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Sully

muffler & takola - newly appointed Waterford Forum Mods

mike65

I wont recognise them until I see thier avatars!

/waves anyway

Mike.

RxQueen

welcome welcome!!:D

magick

Sully wrote: »

muffler & takola - newly appointed Waterford Forum Mods

hmmmm i disturst these new people, what are their waterford credentials, what do they use their in blaaas to cure a hangover n such!

Heathen

welcome!! apologies in advance :eek:

christophicus

?? They regular posters here ?? As someone else said, I probably won't recognise them till I see their Avatar/Sig.

deisemum

Welcome

kensutz

Whooooo?.

ROCKMAN

Welcome but I AM CONFUSSED


Why two new mods ?
Why no talk on forum about new mods and poster been put forward ie happen with you sully, If memory serves me right

And the big one
WHY are posters from Sligo and Donegal (i think ) been made Mods on the Waterford forum ?

Now I see that Muffler has 5 friends listed and two are Sully and Takola but that cannot be the reason.

KingLoser

I didn't vote for them!

(welcome anyway, doodz)

Sully

ROCKMAN wrote: »

Why two new mods ?

Its one of the busiest regional forums, and needs active moderators with experience. Fajitas! wont be around for at least a month, and its to busy for just one mod (even the two of us were under pressure modding it). I would imagine my time here will be a little limited for a while anyway.

Why no talk on forum about new mods and poster been put forward ie happen with you sully, If memory serves me right

Myself and Fajitas! looked at some posters we felt would be a good choice but those who we contacted didn't want to do the job. We then looked at mods who would have experience and time for such a job and we agreed on muffler who recommended takola as another mod. This is the normal way for selecting mods (bar After Hours I believe).

And the big one
WHY are posters from Sligo and Donegal (i think ) been made Mods on the Waterford forum ?

What's the problem with non-Waterford (or south east) posters being mods? They don't need to be from the city/area to moderate.

Now I see that Muffler has 5 friends listed and two are Sully and Takola but that cannot be the reason.

Conspiracy?! Im friendly with a lot of Boardsies and there not on my friends list as im sure you and many others are. The friends list carrys no weight. muffler used to mod sligo, but Takola took that job over when he retired from that forum.

There wont be much of a difference, but they will step in where appropriate and moderate. People think that when im posting, im doing so as a moderator. Thats not how it works. I post as a regular user, and put the mod hat on when required. This will apply here, though im not sure if they will be posting much. There just neutral observers who will moderate when required.

ROCKMAN

Thank you Sully
Perfectly fair answers ,
And again welcome lads hope ye don't have to work to hard .

takola

Thank you for the welcome guys!

As Sully said, you probably won't see much of us in the forum but we'll be here to moderate if it's needed. There'll be no changes at all.

mike65

I can't belive Sully didn't think of me Boooo.

Mike

Sully

mike65 wrote: »

I can't belive Sully didn't think of me Boooo.

Mike

I did actually, but you retired from modding so I decided to leave you be. Claiming the Boards.ie pension now and all

muffler

Hi to all the Wexford people and thanks for the welcome. My great great grandmother on my fathers side of the family hailed from Kilkenny - thats fairly close isn't it or at least close enough to qualify me under the granny rule.

And who's this mike65 fella? He's been 65 for quite some time now and as Sully said he is drawing the auld pension.

Now on a more serious note. You probably wont see an awful lot of posts by myself and takola (btw ROCKMAN takola is a fine looking young lady, not a lad ). We will be keeping an eye on things and we hope we will be as nice to you as you are to us . Everyone has their own style of modding and Im a great believer in PM's so if any of you ever have any queries or want a wee rant or has an opinion on the moderating etc then just bang a PM off.

I'm looking forward to being a wee bit involved with the forum and thanks again for the welcome.

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

What's the problem with non-Waterford (or south east) posters being mods? They don't need to be from the city/area to moderate.
.

thats true, but tbh these new mods will not have an understanding of the issues in waterford city/county.

welcome new mods btw ,

im sure its hard enough being a mod without knowing what is happening in the city in general ????

ROCKMAN

Welcome to the forum.

daftdave

muffler wrote: »

Hi to all the Wexford people and thanks for the welcome. My great great grandmother on my fathers side of the family hailed from Kilkenny - thats fairly close isn't it or at least close enough to qualify me under the granny rule.

And who's this mike65 fella? He's been 65 for quite some time now and as Sully said he is drawing the auld pension.

