Please welcome mike_ie to F&F

Kovu

Good morning all, or afternoon, evening etc for those appearing later:D

Will everyone please welcome mike_ie to the Moderator team here at Farming & Forestry (along with Beekeeping, Forestry, Sheep and Smallholding)!

TheBody

Congrats Mike and good luck!

Tokyo

TheBody wrote: »

Congrats Mike and good luck!

Thanks - I might need it...

Oldtree

Great to have you here mike_ie

Wheelinone

mike_ie wrote: »

Thanks - I might need it...

There's no might about it mike.

darragh_haven

I dunno mike. I'm going to wait a while to see how we get on before I welcome you..... it's the way it's gotta be. I'm suspicious of new people

vanderbadger

more mods than contributors soon

tanko

vanderbadger wrote: »

more mods than contributors soon

There's more yellow and red cards around here than in the World Cup. Why is the farming forum moderated differently than other forums on boards?

on the river

Another mod.

At least it's reliable mike.

Mike have you any knowledge on farming matters?

on the river

tanko wrote: »

There's more yellow and red cards around here than in the World Cup. Why is the farming forum moderated differently than other forums on boards?

Things have changed drastically in this forum tanko.

I agree why is there so many mods?

Only two a year ago

sea12

Welcome mike. Have you a background in farming?

Tokyo

darragh_haven wrote: »

I dunno mike. I'm going to wait a while to see how we get on before I welcome you..... it's the way it's gotta be. I'm suspicious of new people

vanderbadger wrote: »

more mods than contributors soon

Fair enough - all I can say to that is I hope I get the chance to prove my worth.

on the river wrote: »

Another mod.

At least it's reliable mike.

Mike have you any knowledge on farming matters?

Grew up most of my life on a farm (livestock) in Galway, have worked on some of the big cattle stations in Australia. Back on the family farm again after 8 years overseas, and realistically the person taking it over in the future will more than likely be me. That being said, I'm far from being an expert, I'm still catching up wit things and lurk in F&F fairly regularly to get help and advice. So rest assured I'll have more questions for you lads than you will have for me.

lakill Farm

do the old Mods get a golden handshake when they leave?

why do the old Mods almost always close up there account when they leave?

Why arent the members asked who they would like to be a mod?

vanderbadger

I could be wrong on this but were yourself or oldree contributors to farming and forestry before becoming mods ? who appointed ye?

on the river

mike_ie wrote: »

Fair enough - all I can say to that is I hope I get the chance to prove my worth.




Grew up most of my life on a farm (livestock) in Galway, have worked on some of the big cattle stations in Australia. Back on the family farm again after 8 years overseas, and realistically the person taking it over in the future will more than likely be me. That being said, I'm far from being an expert, I'm still catching up wit things and lurk in F&F fairly regularly to get help and advice. So rest assured I'll have more questions for you lads than you will have for me.

Don't worry Mike you are very welcome. Hope you learn alot

Tokyo

on the river wrote: »

Don't worry Mike you are very welcome. Hope you learn alot

I appreciate it. There's a lot of expertise floating round these parts - would be foolish of me not to tap into it.

darragh_haven

darragh_haven wrote: »

I dunno mike. I'm going to wait a while to see how we get on before I welcome you..... it's the way it's gotta be. I'm suspicious of new people

There should be a sarcasm emoticon for a lot of my posts.....
Welcome mike. May the coloured cards flow freely

Tokyo

darragh_haven wrote: »

There should be a sarcasm emoticon for a lot of my posts.....

Whoops - my bad Thanks for the welcome

May the coloured cards flow freely

I hope not!!

ganmo

He means birthday cards! :P

frazzledhome

Mike, you're very welcome and all the best. It can get hot and heavy at times, generally gets sorted among ourselves, so go handy with the cards would be my request

Why do we need so many Mods?

just do it

darragh_haven wrote: »

There should be a sarcasm emoticon for a lot of my posts.....
Welcome mike. May the coloured cards flow freely

Yes, I like the idea of a sarcasm emoticon. It's an affliction really, gets me in more trouble than laughs I'm afraid! :rolleyes:

just do it

Welcome on board mike and I hope you enjoy it

Reggie.

vanderbadger wrote: »

more mods than contributors soon

We must have done something wrong in the past

on the river

Reggie. wrote: »

We must have done something wrong in the past

Ya Something!

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

do the old Mods get a golden handshake when they leave?

why do the old Mods almost always close up there account when they leave?

Why arent the members asked who they would like to be a mod?

I don't think it's the other mods that appoint any new mods. That's left up to the head boys in administration I believe

lakill Farm

Reggie for Mod

sure he knows it all

vanderbadger

vanderbadger wrote: »

I could be wrong on this but were yourself or oldree contributors to farming and forestry before becoming mods ? who appointed ye?

silence is deafening

Kovu

Lads, please. I don't want this turning into anything more than a thread welcoming a new mod in place of one that left.

If you have any questions/discussion wanted about mod actions, there is a dispute forum where you may talk about it.

But it is not allowed on the forums.

