GAA Charter needs to be revamped

netwhizkid

The GAA charter consists of several posts long and some discussion. I breached its terms today by accident and was infracted as a result. This was not intentional on my part but the charter needs to be given more prominence and be a single stickified post locked and at the top of the GAA forum not one third of the way down where it is.

Having a clear concise charter makes it easier for newbies and oldies like myself to stay within it.

netwhizkid

I have taken the current mish mash and revamped it without changing its current make up. I beleive that if this was posted & locked then it would provide an easier charter for everyone.

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sceptre

Send a PM to the mods.

Boston

You're is better, but only because of the difference in markup.

Daysha

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it can be helped where in the stickies the charter is placed. The stickies are listed in order with the most recently posted in going to the top. Having a locked sticky inevitably means it's going to fall down the pecking order behind the stickied threads people actually post in.

That said, losing a few of those stickies isn't a bad idea, not all of them are really needed.

sceptre

Daysha wrote: »

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it can be helped where in the stickies the charter is placed. The stickies are listed in order with the most recently posted in going to the top.

You are correct.