum owes him any more time than he's already gotten.
And of course, it goes without saying that I'm just plain sick of his sh*t.
Or we could all just ignore him, like we've been trying for a while, but for that to work, we all have to do it. (Yes, I replied to him once, but that was because I accidentally posted in a thread he started, and then felt somewhat guilty when nobody answered his question. Never again!)
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #19 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 3:00am » |
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Although I consider banning rather harsh, I'm starting to lean heavily toward being in favour of it. He's had ample chances.
And of course I've already been deleting some of the more disruptive posts. So overall: FOR.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #20 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 3:24am » |
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I vote "For".
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #21 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 3:52am » |
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It goes against my nature to "give up" on a member of the community, but this has gone on long enough. I'm willing to assume he's aware of this thread, and let that serve as a warning. (You hear that, srn347? Your disruptive insistance that you're right and everyone else is wrong is about to get you thrown out on your ass.) With some reluctance, I, too, vote "for".
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #22 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 6:27am » |
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I vote against, in large font. Also, anyone who bans me will be stuping lower than me.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #23 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 7:08am » |
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on Sep 19th, 2007, 6:27am, srn347 wrote:| I vote against, in large font. Also, anyone who bans me will be stuping lower than me. |
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After wavering between Ignore and Ban, I now vote for Ban,
even if it means some of my best insults will be deleted.
This kid isn't going to change any time soon.
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Re: spring cleaning?
« Reply #24 on: Sep 19th, 2007, 9:28am » |
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I vote FOR
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