Acin a senior member - really?

[ReluctantSamurai]

I honestly don't understand what all the hoopla is about

Being named a Senior Member, while certainly an honor of recognition by fellow orgahs, doesn't convey any special rights (nor should it). I haven't had much interaction with either of you (Sarmatian, ACIN), nor have I participated in any of the past discussions you two were involved in (which has obviously precipitated this debate), but it just seems that all of this should just be put to rest.

The Admins & Mods here do a damn good job of keeping up the quality of this place, and if they say ACIN deserves to be a Senior Member, that's good enough for me. I say, just let it go...and move on to something that will actually make a difference around here. Arguing about things that have happened in the past is not one of them, IMHO.

[Kadagar_AV]

The boards were very different back then. I pretty much got warnings every second week or so, now I think I haven't been warned more than once the last year!!

I think the new policy is for the better, as it is more international and less USA-centered.

As to ACIN, I am happy for his sake. He deserves it for his contributions at large :)

[Beskar]

This post was so tempting to go off-topic, but to condense what I want to write, the Org staff from back then was a powderkeg waiting to explode and it erupted into Fag-gate. This erupted resulted into a brand new era and direction for the Org as innovation and reform was stifled heavily by the 'Unwritten Code' which some staff members fought tooth and nail to keep, to the detriment to the Org. This 'code' was finally broken as Fag-gate caused what was perceived to be the 'Unthinkable' to be done. In one light, you could think of Louis as a matyr, ushering a new start for the Org, in the other, he was a man just like everyone else who has their flaws caught up in an untenable situation.

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Back on-topic. The Senior Membership is a recognition of efforts to the contribution to the Org, there is a great many of criteria but basically the process works like this -

"It's come to that time of year again, who do you feel deserves to have a senior membership?"

As the Backroom moderator, I mostly deal with the patrons who post there, so any of the Senior members who frequent that area would have least had a 'nod' of approval by me. So lets make this short, I would write the names of people I feel have made contributions to the Backroom. If you post some well written replies (even if I don't agree with them), you have been on 'good behaviour' and you are a noteworthy addition, then I have put their name forward or agreed with some one elses suggestion.

The case of ACIN can easily be put like this. He was a bit of a wildcard troublemaker (I am myself) but someone (Sorry ACIN, wasn’t me) came along and thought “Why not give ACIN a chance?”, and first thought might be “Oh noes, remember the EB Tavern? Remember Fag-gate?” and such as Sarmartian pointed out, but think of it this way, the only ‘negative’ thing you are pulling up about him happened two-years ago. What has he been doing since then? Well, this is what he has been doing, he has toned down many of his wilder ways and his behaviour at the worse since then is a couple of necro-posts and the odd word slip (Mostly in the beginning of those two years). However, he has made a few contributions, he ran that book contest for the sake of it and a fellow Orgah profited from that, he came up with ideas for the updating the old Political Outlook of Members thread which I replaced with a newer version. He has made several good contributions to the Front=and-Backroom, he usually comes into threads with a light-hearted jovial style with at other times bringing good intellectual contributions to the thread.

He does acts a little trollish but it is meant and perceived in a light-hearted jesting way, such as the example in the OP about GC being a slut, there were no malicious in its usage as in jokey banter between friends.

[rvg]

I honestly don't understand what all the hoopla is about

Being named a Senior Member, while certainly an honor of recognition by fellow orgahs, doesn't convey any special rights (nor should it). I haven't had much interaction with either of you (Sarmatian, ACIN), nor have I participated in any of the past discussions you two were involved in (which has obviously precipitated this debate), but it just seems that all of this should just be put to rest.

Exactly. And as far as warnings go, what's the big deal really? Occasionally standing up for what you think is right may earn you a warning or an infraction. You just move past it and keep going. I've gotten my share of both and privately told the mods what they can collectively do with those infractions . Stand up for what you believe in no matter what.

P.S. Sarmatian: say what you will about ACIN, but he defends his views. His disgustingly liberal views. I respect that.

[AntiDamascus]

Does senior member have any special power or is it a title only?

[johnhughthom]

Just a title.

[drone]

Does senior member have any special power or is it a title only?

Access to the Org pr0n stash. Used to be a Senior also got a larger PM box, not sure if this is still the case.

[Veho Nex]

Do we really have a pr0n stash? If so, who do I have to bribe to become a senior member. Thats how its done right? Money and womanz?

[AntiDamascus]

If you have the womens, why need the pron?