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MCD event list

  • 20-08-2008 12:04AM
    #1
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭


    I saw in the Leaving Cert forum that there is a list of the artists not allowed to be mentioned. I think it would be a good Idea if this list was attached to every MCD sticky to make sure there is no confusion.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56773168&postcount=2

    It would also give users no excuse and make the Mod decision a little easier.Thanks
    Post edited by Shield on


Comments

  • #2
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Good idea. I mentioned a gig run by the Unmentionables a few times because I didn't realise they were involved with it. No one noticed, including the mods because no one else realised either, so I wasn't warned or anything! So it would be good for the mods too.


  • #3
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Its quite simple.

    ticketmaster.ie + band name = promoter = post/do not post.

    Mods have to do it to check events, so why can't users do it before they post - especially since they're at risk of a ban?


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Silverfish wrote: »
    Its quite simple.

    ticketmaster.ie + band name = promoter = post/do not post.

    Mods have to do it to check events, so why can't users do it before they post - especially since they're at risk of a ban?

    Just simpler to have it in the sticky .No excuses then.


  • #5
    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    random chatbox wrote: »
    Just simpler to have it in the sticky .No excuses then.

    So constantly listing every new event every week / month?
    Keeping that up to date would be quite time consuming.


    Considering people manage to miss the stickies on the top of every forum, I can't see them having the patience or intelligence to wade through a list :)


  • #6
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,453 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    and every single sticky would have to be updated manually by each moderator i'd imagine.


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  • #7
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Silverfish wrote: »
    So constantly listing every new event every week / month?
    Keeping that up to date would be quite time consuming.

    It is just a list of the main Artists .


  • #8
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    A list already exists. Its at the website of the promoter in question, and you should check that. Problem solved.


  • #9
    Winters
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭Winters


    Users use your noggins.


  • #10
    Toto Wolfcastle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,005 ✭✭✭✭Toto Wolfcastle


    Wincest is best! wrote: »
    Users use your noggins.

    Yeah obviously users should do that but as I've said, I mistakenly mentioned a concert I shouldn't have several times in a couple of forums and not one mod picked up on it. So perhaps mods aren't checking the list either.


  • #11
    jhegarty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,135 ✭✭✭jhegarty


    Cremo wrote: »
    and every single sticky would have to be updated manually by each moderator i'd imagine.

    each sticky could link to a central list... then just one post needs to be kept up to date....


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  • #12
    Bob the Builder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    A list already exists. Its at the website of the promoter in question, and you should check that. Problem solved.
    Ditto.

    An updated thred in every forum every week/month is unrealistic, not to mention it would advertise the unadvertisable's.
    And if sherifu doesn't get his own forum - neither does the unmentionable's.


  • #13
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    i thought the whole idea was to give them as little exposure as possible, putting up a sticky in every forum with a list of all their events would seem a bit counter productive to me.


  • #14
    Adam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,866 ✭✭✭Adam


    phantom_lord wrote: »
    i thought the whole idea was to give them as little exposure as possible, putting up a sticky in every forum with a list of all their events would seem a bit counter productive to me.
    +1

    This is basically just expecting mods to compensate for personal laziness tbh.


  • #15
    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,786 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    You can't just have a list of artists that can't be mentioned. Artists may have different gigs at different venues handled by different promoters. A blanket ban on artists as referred to in the OP is inaccurate and unfair to both the artists and the users who want to discuss the gigs.


  • #16
    KevIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,285 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    random chatbox wrote: »
    I saw in the Leaving Cert forum that there is a list of the artists not allowed to be mentioned. I think it would be a good Idea if this list was attached to every MCD sticky to make sure there is no confusion.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=56773168&postcount=2

    It would also give users no excuse and make the Mod decision a little easier.Thanks

    A link to that list on the site is in the sticky in the Gigs/Events forum. Yesterday I banned more than 10 people for breaking the rules re:MCD discussion. Users (new and old) are too lazy to read stickies and then have a quick check as to who promotes the gig before posting

    As Phantom_Lord said here, why give the promoters more publicity for their acts by publishing a list.

    Finally the ban is not related to artists, its related to any discussion regarding MCD, MCD events and venues.


  • #17
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    The moderators have better things to be doing in real life, than updating stickies every single day.

    Silverfish posted a foolproof method which only takes 5 seconds of your time. I understand how a sticky would be handy, but it's not going to be allowed as an excuse, "It wasn't on the sticky!".


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