Now on a more serious note. You probably wont see an awful lot of posts by myself and takola (btw ROCKMAN takola is a fine looking young lady, not a lad ). We will be keeping an eye on things and we hope we will be as nice to you as you are to us . Everyone has their own style of modding and Im a great believer in PM's so if any of you ever have any queries or want a wee rant or has an opinion on the moderating etc then just bang a PM off.

I'm looking forward to being a wee bit involved with the forum and thanks again for the welcome.

wexford !!!!! lol

takola

daftdave wrote: »

thats true, but tbh these new mods will not have an understanding of the issues in waterford city/county.

welcome new mods btw ,

im sure its hard enough being a mod without knowing what is happening in the city in general ????

I actually think that it's better that we're not in Waterford and aren't familiar with what's going on there in alot of ways. We're completely neutral. We will be moderating your behaviour on the forum (ie. personal abuse etc) rather than the information given. We'll moderate from the charter. The things we'd call people on are basic common sense. Sully will still be around and he's familiar with the city/county and what's going on there.

So we won't be getting involved in alot of the threads/discussions. We'll get involved if personal abuse is being thrown around or people are just being silly.

At the end of the day Moderators are really only there to ensure people stay within the charter rules and use basic common sense. We can do that without knowing the ins and outs of what's going on in the County.

CantGetNoSleep

First thing ye should do is ban Sully, thinks he's above the law in this forum

Sully

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

First thing ye should do is ban Sully, thinks he's above the law in this forum

Predictable response. *yawns*

daftdave

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

First thing ye should do is ban Sully, thinks he's above the law in this forum

dont ban me but i have to agree , when i flick round other areas of boards ppl aint half as harsh , !!

muffler

daftdave wrote: »

wexford !!!!! lol

Sully

daftdave wrote: »

dont ban me but i have to agree , when i flick round other areas of boards ppl aint half as harsh , !!

Different forums, different issues so different way of dealing with things. All bans that have been handed out to date have been more then fair - we moderate to the charter and the site rules, nothing else.

People have plenty of chances to cop themselves on but alas they think they own the place so they can say and do what they want. Peoples concerns were noted in Feedback, and you will note that the higher authorities supported how the forum was being run.

Im like muffler - ill take constructive feedback over PM anytime, as several users have done in the past.

Anyway, this topic isnt about how the forum is moderated. PM/Feedback if you wish folks

BlaasForRafa

Feedback is a waste of time, its just a bunch of mods sticking up for each other.

Anyway welcome to the wayward mods, have a few blaas and a few large bottles to settle in.

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

Different forums, different issues so different way of dealing with things. All bans that have been handed out to date have been more then fair - we moderate to the charter and the site rules, nothing else.

People have plenty of chances to cop themselves on but alas they think they own the place so they can say and do what they want. Peoples concerns were noted in Feedback, and you will note that the higher authorities supported how the forum was being run.

Im like muffler - ill take constructive feedback over PM anytime, as several users have done in the past.

Anyway, this topic isnt about how the forum is moderated. PM/Feedback if you wish folks

get out of it boy, you love lashing out the bans !!!:p

muffler

daftdave wrote: »

dont ban me but i have to agree , when i flick round other areas of boards ppl aint half as harsh , !!

You havent been to the other forums I moderate then :cool:

muffler

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

Anyway welcome to the wayward mods, have a few blaas and a few large bottles to settle in.

Cheers.

Any stray coke or hookers down these parts?

kensutz

muffler wrote: »

Cheers.

Any stray coke or hookers down these parts?

I know you might not be aware of too many dealings around Waterford but that can be seen as bad taste considering the deaths around Christmas time. I know it's only a joke but some people could take it the wrong way.

robtri

welcome on board ....
It will be great to have more than KING SULLY running the Place..:D:D:D:D:D:D

sunnyse

kensutz wrote: »

I know you might not be aware of too many dealings around Waterford but that can be seen as bad taste considering the deaths around Christmas time. I know it's only a joke but some people could take it the wrong way.

Oh come on, how can you pull someone up over that. The guy was trying to lighten the tone with a joke. It amazes me that people can go so far out of their way to be offended. :eek:

sunnyse

DOH! Forgot to say welcome;):D

Lucy Locket

Good Morning & Welcome - any chance of All Ireland tickets for the Hurling in your part of the country???

ROCKMAN

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Good Morning & Welcome - any chance of All Ireland tickets for the Hurling in your part of the country???

Now there is clever thinking , AND can I be 2nd in line ,if there is any flowing around up there.;)

Roen

Who?
Any name changes take place on either of these two?
Welcome along by the way.

