Hopefully I'll be able to cover most of the stuff that has already been posted in this thread..
1.1 The Board Games Dilemma:
Lately there have been some concerns about two threads in the "board game" sub-forum. The two threads which I will be bringing my attention to are the "Rate The User Above You Thread" and the "How Famous Is The Person Above You" Thread. To start off I will be going over the first thread I mentioned.
After reading through about five to ten pages of the "Rate..." I noticed most people took no concern for their overall rating by other members. However there was some flaming during the time Ginger wasn't banned. Other than that the thread seemed fine. After all its just for fun. However if people did begin to take their rankings seriously then I can see this thread possibly being removed in the future but as for now it seems to have caused no problems.
Once again to start off I took the time to look through the last five pages of this thread I can't seem to find a problem with it. The general posts in this thread seem to be non serious and the people posting in it seem to be enjoying it. Thus there was no flaming towards each other (from what I read) and nobody really took it seriously.
In my opinion these two board game threads seem to be fine and lack a sense of seriousness. However seeing as the "Ginger Incident", if you will call it that, just came up I can see how these threads could possibly lead to problems if taken seriously. However thats not the case so I believe that both threads should remain open unless someone else has a better reason as to why they should be closed and or deleted.
1.2 Post Count To Be Removed
Over my five to six months of being a member here at Wiichat post count has never come across to me as a major problem here. However some members now seem to be worried or annoyed with the fact that some of the newer members who have recently joined within the last month seem to have 1k+ posts which tends to bother some people. If the reason that you guys want the post count removed is due to the fact that it may bother you that some members have posted 1k+ times in one or two months you need to remember one thing. Quality over quantity, one good post is better than 1k+ bad posts. You also have to remember that post count doesn't equal higher popularity.. or at least I hope..
As for making your post count invisible I see no need for it at this time. However if it becomes a problem later on in the future, which I doubt, it could always be changed to invisible.
1.3 Reputation
Lately I have noticed that the reputation system has become somewhat of a contest between some members to see who has the most rep. Or that people nowadays tend to be trading rep for pokemon which is wrong. In my opinion it should be removed because rep will only cause more problems down the road.
1.4 People Not Following The FAQ's
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lol seriously who reads it anyways?!? i don't, it's not worth my time i know what it is and thats it..now because no one uses the FAQ they don't know what the Forums are about and how to use them...so we need to find a way to teach them how to use this Forum.
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This problem has already been solved. If you have noticed there are various tutorials located throughout the forum on how to become a better member and how to use this sites features. Also whenever you go into a thread that is obviously spam a member will usually tell that person what their doing is wrong and that they should read over the forum rules.
1.5 Moderators
Now I'm not saying that the current moderating team is doing a bad job however it possibly wouldn't hurt to add a few more moderators. Reason being is that Wiichat is an active site which tends to be growing faster each day with arrivals of five to ten members along with 3,000 posts being made each day. Here are some statistics... helpful or not..
Current Moderators/Super Moderators/Admin: 13
Amount Of Posts/Day: 3,000
Moderators To Posts Per Day: 1 to 230 posts
Currently our moderators have been doing a great job of removing spam, banning members, locking and deleting threads etc. However I don't think it would hurt to add a few moder moderators to help clean up this site. Another idea would be to make some of the current regular section moderators super moderators. Thus they would be able help out with various parts of the forum.
1.6 Pokemon Fans
Currently there is still some trouble with the pokemon fans here at wiichat. Mainly most of these members (not all) who have joined have little to no respect for the forum rules and or policies. Which leads some of them to believe that their better than the other members here at wiichat or above the rules. Now the situation in my opinion has been mostly taken care of except for a few bugs in the system. Various moderators have taken their time to sticky threads in the pokemon section, ban members and close threads. So this problem has mostly been taken care of. However many people still tend to call them "Poke Noobs" even though most of the current pokemon fans tend to abide by the forum rules and would also like to help out. So by calling them "Poke Noobs" you are discouraging them and basically trolling and or flaming at the same time.
1.7 How To Improve Wiichat
- When you notice a new member who has re-posted a thread don't yell at him. Just give him a link to the previous thread and mention that he or she should probably read over the forum rules.
- Avoid flaming. If you disagree with someone try to stay on topic instead of going out and insulting that user. Most of the times flame wars start once someone goes out of line.
- Use the report button. Even though some of you have a feeling that it doesn't work it does.
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I say raise the age restrictions to 15 and remove the rules on language and mature content.
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By moving the age restriction up to fifteen we would possible be losing quite a few members. Also not all people under the age of fifteen break the rules so I find it unfair to blame all of those under the age of fifteen for someone elses misbehaviour. Also there is no need to change the forum to mature content etc. If you want to post on an adult site go ahead and do so however wiichat isn't that type of forum.
May edit later..
