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Bruce Lindfield said:
There is no doubt that the internet is not just limited to the US!!
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No doubt the internet is international... BUT Paul resides AND the server resides in the US of A and is heald to the laws of this country. In this country, drugs are illegal

once again, for those of you playing at home:
DO NOT post your complaint publicly on the forums. If you have a problem with a moderator's actions, PM or email the moderator privately. If the moderator's response is unsatisfactory, email the administor (username: Paul).
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(not aiming that at you Bruce... just in general and in response to the reason I joined this thread)
 
#24
Whatever :rolleyes:

if I or anyone in my country get caught with LSD or Coke or Heroin (the controlled substances in question in the THREAD I CLOSED), I would be arrested and stand trial and go to jail. To me that means it's illegal. Call it whatever the f*** you want!


Paul, since this is now a completely public Mod flogging with me center ice... How about a ruling?

do I let people discuss using *controlled substances* to better playing and creativity in your forum?
 
#25
cgworkman said:
What would cause a thread on TB to be closed?

I was reading a thread and went to post a reply and it was closed

:crying:

Why?
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Well I wasn't trying to spark these types of arguements...

Actually the point of my original posting was why is a thread closed. the thread I am referring to was about Sting vs. Paul McCartney. While I personally think this isn't the most creative thread out there - there was nothing illegal or lewd in the thread AT ALL.

I understand about drugs or graphic sex related postings - but paul and sting? What happened that was so wrong?

This is the posting I am referring to:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130610&highlight=sting+paul
 
#27
speddling said:
Whatever :rolleyes:

if I or anyone in my country get caught with LSD or Coke or Heroin (the controlled substances in question in the THREAD I CLOSED), I would be arrested and stand trial and go to jail. To me that means it's illegal. Call it whatever the f*** you want!


Paul, since this is now a completely public Mod flogging with me center ice... How about a ruling?

do I let people discuss using *controlled substances* to better playing and creativity in your forum?
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I wasn't flogging you, I was just saying that drugs aren't illegal per se, just some of them you need the DEA's permission to have on your person.

Besides it's not like that particular debate hasn't happened before. From what I've seen here and at other forums, discussing a celebrity's drug use hasn't been an issue, but discussing your own is.
 
#29
cgworkman said:
Can someone just answer my question?
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I'd love to but I can't see why it would be closed unless there were many McCartney threads going at the same time. It didn't help that the thread starter posted the McCartney thread in the DB forums to start with.

Why it was closed is anybody's guess. *shrug*
 
#30
cgworkman said:
Well I wasn't trying to spark these types of arguements...

Actually the point of my original posting was why is a thread closed. the thread I am referring to was about Sting vs. Paul McCartney. While I personally think this isn't the most creative thread out there - there was nothing illegal or lewd in the thread AT ALL.

I understand about drugs or graphic sex related postings - but paul and sting? What happened that was so wrong?

This is the posting I am referring to:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130610&highlight=sting+paul
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but you missed this point:
Rule #5: Questioning a Moderator...
If you have a disagreement with a moderator (If your thread gets deleted, if you get a warning, etc.), DO NOT post your complaint publicly on the forums. If you have a problem with a moderator's actions, PM or email the moderator privately. If the moderator's response is unsatisfactory, email the administor (username: Paul).

We take all complaints seriously, but posting your dissatisfaction publicly will result in a rule violation.
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We all do this *job* for free... I saw yet another "vs." thread and closed it. If you would have PMed me and asked, maybe I would have rethought my action and reopened it for you... maybe not, but we would have had dialog about it.
 
#32
But that doesn't help anybody understand what posts are likely to be closed - you are just saying basically : "at the whim of the moderator - then ask them"

I think the point of this thread is to determine what kind of thread will get closed down - to say that you should ask the moderator is not very helpful in this context?

So - say you have ideas for several hundred different threads - should you ask a moderator about every one and which moderator would you ask? :hmm:

I think it would be much better for everyone if there were clear guidelines that everybody could see, about which kind of threads are likley to be closed - then posters don't have to waste their time posting them and moderators don't have to waste their time closing them!!

WIN -WIN!! :)
 
#33
speddling said:
but you missed this point:


We all do this *job* for free... I saw yet another "vs." thread and closed it. If you would have PMed me and asked, maybe I would have rethought my action and reopened it for you... maybe not, but we would have had dialog about it.
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Not my point.

I was simply asking why. I wasn't asking for it to be reopened. I wasn't saying it was wrong or right - just simply asking. I wasn't trying to point my finger at the moderators and scream at them - I was just asking a simple question. It was EVERYONE else that took a simple point and just drove it in the ground until they made a nmountain out of a molehill...

The simple aswer would have been "We close *** VS. *** threads".

I am not challenging or complaining about a moderator either. If it's taken as such then you all have missed my point.

Thanks
 
#34
Bruce Lindfield said:
I think it would be much better for everyone if there were clear guidelines that everybody could see, about which kind of threads are likley to be closed - then posters don't have to waste their time posting them and moderators don't have to waste their time closing them!!

WIN -WIN!! :)
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for sure Bruce...

Rule #3: Off-limitTopics
Controversial topics started for the purpose of creating "mega threads" will be VERY closely moderated (ie, "Off Topic" forum discussions on religion & politics). At times, such threads may be banned altogether - be sure to check 'sticky' postings from the forum moderators for current policies.
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got a few stickied here http://www.talkbass.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=28

I'll take some time and condense and clear that up mkay?
 
#35
cgworkman said:
I was simply asking why.

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The simple aswer would have been "We close *** VS. *** threads".

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I am not challenging or complaining about a moderator either.
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In a public forum, NOT PM or Email, I think I replyed at closing with "we close these kinda threads" I'll make a note to be a little more specific, and yes you are... and I'm the mod in question.

it's not a thing really, I jumped in because of Donne's issue only to find the thread is ultimately questioning my motives...

I'm saying to EVERYONE... got a problem with anything I do, talk to me... I'm on my email 24/7

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