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Question on ban announcements

trundler

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Spark said:
FWIW I don't think those threads break the rules or are infractable or anything but yeah, it doesn't sit well with me that there are OPs that are, quite literally, empty.
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Also it's as if those posts are in the mind numbing pursuit of the closest poll. They're all in the same template, 17th greatest player vs 18th greatest player, or guy who played a lot vs guy who averaged better. Mostly devoid of any personality and it'd be better if we just had threads about the underlying dilemma itself.

Now that Shami vs Bond turned out to be too lopsided, I predict the next thread is going to be something like Bond/Harris vs Gillespie/Southee.
 
Lillian Thomson

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There was a time when threads and ideas from Cricket Chat would appear soon after as articles on CricInfo. Nothing on there yet on Bradman’s average being inflated by the number of English casualties in two world wars, so I guess those days are over.
 
Spark

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Like as an exemplar of what I mean by a post which clearly meets - and even beats! - the minimum standard of what I'd personally consider a "substantive OP" I present this thread created today, by none other than slippy himself:

Umran Malik

Is he the new Shoaib Akhtar of Asian cricket, like this guy bowls thunderbolts I rarely seen even the current Pakistan fast bowlers don't bowl at Umran bowling speeds.
www.cricketweb.net

Not only is it more than one word, it asks a potentially interesting question and brings up some relevant observations. Positively dreamland compared to what seems to be standard fare in CC threads right now.

trundler said:
Also it's as if those posts are in the mind numbing pursuit of the closest poll. They're all in the same template, 17th greatest player vs 18th greatest player, or guy who played a lot vs guy who averaged better. Mostly devoid of any personality and it'd be better if we just had threads about the underlying dilemma itself.

Now that Shami vs Bond turned out to be too lopsided, I predict the next thread is going to be something like Bond/Harris vs Gillespie/Southee.
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Right like there's clearly an interesting "theory" argument about the basis upon which one judges one player relative to another than underlies these threads which is infinitely more interesting than the nth iteration of bowler x vs bowler y, but they all get absolutely asphyxiated in the sheer quantity of threads and so the truly interesting discussions can't come out.

I'm not kidding when I say that the last genuinely memorable thread from CC general chat (that wasn't directly tied to some actual event or something or wasn't, like, a meme) that I can recall was @OverratedSanity ranting about quick singles in Tests. Maybe there's a few others I'm forgetting but yeah.
 
Shady Slim

Shady Slim

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Spark said:
I'm not kidding when I say that the last genuinely memorable thread from CC general chat (that wasn't directly tied to some actual event or something or wasn't, like, a meme) that I can recall was @OverratedSanity ranting about quick singles in Tests. Maybe there's a few others I'm forgetting but yeah.
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as you've said you're going off memory so not gonna punish you but this thread was and is absolute gold and i just want it re recognised
 
ataraxia

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I've quite been enjoying this comparison thread influx tbh. CC has somewhat rounded a curve and rates players fairly sanely these days; the threads have fostered some quality discussion IMO re all-rounder quality by disclipline, rating players who average high 30s in their last 4 years etc.

Though, just checking current CC threads, it's not the greatest selection lol
 
Shady Slim

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ataraxia said:
I've quite been enjoying this comparison thread influx tbh. CC has somewhat rounded a curve and rates players fairly sanely these days; the threads have fostered some quality discussion IMO re all-rounder quality by disclipline, rating players who average high 30s in their last 4 years etc.

Though, just checking current CC threads, it's not the greatest selection lol
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i maintain the solution to comparison threads is just to give them their own cc subforum like we did with the drafts
 
Prince EWS

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CricAddict said:
How about just deleting inappropriate posts/threads instead of banning people? 3 month ban for slippy looks harsh.
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He got 5 points. If you got that infraction you wouldn't be banned at all. He's basically only banned because of loading. At risk of airing mod wars dirty laundry, I think the previous infractions/bans were much more controversial.
 
Burgey

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How many points do you have to get to cop a ban? Assuming it's not a single straight to the judiciary-type post
 
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