Cabaal

welcome and stuff, in fairness the coke and hookers mention is a joke amoung all mods and admins on boards, its well known at this stage and if people take offense to it then perhaps they should not use the internet

muffler

Thanks again to everyone for the welcome.

Unfortunately I cant help with any hurling tickets. I dont think that there would be many given to the county (Donegal) in any event.

Lucy Locket

muffler wrote: »

Thanks again to everyone for the welcome.

Unfortunately I cant help with any hurling tickets. I dont think that there would be many given to the county (Donegal) in any event.

Ah well it worth a try, think each club gets a few, I'm only looking for one hehehehe

I'll forgive ya for not getting me one ur still welcome

RxQueen

Lucy Locket wrote: »

Ah well it worth a try, think each club gets a few, I'm only looking for one hehehehe

I'll forgive ya for not getting me one ur still welcome

are you looking for the stand or the hill?

Lucy Locket

emo!! wrote: »

are you looking for the stand or the hill?

At this stage anything I can get!!

KingLoser

This is a local forum.... for local people!

Don't mind the naysayers lad and lassie.

Sully and Fajitas probably never got a chance to tell ye, but I'm above the law ok? Just an FYI.

Psychedelic

Cabaal wrote: »

welcome and stuff, in fairness the coke and hookers mention is a joke amoung all mods and admins on boards, its well known at this stage and if people take offense to it then perhaps they should not use the internet

weren't 3 users recently banned for making batman jokes in the thread about bats? so some jokes are allowed but others aren't?

Sully

Psychedelic wrote: »

weren't 3 users recently banned for making batman jokes in the thread about bats? so some jokes are allowed but others aren't?

Nope. People were banned because they kept suggesting illegal ways to kill the bats. There were plenty of jokes passed before the thread derailed completely and both myself and Fajitas! issued bans for those who completely ignored our repeated warnings to stay on topic.

Off topic banter is always accepted in topics, once it doesn't get to a stage where the thread isn't being taken seriously anymore.

I think its an overreaction about the Coke & Hookers joke which wasn't intended towards any recent problems in Waterford (or Ireland for that matter).

Sully

KingLoser wrote: »

Sully and Fajitas probably never got a chance to tell ye, but I'm above the law ok? Just an FYI.

Aye, he is. Hes an undercover moderator

kensutz

sunnyse wrote: »

Oh come on, how can you pull someone up over that. The guy was trying to lighten the tone with a joke. It amazes me that people can go so far out of their way to be offended. :eek:

Cabaal wrote: »

welcome and stuff, in fairness the coke and hookers mention is a joke amoung all mods and admins on boards, its well known at this stage and if people take offense to it then perhaps they should not use the internet

I know he was joking but like I said some people might find it in bad taste. As for you Barry, you've fallen way down in my views.

takola

kensutz wrote: »

I know he was joking but like I said some people might find it in bad taste. As for you Barry, you've fallen way down in my views.

The only person who had an issue with it was you and you've admitted you know it was a joke.

It's been made clear that it was a joke. Let it lie.

muffler

kensutz wrote: »

I know he was joking but like I said some people might find it in bad taste. As for you Barry, you've fallen way down in my views.

As takola said - give it a rest. I cracked a joke and if anyone has an issue with a joke then they have problems. Im not coming to this or any other forum to walk on eggshells so if anyone has a problem with anything I post here then PM me.

This thread was started by Sully to introduce takola and myself and I thank everyone for their warm welcome. However I will perform my first piece of moderation if this thread is going to be derailed.

Peace brothers and sisters.:cool:

Sully

If any else feels the joke was distasteful, can you contact one of us please over PM? If the majority of the forum are unhappy with such a comment - even with it not being even close to the incident at Christmas - we will discuss it with the higher authorities about banning all jokes that include cocaine if it upsets people within this forum only. Cheers.

Anyway, lets leave it like that and continue on with the topics purpose: Welcoming muffler and takola as the new Waterford Forum Mods

daftdave

Sully wrote: »

we will discuss it with the higher authorities about banning all jokes that include cocaine if it upsets people within this forum only. Cheers

if that kinda big brother style moderating ends up in the waterford forum then what is the point in coming onto boards at all, it was a silly joke and should not have been taken serious at all .

KingLoser

We'd have to ban talking about cigarettes and alcohol too, because people die from them every year...

Come off it like, yer obviously just tryin to get a poke in at them because they're not local.

Let's all be friends.... or else.