# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=115 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 116 --- ## [Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy for the conservative minority?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927)
**Author:** [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-sdmb-have-an-affirmative-action-policy-for-the-conservative-minority/733927 "2015-10-12T09:14:58Z")
Should the SDMB have an affirmative action policy, in terms of moderator recruitment, to protect the conservative minority? --- ## [Suggestion: Pit threads without links should be closed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-pit-threads-without-links-should-be-closed/733618)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-pit-threads-without-links-should-be-closed/733618 "2015-10-09T21:17:30Z")
I’m not going to cite any specific examples because there are always loads floating about. It really gets on my tits when a poster starts a pit thread to rant about something in the news, or something another poster sai… --- ## [Games link](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-link/733943 "2015-10-09T00:01:45Z")
So I just happened to notice a link on the front page that goes here. I suspect the link has been there for ages and I just never noticed it before, but what’s up with that? Does the board get revenue if people play th… --- ## [Test post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/733930)
**Author:** [@Snark\_Hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark_Hunter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/733930 "2015-10-08T23:45:17Z")
Testing 1, 2, 3… --- ## [Posting the same OP on multiple forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-the-same-op-on-multiple-forums/733843)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-the-same-op-on-multiple-forums/733843 "2015-10-07T19:01:01Z")
Is there a rule here against this? I mean other online forums, obviously it would be against the rules here to post the same topic in multiple forums. I ask for a reason. --- ## [News threads getting derailed by gun control debate.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-threads-getting-derailed-by-gun-control-debate/733296)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-threads-getting-derailed-by-gun-control-debate/733296 "2015-10-05T14:30:27Z")
News threads about mass shootings are getting derailed with gun control debates. I’ve seen it happen in every shooting thread since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012. You have to get into the thread early… --- ## [How do you use spoiler tags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312 "2015-10-05T14:24:45Z")
Please? Feel so noobistic. --- ## [Moderation gone mad: Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-gone-mad-miller/732910)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2015, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-gone-mad-miller/732910 "2015-10-04T11:54:06Z")
Not that Tibby minds but this warning in response to this post is madness. My saying that if a vampire approached me and I was eating a T-Bone I’d drive the steak through its heart and kill it would earn me a warning fo… --- ## [BrainGlutton has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-has-been-suspended/733401)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brainglutton-has-been-suspended/733401 "2015-10-03T19:32:18Z")
Following repeated warnings after having a one week suspension in 2013, user BrainGlutton has been suspended for one month. One Two Three Four Five --- ## [Terr has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terr-has-been-banned/733400)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terr-has-been-banned/733400 "2015-10-03T19:23:34Z")
For repeated warnings following last year’s suspension, poster Terr has been banned. http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18347510&postcount=629 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18736291&… --- ## [505 internal server error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/505-internal-server-error/733011)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/505-internal-server-error/733011 "2015-10-02T11:47:15Z")
I got a “505 internal server error” just a minute ago when bringing up the forum list page for the first time today. No biggie, I retried immediately and it came right up. Anybody else have that happen? For the record,… --- ## [Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/733096)
**Author:** [@andrealynnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrealynnd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2015, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/733096 "2015-10-02T11:45:18Z")
test --- ## [Please explain where jerk lines get crossed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732669)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2015, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732669 "2015-09-30T01:44:22Z")
I’ve asked the question inthis Pit thread but a Pit thread is no where to get an answer to a serious question. Miss Spaulding was given a “note” to cut out posting in Green Font because she kept it up after some number … --- ## [Has SDMB always worked this way w.r.t. urls in posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830 "2015-09-29T22:40:55Z")
In this post, Snowboarder Ro placed a quote from another website. He did it (I see from looking at his formatting using the “quote” function) simply by using a url tag. I see no way in which he actually typed out the quo… --- ## [Search Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-issues/732961)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-issues/732961 "2015-09-29T16:58:27Z")
