allison Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I didn't see the thread before it got moderated, but like to see that there is more moderating going on when things get out of hand. Thread drift is not as bothersome as personal attacks though, that stuff sucks!! This is my 1000th post. Someone buy me a cake, or tie up my fingers so I stop spewing nonsense. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 There were no personal attacks in the big4 thread... There was mostly speculation about things and certain climbers and their routes as well as a certain person's grading of routes. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Dwayner, your pants are for clueless fairies that stuff the potato in the back. Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 By the way there was no report yet as to anyone climbing either peak yet. Just a bunch of talking about where routes go. And then some more argument on who was an authority on deciding where they went. Maybe we should call that spray too. Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "I see the Army the waves and the wacs, yeah marchin' down the railroad tracks in those HOT PANTS! HOT PANTS!" Quote
Dru Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I dont know if bob cotter is a dork or not, and i dont know if his routes are hard or not because i havent done any of them, but he is guilty of some supreme chestbeating in published articles in AAJ, CAJ, Mountain, High and the Canmore Clubhouse logbook, and this aroused the ire of th Canadian Rockies "Social Climbing Club" (Jo Jo, Twight, Blanchard, Robinson etc.) and they reflected this in the choice of some route names. He may have taken note cause I havent seen any Cotter spray in the mags or anywhere since about 1997...either that or editors have imposed a blanket rejection on his work... who knows. Quote
mattp Posted January 20, 2003 Author Posted January 20, 2003 Cavey, Actually, there were some personal attacks. They may have been mild by your standards, but when you tell someone to fuck off and call them a dipshit or whatever, that is personal and it is an attack. Dru may be correct, however, that I may have misinterpreted the exchange and censorship wasn't justified in that particular case. That's why I started this discussion. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "Hi, Frederick's of Hollywood. I'm callin' about, uh, your spring catalog here. Uh, I had a question about this little, uh, pajammy number on page 37. Does that come in a 16 XL? I was callin' for my sister. She's a big ol' girl." Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 (edited) No personal attacks until the "dipshits" started moderating thought out comments Edited January 20, 2003 by Cpt.Caveman Quote
Dwayner Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Try these on for a few! "Safety Pants", Men Without Hats "Riders in my Pants", The Doors "I Can't Pants", Genesis "Who Let the Pants Out?", Baha Men "Shout at the Pants", Motley Crue "Fire and Pants", James Taylor "Blue Suede Pants", Elvis Presley "The 18 Pants Overture" - Tchaikovsky "Smells Like Teen Pants" - Spirit, Nirvana Quote
Dr_Flash_Amazing Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Sure, Dwayner, that's real cute. But the B-52's really do have a song called 'Hot Pants'. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 "Got a hairy chest and wearing leotards...they're soooo tight, but it's allllright" Quote
Toast Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Matt, how about using the polling function on this site? Let the sprayers weigh in with the rest on the simple question, "How important is it to have the Route Report Section spray free?" - Not important, it's better with spray, no censorship... fucker! - Kinda important, wading through useless posts sucks... let us self police and moderate gingerly - Very important, Spray not tolerated... heir Furor Quote
Dwayner Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Take that!, smarty-pants sport-climber! Quote
Cpt.Caveman Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Toast that might work fine. But it all boils down to and is as simple as what Dru mentioned we like proper editing, not improper editing... editing with panache, style and grace. Quote
Dwayner Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 (edited) Toast must be having a bad 'do day when he refers to his "heir Furor". Try a little styling gel, cap'n! - Herr Führer, Dwayner Edited January 20, 2003 by Dwayner Quote
mattp Posted January 20, 2003 Author Posted January 20, 2003 Toast - A poll would offer some measure of opinion, but I'd wonder exactly how to interpret it. I think the polls get answered mostly by the die-hard sprayers and if I am correct, this would skew the result. Certainly, the poll would be answered by the people who are on-line at work and probably would not be answered by those who check in once a month to run a search on "chair peak" in hopes of finding some crucial bit of beta. Also, I don't know if a poll would or should change the editorial policy of the board. Jon and Tim set up the site with different forums and intentionally gave them different ground-rules. So what would we do if the poll came out 100% in favor of taking an "anything goes" approach in the route reports? Or, conversely, what if a poll came out with a result 100% in favor of disallowing all spray from any forum? More useful, I think, is to discuss the issues and see if there are any new ideas or see if we can better define what the ground rules are. There is no moderator's handbook and while Jon or I or somebody else may sound rather strident about the proper place of spray, here is your chance to influence things. Quote
Toast Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 we like proper editing, not improper editing... editing with panache, style and grace. mabe Cavey, but if we "set the expectation" that we're not gonna go overboard with the spray and thread drift in that section, then it should be pretty obvious why the moderator edits somebody in that section. Quote
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Shit will take care of itself and all will be right in the world once again. Quote
Toast Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 I was thinking of just getting some validation, but I think you're right re. skew of the sample population. Anyway, I've laid out my $0.02 above... nuf said. Quote
Toast Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 Dwaner, that's not me... that's my brother, dummy. Oh yeah, poor spelling, my bad. Quote
Dru Posted January 20, 2003 Posted January 20, 2003 and if it isnt we can always bomb the shit out of some 3rd world country , until everything is right with the world again, and our glorious president gets reelected. Quote
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