Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Birty's Forum => Forum Info - read here first => Topic started by: jay140285 on December 16, 2011, 11:31:36 AM
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There seems have have been a few changes between 11 and 11.30 this morning?
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you will notice the forum now looks a bit tidier. a few boards have been merged but rest assured NO POSTS HAVE BEEN LOST.
there may be a few smaller changes to come but the bulk has been done now and hopefully you will now find the forum a bit easier to browse
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looks like someones been busy
notice here (http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=18259.msg210791;topicseen#new)
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Some nose or bolt person I noticed on my phone as it just went insane telling me posts have been moved.
Looks good mate
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Main thing im not sure about is the combining of for 'sale & wanted' with 'baywatch' - we have a load of fairly random posts in baywatch (not complaining, i like it) and folks that actually are selling or wanting stuff could well get lost in all that - which was exactly the reason given for splittin them up a few years ago. Its going to result in a lot of 'bump' posts
I also think workshop and tech are different (I also dont like change :003: )
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Workshop's gone :010: ..... and where is my Friday thread :010:
Ok NO flesh tonight then !!!!! ...... :098:
99 % of the time access threads through Unread topics anyway so no worries :003:
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Actually the friday thread going may result in a coup bein the order of the day :070:
I know im being negative which is unlike me as im a little ray of sunshine, but I quite liked the spread of sections as it resulted in longer threads rather than these half a doz posts per thread and then its lost as there are so many others that swamp it
What drove the changes?
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Workshop's gone :010: ..... and where is my Friday thread :010:
Ok NO flesh tonight then !!!!! ...... :098:
99 % of the time access threads through Unread topics anyway so no worries :003:
Under general Dutch
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I never thought i would here myself say it but i agree with BD.Whilst the headings may have been merged/reduced i feel it will mean that a lot of topic posts will get lost very quickly down the pages as there will be a lot more to go through especially under general
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Not so keen myself but then im always wary of change.... :lol_hitting:
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bruvvers from anuvva muvva Tank dood :003:
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to keep it tidy I have merged these 2 topics together seeing as they are on the same subject
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I have to agree with “less headings” mean there will be loads of threads that end up lost. Plus the for sale is good for those wanting to sell stuff, bay watch was good for the crack and some days has many threads. The MX5 forum I was on had to many headings and took ages to navigate through and you got bored, the Isuzu forum I used to use had to little and you would post a thread and hours later it was done.
Birties was just perfect!
But let's give change a chance.
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Less is more as they say.
The moderators were having a time keeping up with it all. We don't all have the time to spend all day every day
trawling the forums, yet it must be done. Believe it or not, we do like a modicum of decorum.
Having forums with confusing titles, like tech/workshop (yes, BD, I know you got it - most didn't), or forums
that get a post once every few months waste screen space.
The change was agreed by all the moderators, as being a good way forward.
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what are these words modicum and decorum.... surely they have no place here!
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if everyone was like me there would be no need for moderators
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Still think we have gone too far, bring back WTF, For Sale & Wanted, Workshop :eusa_pray:
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and im lookin forward to the stats breakdown on posts before and after - tis morgue like, so im off to finish 'State of Fear' by Michael Crichton - cracking book for those that refuse to swallow the climate change bullshit, even if the story line is a bit laborious, cliche riddled and far fetched
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If you are going to change it at least use a spell checker. How many ps in supplier? :003:
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so we reconsidering yet?
tis v weirdly slow apart from me bein on holiday, and we could view it as 'if it aint broke ......'
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the changes that have been made can not be reversed without loosing a lot of posts or someone moving them one by one
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lost or just re-startin areas from afresh?
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I think its fair in saying that those who help keep the forumn up and online do it for free,so as members we can't expect it to take them half a day of their time to keep it going ,so while i do share thoughts that things have changed and in a few minds not for the better . I think it understandable.
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I think its fair in saying that those who help keep the forumn up and online do it for free,so as members we can't expect it to take them half a day of their time to keep it going ,so while i do share thoughts that things have changed and in a few minds not for the better . I think it understandable.
:imwitstupid: :iagree:
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Any comments made were connected to birtys effectiveness as a forum, not as a entity or ethos or an off roading club, and im aware that some on here (which i find curious) think any time on a keyboard is time wasted, so I may well be in a minority. Usually feedback is requested through various points of the year.
And tbh I had no idea moderating was such a time consuming task (im only workin on the assumption that there are v v v few fuckwit posts), so hats off to ya gents.
