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[Kenwort]

Guys i want to know why BHD MOD thread is closed? Is that by mistake or we have done something wrong here?

[JdB]

Guys i want to know why BHD MOD thread is closed?

It was and is still open ...

[Avalla'ch]

Chicken and here again ? But why have you banned him here too ? I thought that his "crime activities" ( ) were according only to ofp.info

[JdB]

Chicken and here again ? But why have you banned him here too ? I thought that his "crime activities" ( ) were according only to ofp.info

He lied to Deadeye, flamebaited Site-team members and had 4 different accounts on OFP.info. He should have been banned already.

[Rewan]

Question:
Is Swearing allowed in these forums ?

[JdB]

Question:
Is Swearing allowed in these forums ?

As long as it's not directed at anyone or any group. For instance "I've had a shitty day" is allowed, saying "you shithead" is not. I personally replace the a, e, i, o and u out of such words with a *, like "sh*t". It depends on the context in which it is used.

[JdB]

The [Temporary Moderation Actions] have been updated to include a notice about signature violations, and more specifically single elements that exceed 100 pixels in height. Some people have far too much text in their signatures. Using Quote tags is not allowed since it takes up too much space.

PMs have also been sent to some prominent offenders.

[pMASTER]

Why has this thread been closed?

[Linker Split]

Why has this thread been closed?

maybe someone accidentally closed it

[D@V£]

The music threads been closed too, what's up with that?

[JdB]

We got a question about the BHD thread being closed as well a few days ago. Maybe someone less than perfect in English is messing with his moderation options, or someone accidentally lost the login data/logged in on a public access computer that had a keylogger on it. Deadeye can check who did it.

[Blackbuck]

Did someone accidentally lock it?

[JdB]

Rather hard to do that, you need to scroll down to the bottom of the page, and select "Close this topic" from the "Moderation Options" drop-down list, or you select it from a drop downlist in the posting options for a new post. NorwayTiger and BlackScorpion have none, so that's a little hard to do

After having Cervo consult the admin log, we've determined that the threads have been closed through Jynx's account.

[Blackbuck]

I'm thinking shared PC issues. JynX doesn't seem the one to faf about with those sort of powers.

[JdB]

I'm thinking shared PC issues. JynX doesn't seem the one to faf about with those sort of powers.

Yeah, so do I, that's why I specifically said through his account, so as not to lay blame with anyone

After consulting with Cervo, the moderating staff (consisting of Wittmann, Deadeye and myself) has decided over the last few weeks has decided that the moderating rights of Site-team will be removed once an admin has time to remove them. They were for extreme emergency uses only, which has never materialized, and if they do, the moderating staff is more than enough to handle with it, The danger of so many (the Site-team group is rather big) people with Super-mod moderating rights on the forums is just too big.

[Avalla'ch]

Don't look at me, I already got your message, and Iam not so stupid to close threads WITHOUT reason

[D@V£]

I think the forum should change the rule on image sizes. People are posting images over 100kb simpley by accident rather by malicious intent. The only people who are really getting bothered by it are... well... Wittman.
I mean, the only way you can really get an image of what would be considered a decent size right under 100kb is to either make it really tiny or really bad quality. Or a .gif. None of them are worth considering. We should either scrap the rule or up the limit a bit to either 150 or 200kb. 100kb is far too small for most images right now, I'm sure a lot of people would agree with me there.

I'm not really discussing the rule here, I'm just trying to say that this tempory moderator action is just... well... stupid. Or at least reactionary. We shouldn't be simpley saying that X, Y and Z are the rules, and it doesn't matter how little sense they make, they're being enforced regardless of how outdated they are. I mean, if I shot a scotsman in York because he had a Bow and Arrow then I strongly doubt the police would simpley say "yeah, that's ok I guess, I mean, it is legal". Is it really the way we want to be were rules are being followed with, what is to be quite frank, a sort religious devotion? Especially if it's something like the 100kb rule. I mean, it's not like it's massively offending anyone by posting images a bit above 100kb by accident (that is, ignoring the content of the image). When people are breaking a rule by accident then maybe it's a sign that the rule's a problem, not the people breaking it?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that these "Tempory Moderator Actions" are really just a bit excessive. If a rule's flawed, then enforcing it in a near religious manner isn't going to help anyone.

[Linker Split]

I think the forum should change the rule on image sizes. People are posting images over 100kb simpley by accident rather by malicious intent. The only people who are really getting bothered by it are... well... Wittman.
I mean, the only way you can really get an image of what would be considered a decent size right under 100kb is to either make it really tiny or really bad quality. Or a .gif. None of them are worth considering. We should either scrap the rule or up the limit a bit to either 150 or 200kb. 100kb is far too small for most images right now, I'm sure a lot of people would agree with me there.

I'm not really discussing the rule here, I'm just trying to say that this tempory moderator action is just... well... stupid. Or at least reactionary. We shouldn't be simpley saying that X, Y and Z are the rules, and it doesn't matter how little sense they make, they're being enforced regardless of how outdated they are. I mean, if I shot a scotsman in York because he had a Bow and Arrow then I strongly doubt the police would simpley say "yeah, that's ok I guess, I mean, it is legal". Is it really the way we want to be were rules are being followed with, what is to be quite frank, a sort religious devotion? Especially if it's something like the 100kb rule. I mean, it's not like it's massively offending anyone by posting images a bit above 100kb by accident (that is, ignoring the content of the image). When people are breaking a rule by accident then maybe it's a sign that the rule's a problem, not the people breaking it?

I guess what I'm trying to say is that these "Tempory Moderator Actions" are really just a bit excessive. If a rule's flawed, then enforcing it in a near religious manner isn't going to help anyone.

I agree with you m8

[NeMeSiS]

So do i, the 100kb rule is ancient and the percentage of 56k users is really small nowadays. Just because the BI forums dont change it doesnt mean we shouldnt.
(Hell, 56k'ers cant download the addons anyway )

[Blackbuck]

If you were to visit AR15.com you'd have a seizure they don't have limits I agree with raising the limit to 150KB but we all know that the site team won't change the limit. It's set in stone.