centurymaker
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HeathDavisSpeed
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I have had a potential idea that may help here, though probably not.
On another forum, which purports (and succeeds better than here) in being a "Family Friendly" forum, they have an extra forum which is hidden to non-members and U16s for 'robust' discussion. Personal insults are still out, but other than that, anything goes.
With people like Bun, maybe restricting posting by them to the robust discussion forum, and allowing them read only access to the main forum could be the way to go until such time that you've proven who it is. Guys who are posting in a 'detrimental to the forum atmosphere' way could also be restricted to the robust discussion forum until they've calmed down a bit. People who reach their first infraction limit would first be restricted to the same forum before receiving their first ban.
This could help keep the forum 'family friendly', threads that are getting a bit wild could be moved to this restricted subforum before they are closed (which often happens far too soon). Also, if you don't like the robust discussion, VM a mod and get them to remove you. Simple - and it gets round some of those issues about the ****ness of the ignore function.
On another forum, which purports (and succeeds better than here) in being a "Family Friendly" forum, they have an extra forum which is hidden to non-members and U16s for 'robust' discussion. Personal insults are still out, but other than that, anything goes.
With people like Bun, maybe restricting posting by them to the robust discussion forum, and allowing them read only access to the main forum could be the way to go until such time that you've proven who it is. Guys who are posting in a 'detrimental to the forum atmosphere' way could also be restricted to the robust discussion forum until they've calmed down a bit. People who reach their first infraction limit would first be restricted to the same forum before receiving their first ban.
This could help keep the forum 'family friendly', threads that are getting a bit wild could be moved to this restricted subforum before they are closed (which often happens far too soon). Also, if you don't like the robust discussion, VM a mod and get them to remove you. Simple - and it gets round some of those issues about the ****ness of the ignore function.
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Flem274*
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I like the idea of a CW Gemmelland minus posters like Gemmell, but I don't think it would address the issues raised in this thread. 80% of the fights I've had to break up are in tour and x vs y threads. We can't go moving them into robust discussion subforums because it excludes under sixteens and anyone who doesn't want to view the other material in the area.
Restricting access of people who need a cool down to this subforum where they can yell to their hearts content strikes me as likely to exacerbate the issue. If someone is screaming personal abuse at everyone else, it's much more effective to infract than to put them somewhere where everything but personal abuse goes. That same goes for heated discussions in general. I don't think putting hot coals in an oven is likely to cool things down.
I closed the Sobers vs Imran thread because posters were debating like I'd expect a five year old to. Frankly they weren't displaying the necessary maturity required for being allowed to post in a hidden subforum like the one you're describing.
I think putting much more emphasis on making it damn well clear that debating like a **** is not acceptable. It's something I've been saying (far more politely) in certain cricket chat threads for a while now. I know many members keep to off topic because CC is far too intense and snarky. That's a shame imo.
I do think you're onto something with that idea though, because having a place where we can be..less polished..could keep CC cleaner in the long term.
HeathDavisSpeed
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I wasn't thinking of Gemmellland, to be honest. Another cricket forum I used to post on had a forum called "The Backroom Bar". There's no home, and rightly so, on CW for Gemmellland stuff.
One Cricsim thing that may work here is the 'block user from thread' thing. Use it sparingly and for temporary 'thread cooldown' applications and it could be useful. Going too far with it though could make things much worse.
One Cricsim thing that may work here is the 'block user from thread' thing. Use it sparingly and for temporary 'thread cooldown' applications and it could be useful. Going too far with it though could make things much worse.
Flem274*
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Gemmellland was a bad analogy on my part; I know what you mean though, because I've seen similar on other forums.
I would personally love the blocker function. While it would see an increase in grumpy emails in my inbox, it would be a nice dump of ice on CW threads.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
no.
I have also lost my avatar to him. I'm stuck with it for another 22.5 months....
morgieb
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How long has he got your avatar for?
Spikey
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Post of the century
Flem274*
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I like your uncanny ability to sum things up in one sentence.