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Title: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 05 December 2006, 18:23:51
A quick plea.

Whilst we all want to welcome new members and encourage them, just lately this seems to be getting a little daft, with new posts going on to very old welcome threads.

Can we try to refrain from welcomes on welcome threads older than around a week please?

Ta.
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: STMO123 on 05 December 2006, 18:25:25
That'll be that scottish fellow then ;D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Bo Bo on 05 December 2006, 18:27:30
Fair enough.......
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 05 December 2006, 18:48:19
Wouldnt be anyone trying to bump up their post count would it  :-/ ;D

I must have a visit there.....havent been there in....well ummm....i carnt remember   :-[

Must be able to get at least a few hundreds posts welcoming new members  ;D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Auto Addict on 05 December 2006, 18:50:18
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Wouldnt be anyone trying to bump up their post count would it  :-/ ;D

I must have a visit there.....havent been there in....well ummm....i carnt remember   :-[

Must be able to get at least a few hundreds posts welcoming new members  ;D

.....or lose a few hundred....... ;)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 05 December 2006, 18:58:48
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Wouldnt be anyone trying to bump up their post count would it  :-/ ;D

I must have a visit there.....havent been there in....well ummm....i carnt remember   :-[

Must be able to get at least a few hundreds posts welcoming new members  ;D

.....or lose a few hundred....... ;)

Your just getting jealous AA....coz im now about 92 posts ahead of you  ;D
Keep off the golf course and get posting  :y
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: theolodian on 05 December 2006, 19:02:05
Of course the other option is to make posts here and in the newbies forum not go towards your post count.  :o ;)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Del Boy on 05 December 2006, 19:02:17
Ok.......
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Timbuk on 05 December 2006, 19:03:49
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Of course the other option is to make posts here and in the newbies forum not go towards your post count.  :o ;)

Would you still talk to yourself Theo if no post count was involved ::)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: theolodian on 05 December 2006, 19:06:22
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Of course the other option is to make posts here and in the newbies forum not go towards your post count.  :o ;)

Would you still talk to yourself Theo if no post count was involved ::)
Wait, I get something else for talking to myself?!  Cool!   :P
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 December 2006, 19:06:33
I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Timbuk on 05 December 2006, 19:10:02
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot

Or it could be people welcoming new members to the site of course ::)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Bo Bo on 05 December 2006, 19:20:31
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot

Or it could be people welcoming new members to the site of course ::)
When I joined I thought it was great getting a welcome........
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 05 December 2006, 19:23:22
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot
I think it shows we are a friendly community if we welcome new members in such a way.  But its a bit daft dragging up 3 month old welcomes....
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Bo Bo on 05 December 2006, 19:26:36
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I think it shows we are a friendly community if we welcome new members in such a way.  But its a bit daft dragging up 3 month old welcomes....
Especially if they'd joined before the person doing the welcoming.......
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: mijfife on 05 December 2006, 19:40:53
I agree, it made me feel very...er....welcome when I joined up  ;D How about having a gentlemans agreement that once a new member reaches say 20 welcomes, no more are posted?

Cheers Jim
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 05 December 2006, 19:46:13
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot
I think it shows we are a friendly community if we welcome new members in such a way.  But its a bit daft dragging up 3 month old welcomes....

Agreed  :y ...but they wernt were they  :o

What some peeps do to get there post counts up  ;D

I half agree with Theo.....make the welcome area not adding to your post count  ;)


Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: theolodian on 05 December 2006, 20:54:50
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot
I think it shows we are a friendly community if we welcome new members in such a way.  But its a bit daft dragging up 3 month old welcomes....
Yeah, that was me I'm afraid.  :-[  I was really cranky thanks to Autovaux and I think that was part of a spat with LB  ::) :)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Martin_1962 on 05 December 2006, 21:00:44
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I think the only welcomers are people desperate for posts, I was surprised Tunnie didn't do the lot

Or it could be people welcoming new members to the site of course ::)

Not old threads though! :-?

As BoBo stated! :D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: STMO123 on 05 December 2006, 21:02:39
Theres quite a few people getting their post counts up by talking about people getting their post counts up :-?
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Chopsdad on 05 December 2006, 21:04:29
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Theres quite a few people getting their post counts up by talking about people getting their post counts up :-?

 :y (or just adding smilies)  :y
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: STMO123 on 05 December 2006, 21:06:17
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Theres quite a few people getting their post counts up by talking about people getting their post counts up :-?

