Dazren should explain why he closed the Nigella thread

[Adrian W]

This thread was actually quiet funny, not that rude and was getting a lot af contributors so why close it. Other threads are far worse and in some cases are miles across the line, this was just a bit of completely harmless fun and in this case it was an abuse of mod power with no warning.



Discuss?

[308mate]

No it wasnt and no he shouldnt..

It was another shit "Look at Nigellas funbags" thread. The last one was closed in 1 post. That one should never have run for 3 pages.

The fact that did was the very inconsistency that pistonbroke had cried about before, only this time he welcomed it.

This thread should be closed too.

[ZR1cliff]

I know its not everyones cup of tea but maybe it wouldnt be a bad idea to let a thread run now and then where we can have the odd bit of childish fun,its good for the soul dont yer know.

[jagdpanther]

sorry..couldnt help myself

[pc.iow]

I recon 'dazren' has a thing for her.
I can see no 'good' reason for closing another Nigella thread.It just puts a marker against the mod in question that i then give a name to.
Not sure who is being more childish really.

[308mate]

ZR1cliff said:

I know its not everyones cup of tea but maybe it wouldnt be a bad idea to let a thread run now and then where we can have the odd bit of childish fun,its good for the soul dont yer know.

I agree. But another one on Nigella. Same old pictures and everything?

We could at least wheel in some fresh meat now and then?

[Adrian W]

I never saw the other thread, i know its childish but this one did make me chuckle and wasnt doing any harm and didnt cross the line in any way aother than a waste of bandwidth, now if you want to talk about threads that are a waste of bandwidth

[dazren]

Adrian W said:

Discuss?

Abuse report received. Thread looked crap. Similar threads have been closed by Ted so this thread was similarly closed.

Can't see what else there is to discuss.

DAZ

[Adrian W]

dazren said:

Adrian W said:

Discuss?

Abuse report received. Thread looked crap. Similar threads have been closed by Ted so this thread was similarly closed.

Can't see what else there is to discuss.

DAZ

Ok, so from now on your going to close all crap threads without warning that get genuinly reported?

Edited by Adrian W on Wednesday 10th October 17:17

[dazren]

I'm happy to close threads that are similar to those that have previously been closed by Ted and the other moderators....

[ZR1cliff]

308mate said:

ZR1cliff said:

I know its not everyones cup of tea but maybe it wouldnt be a bad idea to let a thread run now and then where we can have the odd bit of childish fun,its good for the soul dont yer know.

I agree. But another one on Nigella. Same old pictures and everything?

We could at least wheel in some fresh meat now and then?

I am all for new pics but ime OK now,i've had my childish five minutes and the balance has been restored

[central]

dazren said:

Adrian W said:

Discuss?

Abuse report received.
DAZ

I'm sure I sent an abuse report when a thread turned very nasty. (many moons ago)

It wasn't locked.


Guess there could've been a glitch in the system?

[Adrian W]

dazren said:

I'm happy to close threads that are similar to those that have previously been closed by Ted and the other moderators....

Err no! they didnt close this thread, you did. In the past other Moderators may have closed similar threads and maybe on the same subject matter but not without warning

[pc.iow]

dazren said:

Adrian W said:

Discuss?

Abuse report received. Thread looked crap. Similar threads have been closed by Ted so this thread was similarly closed.

Can't see what else there is to discuss.

DAZ

Spoken like a true doorman(with small man syndrome).

This thread was also full of "crap"(but funny)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
but obviously falls outside of the 'mod-on-a-box'delete button.

[308mate]

Adrian W said:

dazren said:

I'm happy to close threads that are similar to those that have previously been closed by Ted and the other moderators....

Err no! they didnt close this thread, you did. In the past other Moderators may have closed similar threads and maybe on the same subject matter but not without warning

Whether you were around to see the precedent thread closures is irrelevant, shirley?

Are you saying mods are accountable to you? How much do you pay to use the services of this site?

[dazren]

Other moderators have both closed and deleted threads without warning. Nowhere in the site rules does it state that moderators have to give warnings about intending to close threads, following abuse reports.

If you unhappy with the way this thread was dealt with please feel free to contact Ted or Garlick via their profiles.

I'm signing off from this thread for now.

[neil_bolton]

pc.iow said:

dazren said:

Adrian W said:

Discuss?

Abuse report received. Thread looked crap. Similar threads have been closed by Ted so this thread was similarly closed.

Can't see what else there is to discuss.

DAZ

Spoken like a true doorman(with small man syndrome).

This thread was also full of "crap"(but funny)
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
but obviously falls outside of the 'mod-on-a-box'delete button.

I would give it a rest if I were you, and I wanted to continue to contributing to the site.

As Mods, we give our unpaid time to try our best and keep PH at the level of decent content that you most likely joined up for.

We get sod all thanks for it, and as such don't appreciate your comments like that.

Daz did what he thought was right, and I would have done exactly the same thing - indeed I was the one who zapped the last Nigella thread.

Too many people here are getting arsey about something so blatantly rediculous to be getting arsey over.

[ATG]

Yet more whining about the mods. Who gives a shit? A mildly amusing thread gets closed because it's a bit puerile? How can anyone get exercised about that? Sense of proportion? The mods are volunteers who make this place run more smoothly. Good on them. If some decisions looks a bit arbitrary, well what do you expect when they're having to use their judgement and wading around in grey areas?

[Apache]

308mate said:

Adrian W said:

dazren said:

I'm happy to close threads that are similar to those that have previously been closed by Ted and the other moderators....

Err no! they didnt close this thread, you did. In the past other Moderators may have closed similar threads and maybe on the same subject matter but not without warning

Whether you were around to see the precedent thread closures is irrelevant, shirley?

Are you saying mods are accountable to you? How much do you pay to use the services of this site?

The posters are what made PH what it is, free or not. Would Haymarket have been so keen to buy a site that no one used?

Edited by Apache on Wednesday 10th October 17:32

[tinman0]

Apache said:

The posters are what made PH what it is, free or not. Clearly that is becoming a bit of a nuisance

i think the whining posts "why did xxx get closed..." threads are worse to be honest