Leaving Cert Forum

cson

A little bit of worthwhile (I hope ) feedback as regards the leaving cert forum;

Firstly the mods there do a great job. TimAy, Seamus, Hullaballú and Crash000are always there to tidy up stuff if needed. Take a bow lads and keep it up.

Now it's the forum I've used the most since I've been on boards for obvious reasons. There have been one or two (minor) problems however with multiple threads, off topicness and some abuse. Like any other forum you may say

What I was going to suggest was that the forum could employ a kind of prefect system where maybe one or two (to make sure its impartial) could have limited mod powers just to watch over the forum.

I think it'd be a good idea because from my experience its been 'my' forum for this year and giving someone a 'prefect' type status would help the forum I think. Obviously LC'ers are the ones that use it most so maybe giving a little power just to watch over the forum might be a good thing.

Now I hope people don't take this up wrong, I'm not criticising the current mods, the opposite in fact, I think they've done a fantastic job. Im not blowing my own trumpet either, im suggesting it for next years LC-ers and hopefully I won't be amongst them

I'd be interested to see what people think, its just a suggestion anyhow.

cson

Karoma

What "limited mod powers" do you suggest?

cson

Im not exactly sure what powers you could give, maybe deleting duplicate threads or merging them, editing abusive posts maybe, I'd be hesitant to give banning powers because that can be abused but maybe some system could be worked out - forum mods checking the validity of bans, in that you'd lose your 'prefect' powers if you abused them.

Theres pro's and con's to everything I guess.

Edit: Just thought of another one, orienteering/induction for newbies! Theres an influx of newbies around mocks and LC time so maybe helping them and showing them the ropes might be another thing.

Boston

The problem is, when you're doing the leaving, you're too bussy for the mod work, and once you finish, well you stop caring.

cson

I dunno about being too busy Boston, I've spent a large whack of time on the forum when I probably should have been studying.

I suggest that it be passed on from year to year, i.e. you can only be a 'prefect' mod if you are doing the LC and for the duration of the LC year only.

Sully

I agree with the issues, but I cant see what more mods would do if the other mods are doing fine?

hullaballoo

There are options in vB to set limited mod powers, such as moving/copying/merging/deleting posts. You can turn off various other powers such as editing posts and a few of the other bits. I'm not sure what the story is with banning powers, but I imagine they can be turned off easily enough.

Blowfish

But aren't the mods essentially 'prefects' for the Admins? If they are doing a good job and it's working, why change it? There are a mix of LC and non-LC mods there to cover all bases.

cson

Just throwing out a suggestion tbh. I think it could only benefit the forum, of course recruitment and selection would have to be a thorough procedure!

Sully

Sully wrote:

I agree with the issues, but I cant see what more mods would do if the other mods are doing fine?

Not much, bar at the exam times of the year. It seems to explode with users around then.

There's been a few interesting threads lately (the Money -vs- Education one, as an example) whcih contained some people coming on trolling, but TimAy nuked them quickly enough.

aidan_walsh

If the forum is run as well as you say it is, I don't see the need. In fact, it would probably be more hassel than its worth.

Failing that, there is always the Report Post button.

Tar.Aldarion

I demand the initiation of the night watch.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=290921&referrerid=&highlight=
*Cue theme*

BlitzKrieg

dont remember posting in that thread?

though it was almost 2 years ago.

Beruthiel

cson wrote:

I'm not criticising the current mods, the opposite in fact, I think they've done a fantastic job.

Then they are doing the job they are required to do by the Admins of this site.
If you think that there needs to be some involvement by a person doing the leaving cert, why not just involve yourself? You don't need to be a Mod in order to do that, it's your forum after all.
If you think there is a problem with a post, report it.
Does the above not solve everything for you?

Stark

cson wrote:

Just thought of another one, orienteering/induction for newbies!

You mean orientation? Orienteering is a sport

Boston

Just opened that thread and realised netwhizkid is banned. Legend.

cson

Yeah I mean't orientation!

I suppose you're all right though, if it ain't broke...

Just thought it might be a good idea.

Anyway, let the cat pictures commence I guess...