 :y (or just adding smilies)  :y

 :y
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: MikeDundee on 05 December 2006, 21:18:27
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A quick plea.

Whilst we all want to welcome new members and encourage them, just lately this seems to be getting a little daft, with new posts going on to very old welcome threads.

Can we try to refrain from welcomes on welcome threads older than around a week please?

Ta.

My sincere apololgies TB :-[, and I am not going to use the excuse that I was half peed last night :o...But I am glad I did because I found that post with that lovely avatar, so it was worth it, I just wish I'd found it earlier :D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 07 December 2006, 19:41:55
bttt to remind everyone ;)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 19:38:23
bttt

PLEASE STOP DOING IT  >:(
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Admin on 09 December 2006, 19:43:05
OFFICIAL WARNING!

If you drag up a welcome thread more than a week old, the Admins will take "appropriate action"  >:(

This time we won't "play" with post counts, we will remove them permanently!

Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 December 2006, 19:50:13
Can you not make the Welcome area not count to post counts?
That would probably stop it  :-/
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: CaptainZok on 09 December 2006, 19:53:43
Is there an easy way of locking threads after a week or so?
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 19:53:55
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Can you not make the Welcome area not count to post counts?
That would probably stop it  :-/
Possibly.

However, we want people to give a nice friendly welcome to newbies, who may not have used a forum before, and it helps such people get the confidence to join in...

But we do not want the current ridiculous situation of members dragging up 4/5 month old threads welcoming people  >:(
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: STMO123 on 09 December 2006, 19:57:55
Program newbie threads to self-destuct (or self delete) after one week ;D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 19:58:54
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Program newbie threads to self-destuct (or self delete) after one week ;D
Why should we have to.  If I can manage not to do it, yet still manage to welcome members, so can everyone else....
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 December 2006, 20:05:23
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Program newbie threads to self-destuct (or self delete) after one week ;D

Thats not a bad idea.....well not going that far  ;D.....i agree with TB welcome area gives confidence/etc.....is there anyway then to lock threads in the welcome area after say a week/2 weeks automatically??
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: STMO123 on 09 December 2006, 20:06:55
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Program newbie threads to self-destuct (or self delete) after one week ;D
Why should we have to.  If I can manage not to do it, yet still manage to welcome members, so can everyone else....


You're just getting withdrawal symptoms cause you have'nt had anyones posts off for a while ;D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 December 2006, 20:07:36
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Program newbie threads to self-destuct (or self delete) after one week ;D
Why should we have to.  If I can manage not to do it, yet still manage to welcome members, so can everyone else....

Agreed....but your upto over 5000+ posts and maybe some members want a quick boost to the next level  ::)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Admin on 09 December 2006, 20:31:20
We can go in and prune the threads, actually some pruning may not be a bad idea...

BUT, as I said before, you drag up an old welcome thread, and we will drag down your post count... severely!

Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 December 2006, 20:42:22
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We can go in and prune the threads, actually some pruning may not be a bad idea...

BUT, as I said before, you drag up an old welcome thread, and we will drag down your post count... severely!


Well said LB  :y  Not that im replying to add another post to mine of course  ;)
Actually i carnt remember the last time i visted the welcome area  :-[


Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 20:47:53
I am against the general principle of pruning, sometimes useful snippets get lost that way....
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Admin on 09 December 2006, 20:54:24
Pruning needs to be done carefully...

However, to prevent any more foolishness with the newbie posts I have locked them... ;)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 December 2006, 21:54:12
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Pruning needs to be done carefully...

However, to prevent any more foolishness with the newbie posts I have locked them... ;)

Damm im too late then  ;)
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Chopsdad on 09 December 2006, 22:10:23
Where are they all?  50 new members in a month and only a couple of posts in newbie welcome section.  Admittedly I've never posted my hello and think it's a bit late now, but that was before Tunnie's new how to be a newbie guide.
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Chopsdad on 09 December 2006, 22:11:39
Sorry I meant Timbuk and I see it's buried on page 2 and never made it as a sticky.  :'(
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 22:14:35
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Sorry I meant Timbuk and I see it's buried on page 2 and never made it as a sticky.  :'(
Should be a sticky....
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: TheBoy on 09 December 2006, 22:17:54
Stickied again, I think LB66 got a bit carried away with his thread locking ;D
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Admin on 09 December 2006, 22:32:45
Oooops!  :-[
Title: Re: Welcoming New Members
Post by: Chopsdad on 09 December 2006, 22:56:41
Glad to help.   :y