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Posted by Loquacious beachcomber (# 8783) on :
 
This poll is a friendly, gentle one; simply to let Shippies exchange views on starting new threads.

<small>[ 04. November 2012, 01:16: Message edited by: Loquacious beachcomber ]</small>

[ 12. February 2013, 23:56: Message buggered about with by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Every year and a half or so, I start a new thread in purgatory: last year it was about The Shard tower in London. It was of interest to me as a former architecture student and to many others due to the controversy of its being the tallest building in the UK. I would like to live there, I think. Past threads have included hunting and what to do with dangerous criminals.
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
A funny thing is that although I don't hang out in Keryg that much, I think many of my rare OPs have been started there. I really don't know enough about the Bible although I made it through EfM. And in Keryg I know that there are people who hang out that actually do. In the original languages, yet. So there I have a pool of people who can make me feel really inferi- erm- whose brains I can pick.

[ 04. November 2012, 02:37: Message edited by: Lyda*Rose ]
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
What I've mentioned before (and it probably isn't possible) is to limit threads started by apprentices. For the first 50 posts they could reply to other threads, but not start threads of their own until they've gotten into the swing of things and seen how the Ship and her various boards operate.

[ 04. November 2012, 02:38: Message edited by: Pigwidgeon ]
 

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Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What I've mentioned before (and probably isn't possible) is to limit threads started by apprentices. For the first 50 posts they could reply to other threads, but not start threads of their own until they've gotten into the swing of things and seen how the Ship and her various boards operate.

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I think that quite recently we've had an object case like that to consider. But we've also seen that the problem often pretty much takes care of itself. Somehow apprentices who yell, "Me! Me! Me!" often get discouraged and go away. Can't imagine why.
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What I've mentioned before (and it probably isn't possible) is to limit threads started by apprentices. For the first 50 posts they could reply to other threads, but not start threads of their own until they've gotten into the swing of things and seen how the Ship and her various boards operate.

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Originally posted by Pigwidgeon:
What I've mentioned before (and it probably isn't possible) is to limit threads started by apprentices. For the first 50 posts they could reply to other threads, but not start threads of their own until they've gotten into the swing of things and seen how the Ship and her various boards operate.

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A few less threads in Purgatory might help focus discussions

I could do with a few less Hell threads

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FEWER!
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
A phew phewer?

Doesn't scan well ...
 

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Posted by Garasu (# 17152) on :
 
But could be the basis for a tongue-twister...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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Originally posted by balaam:

FEWER!

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Fewer threads in Purgatory might help focus discussions.

I could do with fewer Hell threads.

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:

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Originally posted by balaam:

FEWER!

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A bit pedantic, but at least it shows you are as well-schooled in the proper use of the English language as my wife and I:

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Nah! I'm just arsey.
 

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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
Please, for the love of all that wear clown's shoes, would you stick to the subject. Thanks.

Imaginary Friend
Circus Host
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
No option to start threads in Dead Horses, the Styx or all of the boards. All would have been good as an option.
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
I assume you're taking about n00bs, CK.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
No, I meant me. I'm an equal opportunities poster and have started threads on all the main boards at some point. Dead Horses really is not an option in the questionnaire. (Neither is the Styx, but that's less likely)
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
Another interesting question would be: "What do you find the scariest board to start a thread on?"

Ecclesiantics brrrrr....
 

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Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Another interesting question would be: "What do you find the scariest board to start a thread on?"

Ecclesiantics brrrrr....

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I'm pretty sure that was the first Board where I started one.

(And, IIRC, received some very helpful responses.)
 

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Posted by Loquacious beachcomber (# 8783) on :
 

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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
No option to start threads in Dead Horses, the Styx or all of the boards. All would have been good as an option.

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The question was on what board are you most likely to start a new thread; the choice of "other" covered boards not listed above, and, as the question asked "most likely to" the choice of "all" really would not have fit within the question.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Son the Elder had already worked out by the age of 2 that the answer to the question: 'Would you like ..... or .....?' was 'Both!'
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
@Loquacious beachcomber, if you look, in the past two weeks I've started threads in Heaven, Purgatory, Hell and All Saints, one of of the threads I started in Purgatory was transferred to Kergymania. In addition, I have posted in The Styx, Dead Horses, The Circus and Ecclesiantics. If you look at my last 50 posts, I have posted in all the boards but Kergymania. I really truly did want an all option.
 

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Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
Question 5 didn't have the most appropriate answer as a choice: The thread title should lead to good FLPs!
 

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Posted by Loquacious beachcomber (# 8783) on :
 
Okay, I'll bite what are FLPs?
Maybe Florida Lights & Power?
Forever Living Products?
Find Life Pukes?
What are FLPs?
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Famous Last Posts
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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Originally posted by Loquacious beachcomber:
... What are FLPs?

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Famous Last Posts - when the title of a thread (as listed on the Boards home-page) combines with the name of the person who last posted on it to make something mildly (or sometimes wildly) amusing.

For instance, this might come out as:

Starting new threads on ... piglet

What's wrong with the threads I've got on?

eta: sorry - cross-posted with Ariston.

[ 08. November 2012, 02:08: Message edited by: piglet ]
 

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Posted by Scarlet (# 1738) on :
 

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Originally posted by LeRoc:
Another interesting question would be: "What do you find the scariest board to start a thread on?"

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