Think Before Posting?

[theochennell]

I think the great advantage of a site like this is the opportunity to be able pass on information, useful links and advice to others, in order to help them collect their own information and make up their own minds about preparations for the future. Also to have the opportunity to be able receive the same kind of information yourself.

I think its great and right that people meet and greet, but surely when there are endless paragraphs of waffle or ranting (sometimes badly written) or the repeating of information already given in links, it just takes up valuable space and actually helps no-one. It also makes reading and understanding it very it hard work.

Most of the time we can say a lot more by using less words - don't you think? I don't want to be offensive but if we clutter up this site too much we might not see the wood for the trees!

Here endeth my rant! :thumb_yello:

[Operator]

Yes,

great post. Maybe also a great idea to use the search option first to see if the subject is not already covered in another thread ...

Limiting the amount of doubled info makes it easier to work with.

Cheers

[izz]

yes but maybe people want to debate and chat a bit and have a joke .. is that all banned too ... so boring just having bland facts or bland opinions ..

we are human social creatures after all :tongue2::roll1::roll1::woot_jump::mf_plasmawhore: :band:

[lehomonuka]

I think the great advantage of a site like this is the opportunity to be able pass on information, useful links and advice to others, in order to help them collect their own information and make up their own minds about preparations for the future. Also to have the opportunity to be able receive the same kind of information yourself.

I think its great and right that people meet and greet, but surely when there are endless paragraphs of waffle or ranting (sometimes badly written) or the repeating of information already given in links, it just takes up valuable space and actually helps no-one. It also makes reading and understanding it very it hard work.

Most of the time we can say a lot more by using less words - don't you think? I don't want to be offensive but if we clutter up this site too much we might not see the wood for the trees!

Here endeth my rant! :thumb_yello:

does that also mean adding the whole quote and or artical without citing what it is that you are quoting:naughty: it is a true pain in the tush to have to re-read the whole thing over and then guess what it is that you are qouting :mad3:
please,just c&p the stuff that you want to quote Not the whole artical
and that is my .02
leho

[theochennell]

I wasn't intending to be dictatorial its nice to chat and exchange ideas but don't you think some people could say more with less? :sad:

[Racsouran]

We need more sense of humour here wich i see it lacks big time.

In my opinion, let the people explain themselves as they can , we cannot restrict posting to a perfect mode of doing it. That much seriousness would make afraid many posters interested on sharing perspectives, no matter if their perspectives are not based on research at all, but on gut feelings and memories.

[Operator]

Hi,

I agree with most of you all ...
Let's keep it human and up to judgment of the poster to quote completely or not ... (some might not know how to limit it).

My main statement was about creating threads ...
Some topics have 2 or 3 threads going on which make discussions very difficult to follow ....

Some new threads make a discussion start all over again ...

Thanks, cheers ... (have beer or something, thank god it's Friday)

[Jenny]

Hi Operator,

we, as mods, are well aware of the fact posters do not always check first before opening a new thread on some issue.

We try to stay on top of it.
As it so happens, two threads on the same issue get attention and are posted in.
Which one to delete?

:confused:

Jenny

[Brinty]

Thanks, cheers ... (have beer or something, thank god it's Friday)

FRIDAY??????

Oh damn! I thought it was still only Thursday!:insane:

[doodah]

We try to stay on top of it.
As it so happens, two threads on the same issue get attention and are posted in.
Which one to delete?

Can you just combine them and post a notice with the title of the one that is not being continued? And make the discontinued one non-postable?

Ex: October 7 oh my
October 7 I'm really scared

Keep October 7 oh my title and merge in the other thread's posts, but make the other one non-postable, with a new title:
October 7 I'm scared -- Now combined with October 7 oh my :original: