Ak_88
Sorry AWG, can't seem to dig out the link in my history.
Osagi - why's there been a recent change from having a misc thread, to misc links only, to no misc links? Not trying to be inflammatory; genuinely curious.
Thanks!
The misc thread proved to be a nail in it's own coffin. When the thread was closed, we / I never declared a free for all for misc links to be posted elsewhere, in fact if anything I made a point of saying don't do it, particularly if the content proved to be similar to those links posted in the ill fated misc thread. AWG placed himself on the radar by declaring us "killjoys" in his journal and promising to post any "interesting" misc links he found he, quite a challenge to us mods. Again I asked him not to and reminded him that the same standards of posting applied in the journal section as they did elsewhere. Since then I've been keeping an eye on his journal for two reasons - firstly to keep him in check for his own good, second because his journal is actually an interestng read, the training related parts anyway (not enough MA training related posts).
Further to that AWG hasn't done himself very many favors by continuing to post in a 'misc' style across the forum, often reported as trolling and thus coming to the attention yet again of the mod team. Silly boy. Two options open to us - hit him with the ban hammer or give him a chance to tone it down. I'm currently persevering with the second option in the hope that he plays ball and we can avoid a ban - yes, I'm a sucker for punishment.
Tbh all that is required is a bit of common sense. It's been made clear that certain things posted on the misc have the potential to offend here on MT so the easiest thing to do, surely, is to avoid posting any links to misc, especially to anything that could be considered REMOTELY offensive.
Political correctness gone mad? Not really we do give an awesome amount of leeway in our moderating, but once a line has been drawn, we have to enforce it and it's always going to be those that push the boundaries that feel it most. Nothing personal, hope you can see that.
MR J. R. Killjoy ;)
Good luck with your finals.