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Edited, Jan 19th 2007 10:32am by GalkaPriest

Admin edit: Ok, we're done here now. If I see another thread on this I will be annoyed.

Edited, Jan 19th 2007 10:54pm by Kaolian

In before lock!

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Edited, Jan 19th 2007 10:32am by GalkaPriest

I happen to agree with Priest on this one. Its one thing to have things removed because they are offencive. Its another to remove something because you have the power to do so and not liking the topic, link, or players points of view. Its in human nature to argue. There isn't a forum in the world where people don't disagree.

Also why is it mostly here? What aren't the other forums like servers and jobs being effected? I think Admin needs to remember there job isn't to push thier point of view, there job is to stop herassment and remove spam. If an Admin as a point of view he is more then welcome to post it, but not edit or lock someone thread

I don't think Admin have to right to stop drama. If you don't like a thread, point of view or anything anyone writes you do NOT have to post/bumb that thread. Also Allakhazam has krama, If you don't like what a person says and you can vote, you can vote that person down. We all make are own drama and I don't think it should be the job of the Admin to stop it. It should be the users of this site. If there is drama its cause we as users make it so. We have the power to keep a thread alive or let it die.

Edited, Jan 16th 2007 8:43am by Silvinci

An admin locking the thread is equivalent to your mother saying "Enough!" when you were fighting with friends in grade school.

And let's face it, the majority of Alla posters act like they ARE still in grade school.. OP included.

Off topic threads get locked or moved. Offensive threads get locked. Threads that we get user complaints about get locked. Moving a thread locks it automatically. Flame threads in the FFXI forum will generally get locked.

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Edited, Jan 19th 2007 10:28am by GalkaPriest

GalkaPriest,

your concern for my job here is noted, but do remember you are NOT the one who gets to tell me what I should and should not LOCK because of your OPINIONS.

I have been visiting this site since NA release, longer than you have been here. I have seen the way this forum has changed and evolved, the types of posters who post here. And I certainly believe I have a good sense of judgement when to lock a thread.

Before I was an admin here there was PIKKO and EXO. Both who did an astounding job with the time they had to offer, but for such a huge forum it unfortunately wasn't enough.

Now I am here I DO intend to STOP, as best I can, the amount of incescant and degenerative threads that are seen on this forum.

I like how you say 'Admin is locking threads' and I shouldn't be doing so yet you have not linked ONE SINGLE example.

I can give you an example right now: The Windower Thread.

Yeah, you obviously know that one. 'Anyone get banned for only using Windower?'

Reason it was locked? It started degenerating after the OP had his full of other posters calling him a hacker/botter/whatever. It would have gotten a LOT worse if I left it in the main forum, I said about 3-4 pages at least.

BOTTOM LINE IS THIS:

If your thread gets LOCKED you are more then welcome to send me a PM asking why it got locked and you WILL get a reasonable answer.

But if you are looking to be some sort of righteous Alla freedom fighter and simply complain about OTHERS' threads being locked you are simply wasting your time and pissing me off.

Also, I NEVER and WILL NEVER edit anyones post unless it strictly has something it shouldn't have. Usually Kaolin deals with that anyway.

Good day.

Edited, Jan 16th 2007 2:10pm by ImperialNinja

Buhbye.

Sorry GP, but I totally agree with IN. You're initial post here was calling into question, and quite rudely, the decisions of the "admin" here. You spoke of unfairness, yet none that was specifically directed at you. You didn't even cite any examples of what you considered unfair.

I moderate a couple of other boards (Days Of Our Lives related,lol) and I just want to mention something on this "public forum---freedom of speech" thing. This forum, like others, is public in the sense that anyone can join and interact. And posters have the right to say whatever they wish; however, the "admins" here are just other posters when it comes down to it, with just as many rights as you are claiming to have. They have the right to remove or cease discussions that they feel are calumniatory or disrespectful to the other members of this board. In fact, I believe when you join here you are prompted to read the TOS that specifically state that posts may be removed/altered/locked.

The great thing about people's rights is that if they in any way disagree with the administrative actions in a particular forum, then they are always free to exercise their right to leave that forum...or create their own with their specific rules/regulations.

Just keep in mind that this is not a government run agency with guidelines that must be followed to ensure constitutional rights of the people. This is message forum on the internet...about a game. >.>

So I PMd GalkaPriest with an apology about how I put my points across.

The transition from poster to admin isn't going to be an easy one but I'll learn.



Nope, just woke up and wasn't in a great mood.