The mod wouldn't do anything with the board under normal circumstances, but if another 'bot attacks *knocks wood* they can deal with it.
And if they start to fade out of the group (alas, it happens) they/we can appoint a new mod. /my $.02
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Yeah, that sort of thing. by
on 2008-08-27 04:02:00 UTC
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That's a good point. So... by
on 2008-08-27 03:49:00 UTC
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...in that case, do we leave admin powers with you and leave them as a 'break glass in case of emergency' type thing?
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I agree partially... by
on 2008-08-27 02:36:00 UTC
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At the very least, becoming one (a permission giver or a moderator) must not imply the other - they're different jobs, and a person who is good at one may be absolutely the wrong choice for the other.
Onto a more fundamental question... do we even need moderators? We've gone for five years without any, and the only times we've needed any administrative powers have been a few massively ugly affairs- the sort of thing that can easily be removed by a single administrator.
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I second the agreeing. (nm) by
on 2008-08-27 02:24:00 UTC
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I'm in agreement with you, but .... by
on 2008-08-27 00:35:00 UTC
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... that brings us to the interesting question of who *should* have admin powers over the Board.
I mean, we vote in our PGs because they are people who have been active for a decent amount of time and we trust them, both of which are qualities we'd ideally like in whoever has modly control of the Board. But giving all PGs moderator's powers over the Board, as you say, would be a Bad Thing.
I suppose the fair path to take would be to hold some kind of an election for Board Moderators and choose say three of them, or something, and then make sure that one cannot be both a PG and a Boad Moderator.
Having said that, I think that at least for the moment, Techno-Dann is probably the most logical choice as Moderator given he is computer and Internet-savvy and the person who knows most about the whole situation.
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So what do we do? Just pick any random Boarder who offers? by
on 2008-08-27 00:33:00 UTC
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I admit, we should definitely think about making Boarders who have already proven that they are responsible and reasonable. This does include a fair number of the PGs, but also a lot of the oldbies. So maybe community vote?
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I'm going to say straight off... by
on 2008-08-26 23:24:00 UTC
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This power absolutely has to be separated from the Permission Giving power. They're fundamentally different things, and combining the two would give whoever had both far too much control over things.
I'm open to correction on this, but I think it's a very big mistake if we decide to combine the two roles, or even give Board control to any particular Permission Givers.
hS
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About the old board... by
on 2008-08-26 23:18:00 UTC
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The administrator account for the old board has been recovered. To avoid having discussions going on multiple forums, please reply here.
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Moderators and administrators... by
on 2008-08-26 23:17:00 UTC
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There was one thing I didn't mention in my post over on the alternative board concerning dealing with the spam-bot: The yourwebapps.com people will give control of an admin-less forum to someone who asks for it. This omission was deliberate - spam-bots are annoying. Spam-bots with admin powers would murder this place faster than you or I could blink.
As it stands, I currently have access to the administrator account for the board. I can appoint moderators, or hand the account over to someone else, if need be.
Now, the big question is, what should be done with it?
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Paging Lily Winterwood! by
on 2008-08-26 23:15:00 UTC
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Tawaki needs your e-mail address, so that we can work on the Six Disentanglers project.
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Oh! OH! *bounces* by
on 2008-08-26 20:37:00 UTC
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I could totally play the background piano chords in this song and if I weren't entirely lazy I'd totally pick myself up to find the nearest piano and try to play and sing this... but...
Well, that's just not my style.
Maybe later.
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Most Excellent >3 by
on 2008-08-26 19:15:00 UTC
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Now all we need is some way of extracting the music from the vocals of the original, and someone to find some pictures to animate with, and we can stick it on Youtube!*cackles*
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First egg! by
on 2008-08-26 19:03:00 UTC
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But welcome anyhow!
Here is an egg. I don't know what it'll hatch into, but take good care of it~
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Sign me up! by
on 2008-08-26 18:59:00 UTC
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I would be glad to sing this over the weekend.
My roommate thinks I'm weird enough anyway. ^u^'
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So, could chocolate cause them pain? by
on 2008-08-26 16:51:00 UTC
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Or maybe bunnies? Comfortable pillows?
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Yeah I know, I was just thinking aloud. by
on 2008-08-26 12:03:00 UTC
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Also, your Agent could study them, but all she'll find out is that yes; the Cultists do have an immunity to Squickfics, but that is only because their literary pleasure/pain centers were switched around, turning what would cause normal people to vomit into something that would give them fits of perverted pleasure.
Thanks!
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Sent. Fingers crossed server doesn't eat it. (nm) by
on 2008-08-25 21:29:00 UTC
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Re: First ketchup! by
on 2008-08-25 21:27:00 UTC
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No, but I do know the article to which you are referring. I always liked it, so now it's my handle.
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Thanks by
on 2008-08-25 21:22:00 UTC
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Thanks for the warm welcome, guys. Sorry I haven't been on too much the past few days. College stuff takes some time. But I'm all set and ready to get going!
Also, all the gifts are greatly appreciated, but I especially enjoy the p-90. It's my favorite light-machine gun!