Reggie.

lakill Farm wrote: »

Reggie for Mod

sure he knows it all

Keep it up you

towzer2010

vanderbadger wrote: »

silence is deafening

The first rule of being a boards moderator: You do not talk about being a boards moderator.

The second rule of being a boards moderator: You do not talk about being a boards moderator.

Where the sarcasm emoticon??

Reggie.

towzer2010 wrote: »

The first rule of being a boards moderator: You do not talk about being a boards moderator.

The second rule of being a boards moderator: You do not talk about being a boards moderator.

Where the sarcasm emoticon??

Watching fight club are we

greysides

First of all, and most importantly, welcome Mike your knowledge and experience will be welcome.


Secondly, I'm disappointed that a welcome thread should be dragged off-topic by venting.

Let's get back on track.

towzer2010

Reggie. wrote: »

Watching fight club are we

Ya. How did you know?:D

Charliebull

welcome mike, pity ur from galway, enough then there eejits here already

i agree 2 years ago we had 2 mods and the place was a mad house, now its like a morge and full of mods

BTW who the fcuk is niamh.ie

Reggie.

Charliebull wrote: »

welcome mike, pity ur from galway, enough then there eejits here already

i agree 2 years ago we had 2 mods and the place was a mad house, now its like a morge and full of mods

BTW who the fcuk is niamh.ie

One of the people from the head office or a rep for a company like esb or something I believe

Charliebull

Reggie. wrote: »

One of the people from the head office or a rep for a company like esb or something I believe

why reggie, you are well informed were you a mod in a previous life;)

there is a few ex cons (sorry mods) floating about:D

anyway we are hogging mikes party, sorry mike and welcome again, watch out for that "genghis cant" lad

Reggie.

Charliebull wrote: »

why reggie, you are well informed were you a mod in a previous life;)

there is a few ex cons (sorry mods) floating about:D

anyway we are hogging mikes party, sorry mike and welcome again, watch out for that "genghis cant" lad

Its known as situational awareness

Dav

Hello all.

First of all, welcome mike_ie

This forum is moderated less stringently than a lot of our forums - you may not realise that because you don't spend time on other parts of the site, but believe me, it is very much how this forum operates. The reasons for this are because you're generally speaking a good bunch and don't cause any trouble and long may that continue.

Making decisions about who should enforce policy based on popularity contests is a disaster, this is why we don't do it. We (the Admins of the site along with the Category Mods and the local Mods) pick people who have a level head and who have an interest in the topic at hand. These suggestions come from the Mods and CMods primarily as they have far more "local" knowledge of their given communities than the Admins do.

It is really unfortunate that Rovi left, he closed his account all of a sudden and without talking to anyone and to be honest, he left us somewhat in the lurch. He's always been a fantastic mod here and across other parts of the site and so if you happen to be reading Rovi, thank you very much for all you've done, I wish you'd given us an opportunity to have a chat before you closed your account though.

Also, if someone has a username of "Boards.ie: Niamh" then maybe there's a distinct possibility that they work here? Niamh is my colleague on the Community team here in the office.

I said

Welcome mike if your like a good ref we won't notice you

munkus

Welcome mike from a fellow Galway man. You might want to bring a length of wavin for some of these lads. Alot of their social interaction involves only meeting the milkman and can go a bit wild at times on here :-) The beef and sheep lads are very well rounded individuals though.

Best of luck.

Reggie.

munkus wrote: »

Welcome mike from a fellow Galway man. You might want to bring a length of wavin for some of these lads. Alot of their social interaction involves only meeting the milkman and can go a bit wild at times on here :-) The beef and sheep lads are very well rounded individuals though.

Best of luck.

Tokyo

munkus wrote: »

Welcome mike from a fellow Galway man. You might want to bring a length of wavin for some of these lads.

Needn't worry - I come prepared....

moy83

Good luck mike

keep going

Is there money following this mods crack or what, how many mods have we now

Muckit

Welcome to the jungle ! Great tune. So apt. The best of good luck to ya!

blue5000

Welcome on board(s) Mike, hope we won't keep you too busy.

Base price

Welcome Mike and best of luck. I hope to get a feel for you over time.
Now don't get excited - I said feel for you not a feel of you

Tokyo

Base price wrote: »

Welcome Mike and best of luck. I hope to get a feel for you over time.
Now don't get excited - I said feel for you not a feel of you

Getting a lads hopes up like that....

whelan2

on the river wrote: »

Things have changed drastically in this forum tanko.

I agree why is there so many mods?

Only two a year ago

think its better having more than 2 mods, at least that way if there is an issue there is more of a chance of a mod being around to deal with it before it gets out of control, anyway welcome mike.ie and good luck to rovi

Nekarsulm

Howya Mike, I've been looking at the Brooks thread on After Hours, shor we are a bunch of Choir boys here, compared to some of the hair-trigger lunatics over there...............

Damo810

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Howya Mike, I've been looking at the Brooks thread on After Hours, shor we are a bunch of Choir boys here, compared to some of the hair-trigger lunatics over there...............

Your completely under-selling us there :pac: