Hey read this.

[Yorick]

After the topics here and here it's possible that the Way Off Topic section will be closed.

I'd rather this not happen, and I'm going to offer up another solution.

Please don't make things worse while we're working out the future of this forum.

This is just an announcement that we're talking about things and will have a solution soon.

[Juggalicious]

I think my idea from a previously closed thread would work perfectly well....here, I'll repeat (with some edits to remove the harshness):

Yeah, IMHO, if we're gonna have a WOT forum, people WILL be offended & "some" WILL hit the "report bad post" button. SOOO, in an effort to resolve that problem, why not say "If you can't handle the "harshness" of the WOT forum, DON'T ENTER. If you feel the urge to report a "bad" post, suck it up...there will be NO "report bad post" button in the WOT. If you get pissed, upset, feel the need to cry, etc., you should NOT be in the WOT to begin with."
That's just my opinion, but that disclaimer alone should solve all the problems of the WOT.

[Yorick]

Unless we had a full squad of 24/7 moderators who had nothing better to do, there's basically no chance of removing the 'report bad post' button.

I know where you're coming from, I just don't think Way Off Topic has shown that it could handle that level of responsibility so far.

[EDIT] Oh, Jugg, to clarify, we don't mind people reporting posts, it actually helps us out. What we don't like is that posts have to be reported in the first place. The fact that people do things bad enough to warrant a report annoys me. Most of the time it's warranted and we slap the person who did something bad. The person who reports isn't considered, by us, to be a "whiner".

[Whistle]

the way off topic is basically the pub but for politics. i dont see how that is way off topic, infact it actually has topics unlike the stuff in the pub.

i was all against this place but then i thought it would become a place where we could have debates where people wouldnt go crying and report stuff.

and now with cheese's account deleted a rather strong debater and valued member is gone because of this failure.

[Yorick]

Originally Posted by Whistle

the way off topic is basically the pub but for politics. i dont see how that is way off topic, infact it actually has topics unlike the stuff in the pub.

i was all against this place but then i thought it would become a place where we could have debates where people wouldnt go crying and report stuff.

and now with cheese's account deleted a rather strong debater and valued member is gone because of this failure.

Cheese deleted his own account, don't make it sound like it was anyone's decision but his own. Way Off Topic is just the name that was given by Jofaba.

And saying things like "people wouldn't go crying and report stuff" isn't really helping.

[Whistle]

Originally Posted by Yorick

Cheese deleted his own account, well aware of that, if i made it sound like anyone elses decision, oops. didnt intend it to sound that way don't make it sound like it was anyone's decision but his own. Way Off Topic is just the name that was given by Jofaba.
bad choice of wording from jofaba then.
And saying things like "people wouldn't go crying and report stuff" isn't really helping.

What hat i meant was when the thread supporting hte creation of this forum was made it seemed like rules were going to be loose, or atleast thats what I understood, and insults werent going to be strictly prohibited due to the nature of these forums. Basically though this forum is just the pub for politics, which like i said would probably just cause unneccisary splintering of the community, which it looks like it might be doing

[gungho]

Personally, I think Jofaba went out on a limb with this venture, and has been let down by the way things have developed. We don't have an automatic right to a forum with active moderators who try their best. I initially was against WOT in the first poll, but came around to the idea. Sadly now, I think WOT is not looking like it has a viable future.

[Jofaba]

Originally Posted by gungho

Sadly now, I think WOT is not looking like it has a viable future.

Don't give up on it yet. It's about to be under new management. Fresh faces, fresh ideas. Still, the WOT's future is based on the community members who post. It's going to take work on both sides of the fence.

[gungho]

Good luck, it deserves to work after all the effort on it. Appreciate what your doing for the site

[TokenBrit]

We love you Jofaba .

Originally Posted by Jofaba

It's about to be under new management. .

WTF ????

[Forest]

BigDog, I'm sure they'll explain. No need to WTF the man

Originally Posted by Forest

BigDog, I'm sure they'll explain. No need to WTF the man

It wasnt a personal attack . I just love to WTF , NFW , BFD , GTFO !

[Ali G]

sigh....this place is turning gay.

even totalbf2 allows free political debates in their off-topic section. i think im gonna go there...yea.

[.Blades]

holy crap, cheese left? WHY??!?