Every attempt I have made to do a search in the last hour has failed, returning only a blank page. Is anybody else having a similar issue? --- ## [Font Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835 "2015-09-29T02:46:08Z")
See what this is like. Regards, Shodan --- ## [This is a test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test/732833)
**Author:** [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-a-test/732833 "2015-09-29T02:43:59Z")
It is only a test. If it was real thread, it would say important shit. edit OK that answers that --- ## [Thread Games questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-questions/732668)
**Author:** [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-games-questions/732668 "2015-09-28T14:57:32Z")
When was the Thread Games forum created? When the forum was branched off, did you only move the active games or did some others get transferred as well? --- ## [What, no politics in IMHO or MPSIMS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-politics-in-imho-or-mpsims/732702)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-politics-in-imho-or-mpsims/732702 "2015-09-28T02:32:39Z")
Okay, no political jabs in GQ. I get that. But no politics in IMHO or MPSIMS? I’ve seen that getting modded from time to time. Recently, in the thread about the kid who beat up the kid who was beating up a visually i… --- ## [Do Mods ever post an OP? (i.e., "original post" or new thread start)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-ever-post-an-op-i-e-original-post-or-new-thread-start/732594)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mods-ever-post-an-op-i-e-original-post-or-new-thread-start/732594 "2015-09-27T13:18:25Z")
See subject. I can’t recall ever seeing one. Is “abjuring all OPs” part of their Oath of Allegiance? --- ## [Testing how to make a poll.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-how-to-make-a-poll/732423)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-how-to-make-a-poll/732423 "2015-09-27T05:29:56Z")
As the title states, I’m testing how to make a poll. The choices are deliberately silly ones for this purpose. --- ## ["I saw what you did there"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-what-you-did-there/732215)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-what-you-did-there/732215 "2015-09-27T05:09:40Z")
Sometimes I see this in posts and it’s witty (sort of) and clear enough what it means from the context (sort of). But I also have the sense that there’s more to it, a subtext, history, or etymology (possibly entomology) … --- ## [Please explain where jerk lines get crossed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732670)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-where-jerk-lines-get-crossed/732670 "2015-09-27T05:03:37Z")
I’ve asked the question inthis Pit thread but a Pit thread is no where to get an answer to a serious question. Miss Spaulding was given a “note” to cut out posting in Green Font because she kept it up after some number … --- ## [Dope threads should not in any circumstances be flushed down the memory hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-threads-should-not-in-any-circumstances-be-flushed-down-the-memory-hole/732492 "2015-09-26T20:19:25Z")
I have no objection to goisrael being banned – but, his thread about the Protocols of the Elders of Zion being really about Illuminati rather than Jews – we were having fun with that! Where is it now?! Where are our po… --- ## [I'm not asking about Incubus, but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-asking-about-incubus-but/732536)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-asking-about-incubus-but/732536 "2015-09-26T05:18:14Z")
Re this thread I am well aware of the general admonition that we contact a moderator if someone is banned without an announcement, but i was under the impression that we had also reached a sort of understanding whereby … --- ## [I think Miller was wrong to warn me in this BBQ Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-miller-was-wrong-to-warn-me-in-this-bbq-pit-thread/732391)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-miller-was-wrong-to-warn-me-in-this-bbq-pit-thread/732391 "2015-09-26T05:08:58Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18711686&postcount=263 I received a warning for posting the name of the alleged rape victim. I only did this after the woman’s attorney displayed an evidence bag with … --- ## [Incubus is banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-banned/732500)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incubus-is-banned/732500 "2015-09-25T18:09:21Z")
I swear I looked for the thread detailing his banning, but could not find it? Please direct me to it. --- ## [Is the Board S L O W lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-board-s-l-o-w-lately/732344 "2015-09-25T01:36:13Z")
I’ve never asked this question in my 15 years here. But the last couple of days have been horrible. Things hang forever, sometimes ‘waiting for cdnvigilink.com’ as well as what I think is an ad site (ping.chartbeat.net)… --- ## [I apologize for reporting a post. Here's why.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-for-reporting-a-post-heres-why/732091)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-apologize-for-reporting-a-post-heres-why/732091 "2015-09-24T19:50:08Z")
A thread in GQ on Middle East/Palestine. Could draw – and did, in my mistaken belief – political posting inappropriate to forum. Then saw it was bounced by mod from different forum. --- ## [Does Tapatalk require us to log in everytime we post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tapatalk-require-us-to-log-in-everytime-we-post/732401)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tapatalk-require-us-to-log-in-everytime-we-post/732401 "2015-09-24T16:09:52Z")
It asks for user name and password every time I want to post. Am I doing something wrong? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=116)