what it says on the title
what it says on the title
A couple changes were recently made in the forum structure. The Tavern became a category of its own so that the Gameroom, Frontroom, and Backroom all got main full main index listings. In addition, the previous restrictions on viewing the Backroom were lifted. The Backroom is now visible and readable by everyone, even unregistered members. However, the old restrictions on posting in the Backroom remain. It is an opt-in system and requires approval from the Backroom staff. Instructions on how to apply can be found here. If you have already done that and still cannot post, you should contact the Backroom Moderators, as they are the ones that approve requests to post there.
elitism
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
The Backroom is visible to all so the wise will be scared away. The Backroom only allows the select to post so that only those with high quality tripe to post can add to the refuse heap.
Is this going to enable searching of the Backroom?
The .Org's MTW Reference Guide Wiki - now taking comments, corrections, suggestions, and submissions
If I werent playing games Id be killing small animals at a higher rate than I am now - SFTS
Si je n'étais pas jouer à des jeux que je serais mort de petits animaux à un taux plus élevé que je suis maintenant - Louis VI The Fat
"Why do you hate the extremely limited Spartan version of freedom?" - Lemur
Ah, sorry, when I made the changes I only did them to non-staff usergroups. I have now enabled searching for Moderators and Content Managers as well as everyone else. Yes, the Backroom should be searchable by everyone now. If it's not, let me know and I'll figure out the problem and fix it.
A bit of advice from painful experience at TWC. Standardise usergroup and forum permissions as soon as you can, minimise deviations, and set out and enforce a standard way of creating a new usergroup or forum. The Org should have less of a problem as there are fewer admins, but it'll be less painful to correct in the future if you start doing it now.
I'm torn as to whether this is a good thing or bad thing.
The .Org's MTW Reference Guide Wiki - now taking comments, corrections, suggestions, and submissions
If I werent playing games Id be killing small animals at a higher rate than I am now - SFTS
Si je n'étais pas jouer à des jeux que je serais mort de petits animaux à un taux plus élevé que je suis maintenant - Louis VI The Fat
"Why do you hate the extremely limited Spartan version of freedom?" - Lemur
Nice. Maybe this will entice some newer members to apply for Backroom membership.
There needs to be a sticky in the back-room with a link to the opt-in membership. That should help the newer people do it.
Or perhaps a link to a page where TinCow has it made very simple for you to opt-in or not.
Last edited by Beskar; 09-28-2011 at 04:30.
Days since the Apocalypse began
"We are living in space-age times but there's too many of us thinking with stone-age minds" | How to spot a Humanist
"Men of Quality do not fear Equality." | "Belief doesn't change facts. Facts, if you are reasonable, should change your beliefs."
I am a bit worried that spyders are going to index all of it. I would rather have my early thoughts and ideas not be recorded publicly for some intern to dig up down the line should I decide to actually get into politics.
Tho' I've belted you an' flayed you,
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!Originally Posted by North Korea
"Don't believe everything you read online."
-Abraham Lincoln
It works!
Finally, we're able to find and read old gems like this thread again.
If the backroom is public now then I have to delete my Afganistan picture thread.
Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
Can you either PM me the link for your topic or report it? I will remove it straight away then.
Edit: Done.
Last edited by Beskar; 10-17-2011 at 05:49.
Days since the Apocalypse began
"We are living in space-age times but there's too many of us thinking with stone-age minds" | How to spot a Humanist
"Men of Quality do not fear Equality." | "Belief doesn't change facts. Facts, if you are reasonable, should change your beliefs."
Ah, thanks, came back to make a final post explaining my decision and couldn't find it. Now if I could just remember who all sent me kids stuff so I could send them pictures... I'm prettu sure it was Hosa, Warman, Drone and TinCow...
Baby Quit Your Cryin' Put Your Clown Britches On!!!
I would prefer the backroom to be unviewable. When I am done with this account or the org in general, I will have to delete my account and all the posts with it, which is sad.
Days since the Apocalypse began
"We are living in space-age times but there's too many of us thinking with stone-age minds" | How to spot a Humanist
"Men of Quality do not fear Equality." | "Belief doesn't change facts. Facts, if you are reasonable, should change your beliefs."
If this is a serious post, I highly recommend that you give serious thought to what you are posting before you post it. Individuals do not have the ability to delete their own accounts and it was always Tosa's policy to deny requests of wholesale account deletion due to the significant damage such deletions cause to thread continuity. While the staff have not recently discussed this topic, it would be unwise to operate under the assumption that such a request would be honored at any point in the future. If you do not want someone to read what you are posting, you should not be posting it on a public internet forum.
Last edited by TinCow; 10-17-2011 at 18:20.
It's ok, ACIN, I would still elect you for - something, I guess.
Vitiate Man.
History repeats the old conceits
The glib replies, the same defeats
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I am perfectly fine with what I am posting everywhere but the backroom. When I joined the backroom was blocked off from searches and spyders, so I felt it was a safe place to express myself. Now that the protection has been removed, the purpose of me posting there is no longer there.
I guess I will just bank on hoping that no one will dig this up 20-30 years down the line.
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