So all was 'said' with the best intentions, however, hint taken, I will shut the fuck up about the changes now :lol_hitting:
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ha ha ha you'll never 'shut the fuck up' and wouldn't have it any other way m8
and you know what they say, it looks easy cos it's being done right :003:
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it did cross my mind i may well have to eat those words :003:
I suppose I should treat this situation more like work and say that if you want me to accept changes quietly then you will have to pay me for it >:D
The Dawg does a mighty fine job :beerchug:
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a lot of effort goes in to birtys as whole
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I appreciate you saying that dood, i do my best 99% of the time and sometimes think its goes unnoticed :003:
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No intro section - now that is plain daft :018:
how do we know who they are and what they drive and what they do blad la di blah
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:imwitstupid:
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only about 1 in 10 new registrations used it, and they can still write an intro in the general forum if they want
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I must get round to doing it myself one day.......
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there is one bit of the intro you wont need :003:
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I have never needed an intro much like a post count, if you care about them...... you really need to get a life.
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ooooh super camp miaow :hysterical: sorry mate, didnt realise the jibes bout you only havin garden ornaments was gettin to ya :icon_redface:
i will lay off
for a few weeks :003:
besides, i think its good manners for folk to at least say hello before bangin on about another bloody sensor havin gone kaputt on their zj/wj
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Old school fool...
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i cant remember if i did an intro :icon_redface:
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i cant remember if i did an intro :icon_redface:
Some.....people don't need an intro :greggmo:
Their reputation preceeds them ... :icon_winkle:
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that may not be a good thing
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I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday at the best of times!
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I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday at the best of times!
First sign of senile dementia...
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first sign of being married as well.......
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i thought i was married yesterday wtf :icon_eek
i got it bad :icon_biggrin:
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When youre married you dont need to remember anything,except anniversaries as the wife tells you what to do anyway..... :lol_hitting: :lol_hitting:
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I have trouble remembering what I did yesterday at the best of times!
First sign of senile dementia...
Is the second sign dribbling or talking to yourself?
Cos if it is I'm screwed!
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woah, where's the talKY box gone?
looks tidier anyhoo
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oh and you can customize it!!
1 puss puss
2 puss puss
1 puss puss
2 puss puss
busy boy birty very good
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still needs a momomomomomos decoder tho
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it was gay
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but she is a girl :017:
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I agree, it was gay. A new user who came to Birty's for a lurk might get the wrong impression, given that the prevailing infantile
subject matter tended towards butt plugs, KY jelly and gay bars.
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ahhh i see, i thought he meant the momomomomomos decoder was ghay
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I believe Mr Cabbage was the only one capable of decoding momospeak, however, that post has even him baffled.
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mr cabbage ???????????????????? so many suspects to choose from
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mr cabbage ???????????????????? so many suspects to choose from
AKA the Hobbit...
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mr cabbage aka the turnip tweaker
yes the boxes are collapsable so you can minus or plus your userbox
hehe infantile subject matter :hysterical:
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hehe infantile subject matter :hysterical:
And beyond!!!
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I agree, it was gay. A new user who came to Birty's for a lurk might get the wrong impression, given that the prevailing infantile
subject matter tended towards butt plugs, KY jelly and gay bars.
Yeah and Whats wrong with that?
How on earth am i supposed to conduct any sort of conversation with the Isle of Man now :017:
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I agree, it was gay. A new user who came to Birty's for a lurk might get the wrong impression, given that the prevailing infantile
subject matter tended towards butt plugs, KY jelly and gay bars.
Yeah and Whats wrong with that?
How on earth am i supposed to conduct any sort of conversation with the Isle of Man now :017:
Tell your lass she will relay for you!!!!
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good idea, any chance you can keep her?
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If only I had the moooolar....
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elllo senor Cabbage here...what is this infantile some talk of.....is eet like the Spanish inqusition?
Da chat box is needed so folk can understand the man thing between the lads on da rock and those what fettle whippets
What is this collapsable box anyhow...
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ok, im still not completely over the trauma of all the changes but im coping to an extent, but im still of the view that we need a separate room for ebay and another for sale/wanted - waddddddya think Dawg?
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I'm with bd on that one too.
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IF it did happen it would only be for new post, existing posts will stay where they are.
will put the question to the team but no promises
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What about collapsible boxes tho?
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What about collapsible boxes tho?
You would hurt your ankle again :jpshakehead:
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I am the great cornhilio
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What about collapsible boxes tho?
what about them?
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Maybe we could put Stew in one and post him somewhere?
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autogas? :lol_hitting:
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I was thinking more along the lines of the Falkland Islands?
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I know birtys ain't that PC but can we do something about a NSFW section, wandering into the bike park thread at work isn't funny, or maybe less porn on a Jeep site? (unless 4 wheeled) & before BD starts it was lunchtime
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So its acceptable to look at chicks asses in yer lunch break but not during the day????
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Top Dawgy :023: