Why the heck am i not an admin

[mskeel]

By the book definately keeps things simple.

[Nerseus]

what we need is more admin

 

I voted for more cowbell in the last election so don't blame me.

Diesel does what Diesel does best - we don't want him wasting his time as an Admin as it would take away from his posts.

[Arch4ngel]

I like your way of saying "No... you won't be admin" in a way that makes him proud and aprove your decision! lol

 

Really sweet.

[HJB417]

why was joe mamma banned? if u cant say puiblicy just private message me why.

[Nerseus]

Thanks for trying to divert away from the Diesel-centric post, but the issue on Joe Mamma is over. He broke the rules, on purpose, way too many times and showed no signs of changing - very simple decision really.

 

More quotes from Diesel? I quite enjoyed the first batch... I didn't realize he was so helpful around here!

[mskeel]

I like your way of saying "No... you won't be admin" in a way that makes him proud and aprove your decision!

Those are the wise words of experience.

 

He broke the rules' date=' on purpose, way too many times and showed no signs of changing - very simple decision really.[/quote']While he was occasionally helpful, Joe Mamma was way out of control. It was outright offensive at times (and I am not easily offended -- I laughed at his inappropriate avatar choice...but this is not the forum for that sort of behavior) and I was glad to see him go along with all the negativity he brought with him. While he was knowledgeable and insightful at times, those times were few and far between with plenty of belligerent flaming to raise the post count.

 

So much for my attempts at an administrative democracy. *sigh* One day the people shall rule, but that day is not today. Seriously, though, I agree with Diesel. The leadership here does a great job of making sure everything runs smoothly and without a hitch. Without the extra 10 minutes of work you guys put in a week to move posts around and ban Joe Mamma, I'm sure this forum would go right down the tubes. ;)

[Diesel]

Not to get off the topic (me), but Joe Mamma was one of the best programmers i've talked to. Setting aside his personality (which I liked), he offered more pure programming expertise to this forum than anyone else.

 

Anyway, I just realized these forums are turning into a q&a center for newbies.

Most advanced users see the posts and never come back. Maybe the admins can do something about that.

[mskeel]

I guess I just got sick of weeding through the constant VB/C# religious war that Joe Mamma was on. Overall, I would agree with you, Diesel. Joe offered some excellent insights (and always managed to help me out when I needed it I'd like to add) but I thought his help was overshadowed by the way he handled other people's ignorance.

 

Anyway' date=' I just realized these forums are turning into a q&a center for newbies....Maybe the admins can do something about that.[/quote']Maybe we could beef up the tutorials section to feed n00bs directly? What about a new programming philosophy forum? What sort of stuff did you have in mind? I'd say there's around 10 regulars and not enough fresh blood on a daily basis to attract more "talent". I guess we could try to create a more active community between the regulars (as opposed to passively answering questions) -- if anyone else would be interested in that?

 

I'm not sure what it was like in the beginning (or even if anyone is still around from then) but I do know that the popularity of the forum seemed to be at a high when I joined about 2.5 years ago and has declined since then. This forum was never as popular as the sister forum. I think their opening up of a .Net dedicated area has sucked us dry. Most of the old regulars from here have long since stopped posting and remained very active over there. The relationship between the two forums has always been confusing to me. Maybe it's time to discuss a merger?

[Arch4ngel]

Maybe a section for those 100+ poster. You know... once you made your teeth a little bit and that you are "professional" enough well.... you can have access to a special forum for those 100+ poster. That would be nice. Yet... need to evaluate positive/negative.

 

I want this flowchart by tomorrow on my desk!!

[snarfblam]

Here is the big problem that I encounter, which is the reason that I don't post questions here.

 

When I run into a problem, first thing I do is run to the Object Browser. If that fails, I spend a couple of minutes in the MSDN docs. Next I go to google. Using this method, 99 percent of my questions are answered without wasting anyone else's time with something trivial.

 

With the remaining one percent of my questions, I used to make posts on this forum. They tend to be advanced questions, hence my difficulty finding an answer in the first place, and of the few questions I've posted, few have been answered. Worst yet, I'm usually the one to post the answer, after doing research over a period of a week or so.

 

 

As far as the "merger" idea, well... that's a bit iffy. I used to answer questions on both forums. The sister forum has its fair share of noobs too. What they don't have is a boatload of maturity. Too many people who don't know what they are talking about try to jump in and answer and the result is misinformation and unnecessary workarounds and hacks. And arguments over whose ideas or methods are better (here, more often people state their opinions and their reasons and agree to disagree, or open a new thread for a mature discussion of the topic [that's you mskeel]). I'm sure that there are plenty of nice and intelligent people over there. I'm just not sure that I want to deal with what seems to be the majority there, which is why I don't post there any more.

 

As far as the idea of making the forum more of an active thing, as opposed to something passive, I'd be all for it. Some sort of intellectual discussion or collaboration would probably bring a little more traffic through.

[Diesel]

Maybe a section for those 100+ poster.

 

100 posts does not an expert make.

 

But I would like to see a seperation of question difficulties. Security is optional, don't want to segregate more people.

 

As for a merger...I don't think the sister site would want to merge anyway. But also, it would create for a huge forum with 2 many different topics.

 

Also, I think we should have a section in which our female users post pictures of themselves (preferably in bikinis). mskeel, your welcome to start the posting in that section.

[snarfblam]

I'd be glad to start. I guess I'll have to post it here since the new bikini forum isn't open yet.

 

This is one of me back in my younger days.

[Arch4ngel]

Woahhh... sexy...

 

I like your nose... wait... you don't have one.

I like your smile... wait... you don't have one.

 

In fact... it's just the body that is sexy... for the rest... we have 2 choices.

 

Put a brown bag if you want to reuse the body or a plastic bag if you want to throw out the body.

 

We'll need more sexy face than that I think :P

 

Hahahaha

[college_amy]

So marble - are you saying you are a butterface?

 

ButterFace (definition) is: Everything looks great But Her Face?

Just kidding... :)

 

My hubby told me that one.. thought you might get a kick out of it.. hehhe

[snarfblam]

You guys are something else. There is more to a person than their looks. It's what's on the inside that counts. Marbles!

[Jay1b]

It's what's on the inside that counts

 

he he, i could be so crude right about now......:)

[mskeel]

And: Just to be sure that there is no confusion' date=' I am not a female and that is not really my picture (well, its my face, but not my body).[/quote']I was on vacation for a week and trying to figure out what this new part of your signature was. Now it all makes sense.

 

I agree with marble_eater about the merger (if it were even possible). I just thought I'd toss that out there because they seem to duplicate a lot of the general .Net information that we have in addition to the legacy VB stuff. I hadn't really thought about "board climate" which is one of the reasons why I like it here compared to there.

[mskeel]

More quotes from Diesel?

This recent Diesel quote was just too funny in context not to share.

 

Socially responsible:

Please don't have kids.

[snarfblam]

If you want more quotes from Diesel all you really have to do is click "Get New". They just keep coming.

[AFterlife]

This is fun...

 

 

Spiritual

 

Jesus Christ, programmers are so impatient.

[mskeel]

Now, that's some swift and righteous moderation! I would say heavy handed, but I think it's alright to have a G rated board...well, PG anyway, there is that one funny picture of marble_eater. ;)

 

So, three cheers to the admins whose dedication is thanklessly met by an endless barrage of inappropriate comments and security threats! [mskeel raises his glass in toast to all admins]