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CommanderFrank

CommanderFrank

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There has been a concerted effort to clean up the Vid Card forum by introducing more moderators and enforcing the rules in a stricter manner. This, it seems hasn't been working to the level that the administration was wanting (and the majority of members also), so there will be concentrated coverage beginning today. From this point onward, the rules will be enforced to the letter, temporary and permanent bans will be handed out and the possibility of reducing the Vid Card members by a large margin is a distinct possibility. In short, troll, flame, namecall or any other infraction of the forum rules will no longer be tolerated, end of story. This is your wake up call, take it seriously.

Another tool we have to keep this forum running smoothly is the "Report a Thread" yellow triangle. It is an opportunity for members to report a bad post or thread. Within minutes a moderator or admin will be in the thread to clean it up. We need your help on this :)


The other Stickies will return soon....this one gets full attention
 
Seriously.

If you want to clean it up, MAKE PPL USE SEARCH.

I see questions that are so dumb, and would turn up 3 Million Search results of the same thing.

'Nuff said.
 
bLaCktIGErs91 said:
Seriously.

If you want to clean it up, MAKE PPL USE SEARCH.

I see questions that are so dumb, and would turn up 3 Million Search results of the same thing.

'Nuff said.
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Heh add a checkbox "I have searched for this topic before posting this new one."
 
Searching is not a prerequisite for use of this forum, no matter how annoying. If someone asks the same question and it annoys you, simply move on to another thread. It will die of lonelyness on it's own. Those members who bring issue with this however, will risk losing their membership for the inevitable flame, insult or namecalling. Be smart and don't be sucked into the ban trap ;)
 
I agree, although most questions could probably be answered using the search, why couldn't someone just take three seconds to post it. I think it is rather difficult to get relevant results using the fourm search. Perhaps I'm just doing it wrong?
 
HOCP4ME said:
I agree, although most questions could probably be answered using the search, why couldn't someone just take three seconds to post it. I think it is rather difficult to get relevant results using the fourm search. Perhaps I'm just doing it wrong?
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I agree as well, I type something in the search, realized I mis-spelled it, gotta wait 60 seconds, and by the time I figure out what I spelled wrong, and search everypost that came up with now help, I could have started a post and had my concern or question answered by someone.
 
Yea.....Good point.

If the search was like 10 seconds or so, itd be much esdier with fewer posts :/
 
Another reason for many duplicate threads/posts is that we haven't had a good FAQ here. Unfortuantely, since the mods have been busy trying to keep members to stick to the [thread=760666]Rules[/thread], we haven't had time to do cool stuff like develop new FAQs.
 
How hard would it be to do a search automatically before a thread gets started.

So say one starts a thread, then before it is saved, some type of search is done to see if there is perhaps a thread allready started, showing a list of hits. Then the thread starter checks out any hits, and if he/she finds an existing thread, the user picks the relavent thread and then the message is added to that thread.

Let the computer do the work! That's what they're for!
 
MajorDomo said:
Another tool we have to keep this forum running smoothly is the "Report a Thread" yellow triangle. It is an opportunity for members to report a bad post or thread. Within minutes a moderator or admin will be in the thread to clean it up. We need your help on this :)
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I'm all over the yellow triangle, whoo hoo!
 
Just an FYI - there has *got* to be a better way to flag 'sticky' threads.

I can't tell you how many times I miss them because you just browse through the list of thread titles looking for something that grabs your attention without really paying attention to order or the 'sticky' flag.

Maybe make it, like, have a darker cell fill or something. Or a different color. You know, something.

Off topic, but...yeah.
 
dderidex said:
Just an FYI - there has *got* to be a better way to flag 'sticky' threads.

I can't tell you how many times I miss them because you just browse through the list of thread titles looking for something that grabs your attention without really paying attention to order or the 'sticky' flag.

Maybe make it, like, have a darker cell fill or something. Or a different color. You know, something.

Off topic, but...yeah.
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yeh i think that would be a lot more effective...or put the threads in capital like this one, it caught my attention straight away :p
 
Getting OFF TOPIC here ppl.

It's simple, if you want to FLAME someone for a really stupid post, click that little red ! under his name on the left and report it.

Let the Mods, mod the forums.
 
i don't get how people don't use the report post button. it's there for a reason and people will keep flaming and trolling while everyone just quotes them and bickers back.
 
this is awesome. whew.. yay!

I noticed the 3dmark06 thread is like a shooting gallery for DougLite. lol
 
Well, when the title of the 3DMark06 scores thread says "read first post before posting" and I put "Please only post 3DMark scores in this thread. Any commentary only posts will be DELETED without notice or explanation" in that first post, size 3 font, bold, and "red ink"; and people disregard it, they are asking to have their posts removed. Not knowing that it's going to happen is obviously not an excuse in that case, and that leads me to a good point:

It is not difficult to predict what will draw the attention of the staff. If you follow the [thread=760666]Rules[/thread], stick to talking about the [H]ardware we all love, and don't talk about other members, you will never hear from us. If you are unable or unwilling to do those things, then your experience here will be less pleasant and may be shorter than you'd like.
 
I was not saying it like it was a bad thing... I think it's a good thing. It's a major drag when these threads go so far OT and this seems to be doing the trick. It's a much better experience for the [H] users who want to talk about the hardware we know and love ... imo. :)
 
MajorDomo said:
Another tool we have to keep this forum running smoothly is the "Report a Thread" yellow triangle.
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I don't mean to bother, but it is red on my screen :)
 
Vertigo Acid said:
I don't mean to bother, but it is red on my screen :)
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I don't even have a triangle...another FF feature hehe...must reboot cause font is also getting huge.
 
That's great that you want to enforce this, but right now, I'd like to see the thread that was originally in the sticky. Specifically, the one that best describes how to do a clean installation of a new driver (i.e using Driver Cleaner, etc.). If you are going to remove that sticky, can you at least give a link to it in your first post? Thanks.
 
beowulf7 said:
That's great that you want to enforce this, but right now, I'd like to see the thread that was originally in the sticky. Specifically, the one that best describes how to do a clean installation of a new driver (i.e using Driver Cleaner, etc.). If you are going to remove that sticky, can you at least give a link to it in your first post? Thanks.
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Found the thread!
 
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