Proposed Improvements to Military Forums
Posted: Fri 04 Jul, 2003 9:34 pm
Most of the Military Forums users are former Royals, so it seems sensible to post this in our General Forum for open debate, however that would be unfair so this is in General Discussion. Jay (Beast) has received requests recently, from established members, to cancel their account names on the Forums. Fortunately they have all responded positively to requests to remain as part of the forum and allow a few changes to be implemented.
So why have people been asking to bug out? These forums are a rich source of amusement, information and create many friendships, as was illustrated by the Yomp in May. There is however a downside, which is apparently atypical of internet chat room facilities. There is, in this electronic age, a wealth of idiots who have only one thing in their tiny minds, and that is to insert their ignorance into other peoples conversations. Consequently an interesting, intelligent flow of topics can be completely wrecked by the utterings of a pimply youth who has neither experience or courage, but insists on expounding his theories on subjects he has no knowledge of.
Lately we have seen a whole host of these people removed from the forums. There are others appearing at regular intervals, especially as the exam period at school has ended and ‘Zit for Brains’ has time on his hands. The moderators have been talking about this situation with Beast (Jay), and have identified various ways to deal with this problem, protecting the users of the forums, and hopefully maintaining the characteristics of the forums.
The Mods are less tolerant now, people get one open and one private warning, at the same time. They are then removed from the forum if they contravene the usual etiquette/guideline. (Would my wife be offended if she read this) Jay has been working to upgrade the servers and systems. We have asked him to consider a ‘Core’ membership of users who would be charged £5 to be full and active members of a ‘locked’ forum, inaccessible to those who have not paid. There would then be a wider group, who do not pay, but have limited access to limited subjects. They would then be easier to patrol and erase. Committing £5 does not sound much, but the act of handing over personal address, telephone details and credit card info is a deterrent to the dorks we all want to see the back of.
As I’m sure most of you appreciate, I thoroughly enjoy these pages. I enjoy meeting new members and helping the lads who want to join the Corps. I was delighted to be asked to help with Moderation of the site. It is interesting work requiring patience and judgement, something my tired mind is often short of; but lately, especially since the advent of GW2 we have been dealing with youths whose only experience of combat has come from BBC and SKY news coverage and lashings of Playstation 2. These ‘wannabees’ to use a cruel expression, have spoilt OUR enjoyment of these forums with their inanities and general slobbish behaviour. It is about time we reclaimed the high ground. So stick with it lads and lasses, let us know what you think and don’t hold back!
So why have people been asking to bug out? These forums are a rich source of amusement, information and create many friendships, as was illustrated by the Yomp in May. There is however a downside, which is apparently atypical of internet chat room facilities. There is, in this electronic age, a wealth of idiots who have only one thing in their tiny minds, and that is to insert their ignorance into other peoples conversations. Consequently an interesting, intelligent flow of topics can be completely wrecked by the utterings of a pimply youth who has neither experience or courage, but insists on expounding his theories on subjects he has no knowledge of.
Lately we have seen a whole host of these people removed from the forums. There are others appearing at regular intervals, especially as the exam period at school has ended and ‘Zit for Brains’ has time on his hands. The moderators have been talking about this situation with Beast (Jay), and have identified various ways to deal with this problem, protecting the users of the forums, and hopefully maintaining the characteristics of the forums.
The Mods are less tolerant now, people get one open and one private warning, at the same time. They are then removed from the forum if they contravene the usual etiquette/guideline. (Would my wife be offended if she read this) Jay has been working to upgrade the servers and systems. We have asked him to consider a ‘Core’ membership of users who would be charged £5 to be full and active members of a ‘locked’ forum, inaccessible to those who have not paid. There would then be a wider group, who do not pay, but have limited access to limited subjects. They would then be easier to patrol and erase. Committing £5 does not sound much, but the act of handing over personal address, telephone details and credit card info is a deterrent to the dorks we all want to see the back of.
As I’m sure most of you appreciate, I thoroughly enjoy these pages. I enjoy meeting new members and helping the lads who want to join the Corps. I was delighted to be asked to help with Moderation of the site. It is interesting work requiring patience and judgement, something my tired mind is often short of; but lately, especially since the advent of GW2 we have been dealing with youths whose only experience of combat has come from BBC and SKY news coverage and lashings of Playstation 2. These ‘wannabees’ to use a cruel expression, have spoilt OUR enjoyment of these forums with their inanities and general slobbish behaviour. It is about time we reclaimed the high ground. So stick with it lads and lasses, let us know what you think and don’t hold back!
5£ for all the 'hassle' from El Prez,well worth it?? 
If so then then its a great idea! If we can't then;
