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Dave, Question about board etiquette

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Dave,

Will you allow the UWS-style Lounge posts of the past? The music, guitar, television, movies, etc. type of stuff that would come up on UWS in the past?

Thanks in advance.
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My goal is to not have to log into the admin account so I'm not planning on stopping it if it comes up.

I did create a Lounge-like board - http://uwsboard.com/viewforum.php?f=3 - so it may be better to put such things there. (The name "What I had for Lunch Today" is a (probably not funny at all) sarcastic reference to the frequent topic of TSL lounge discussions - we can change it to something else if desired.) We can create as many boards as desired, though with so few of us, I think we are at a point where more boards would dilute what exists.
Hokie5150 wrote:Dave,

Will you allow the UWS-style Lounge posts of the past? The music, guitar, television, movies, etc. type of stuff that would come up on UWS in the past?

Thanks in advance.
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BigDave wrote:We can create as many boards as desired, though with so few of us, I think we are at a point where more boards would dilute what exists.
That was my concern, plus I always enjoyed the non-Lounge approach UWS has to Lounge-type posts. thanks
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So you're saying I can type miles and miles of whatever stream of consciousness blather is going on in my head and all of you will read it!!?? This place is great! :lol:
Hokie5150 wrote:That was my concern, plus I always enjoyed the non-Lounge approach UWS has to Lounge-type posts. thanks
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BigDave wrote:My goal is to not have to log into the admin account so I'm not planning on stopping it if it comes up.

I did create a Lounge-like board - http://uwsboard.com/viewforum.php?f=3 - so it may be better to put such things there. (The name "What I had for Lunch Today" is a (probably not funny at all) sarcastic reference to the frequent topic of TSL lounge discussions - we can change it to something else if desired.) We can create as many boards as desired, though with so few of us, I think we are at a point where more boards would dilute what exists.
Hokie5150 wrote:Dave,

Will you allow the UWS-style Lounge posts of the past? The music, guitar, television, movies, etc. type of stuff that would come up on UWS in the past?

Thanks in advance.
Since we're here, how about a football/sports board?
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Once wrote:So you're saying I can type miles and miles of whatever stream of consciousness blather is going on in my head and all of you will read it!!?? This place is great! :lol:
Hokie5150 wrote:That was my concern, plus I always enjoyed the non-Lounge approach UWS has to Lounge-type posts. thanks
Whoa there, that's your husband's job!
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Both this and the "private" (not google indexed) UWS are created and should be hidden to new, logged out, and bot users.

I set the threshold pretty low - five posts. Right now, that's catching 14 people (out of 40).
Marine Hokie wrote:Since we're here, how about a football/sports board?
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BigDave wrote:Both this and the "private" (not google indexed) UWS are created and should be hidden to new, logged out, and bot users.

I set the threshold pretty low - five posts. Right now, that's catching 14 people (out of 40).
Marine Hokie wrote:Since we're here, how about a football/sports board?
you're getting botted like that already?
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awesome guy wrote:
BigDave wrote:Both this and the "private" (not google indexed) UWS are created and should be hidden to new, logged out, and bot users.

I set the threshold pretty low - five posts. Right now, that's catching 14 people (out of 40).
Marine Hokie wrote:Since we're here, how about a football/sports board?
you're getting botted like that already?
Well, there are two different kinds of bots.

There are search engine bots, which started showing up about five minutes after we went live. When the site is being indexed, you will actually see "Google (bot)" as a logged in user on the home page - I saw it just a few minutes ago.

Then there are spam bots. We had one that registered and then started repeatedly dumping linkspam onto the board. That's when I changed the captcha from the default one (which presumably someone has figured out a way to OCR) to the questions about Tech. The purpose isn't to exclude someone - if a Hoo wants to join us, they are welcome to and hopefully they would either know the answers or be able to Google them quickly - but a spambot wouldn't be able to register.
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Great name for the new lounge-like place. I Love It!!!
Keep it.

Also. Another etiquette question.
Should we be typing above..or below...quoted posts in reply w/ quote?




BigDave wrote:My goal is to not have to log into the admin account so I'm not planning on stopping it if it comes up.

I did create a Lounge-like board - http://uwsboard.com/viewforum.php?f=3 - so it may be better to put such things there. (The name "What I had for Lunch Today" is a (probably not funny at all) sarcastic reference to the frequent topic of TSL lounge discussions - we can change it to something else if desired.) We can create as many boards as desired, though with so few of us, I think we are at a point where more boards would dilute what exists.
Hokie5150 wrote:Dave,

Will you allow the UWS-style Lounge posts of the past? The music, guitar, television, movies, etc. type of stuff that would come up on UWS in the past?

Thanks in advance.
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Either. I usually do above because if it's a really long post being quoted, the reply is easier to find that way.

Nothing is more annoying than having five pages of quoted material to scroll through and then two words - "I agry" - at the bottom. :roll: :cry:
RiverguyVT wrote:Great name for the new lounge-like place. I Love It!!!
Keep it.

Also. Another etiquette question.
Should we be typing above..or below...quoted posts in reply w/ quote?
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I'm just wanting to be consistent. I'll post above here on out (or, at least, I'll try to).
This early in our board, setting little guidelines like this will make it better.
Post above, it is! :idea:


BigDave wrote:Either. I usually do above because if it's a really long post being quoted, the reply is easier to find that way.

Nothing is more annoying than having five pages of quoted material to scroll through and then two words - "I agry" - at the bottom. :roll: :cry:
RiverguyVT wrote:Great name for the new lounge-like place. I Love It!!!
Keep it.

Also. Another etiquette question.
Should we be typing above..or below...quoted posts in reply w/ quote?
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BigDave wrote:Either...Nothing is more annoying than having five pages of quoted material to scroll through and then two words - "I agry" - at the bottom. :roll: :cry:
Either that or just edit the quote. Agry? :P
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BigDave wrote:Nothing is more annoying than having five pages of quoted material to scroll through and then two words - "I agry" - at the bottom. :roll: :cry:
Yeah... OR... you could delete the quoted material that doesn't pertain to your reply... like I just did here.

Above or below, either way works. I prefer to lead with the quoted material so the reader knows what I'm replying to before they read my reply.
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This board believes in Libertarian ideals. Edit the quote, reply above or below, there is personal freedom here. ;)
Hokie CPA wrote:Above or below, either way works. I prefer to lead with the quoted material so the reader knows what I'm replying to before they read my reply.
Actually, I would kinda like it if the software didn't quote quotes ... I may look and see if there is a way to change that.
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but sometimes the nested quote could be an important part of the point being made.

He said
...so then the other guy said
......to which the next guy is wrong, but based his reasoning upon the one just above

................Now I answer, to make my incredibly deep and meaningful point that will change the free world as we know it.
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