# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 149 --- ## [How do I get permission to post in the Marketplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-permission-to-post-in-the-marketplace/671522 "2013-10-18T23:56:58Z")
I published a short ebook and I’m broke as shit, so I was hoping to post it in the Marketplace but I got a message that I don’t have permission or something to do so. --- ## [Problem with today's Threadspotting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-todays-threadspotting/671578)
**Author:** [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-todays-threadspotting/671578 "2013-10-18T17:06:32Z")
It doesn’t take you to a thread, but a link to an Avon page. --- ## [Recommending a sticky thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommending-a-sticky-thread/671519)
**Author:** [@JM\_Hanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JM_Hanes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommending-a-sticky-thread/671519 "2013-10-17T20:26:32Z")
Wasn’t sure where to put this, but I thought the following would make a great sticky thread: What creative work of your own are you most proud of? It’s a wonderful way for a new participant like me (not to mention the … --- ## [Does search work on the poster's name or their posting history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-search-work-on-the-posters-name-or-their-posting-history/670922)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-search-work-on-the-posters-name-or-their-posting-history/670922 "2013-10-17T16:51:43Z")
If I put CURRENTUSERNAME into the search box and ask the results to display in ascending order, I’ll theoretically get that poster’s first post on the boards. If they changed their username over the course of their memb… --- ## [IDle Thoughts, do you read entire threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-do-you-read-entire-threads/671052)
**Author:** [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idle-thoughts-do-you-read-entire-threads/671052 "2013-10-14T20:52:46Z")
Just a moment, please: bolding added. Do you pick addressees for mod notes basically at random? --- ## [Two Things That Ought Not to Go Un-noticed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-things-that-ought-not-to-go-un-noticed/671231)
**Author:** [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-things-that-ought-not-to-go-un-noticed/671231 "2013-10-14T17:57:14Z")
This and this, specifically. Both quite reasonable, IMO, and calculated to raise the tone and value of these boards. Kudoes to all involved. And of course I would encourage the subjects of both actions to accept the m… --- ## [NotfooledbyW has been Suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-has-been-suspended/671151)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notfooledbyw-has-been-suspended/671151 "2013-10-13T18:29:12Z")
For ignoring moderator instruction and continually derailing threads with his pet topic, poster NotfooledbyW has been suspended for one month. --- ## [Thanks To EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-emilyg/671149)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-to-emilyg/671149 "2013-10-13T17:43:14Z")
In my recent thread Dope Etiquette (now satisfactorily closed) I didn’t have a chance to thank EmilyG for the best advice received. Excellent. Aloha --- ## [Dope Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-etiquette/671142)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dope-etiquette/671142 "2013-10-13T17:16:08Z")
I am new to the Boards and glad to be here. Aloha I’m still learning, of course, and I wonder what lesson I should take away from this little exchange in What is "Original Sin"? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message B… --- ## [Elections Forum and the shutdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-forum-and-the-shutdown/670364)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-forum-and-the-shutdown/670364 "2013-10-12T17:00:06Z")
Why is Elections now the dumping ground for everyone grousing about some facet of the shutdown? Is it now the All Things Politics forum? Also, how about we just lock all those threads and start two “US Government Shutdo… --- ## [Should biased Mods be allowed to legislate on a particular debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biased-mods-be-allowed-to-legislate-on-a-particular-debate/670711)
**Author:** [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-biased-mods-be-allowed-to-legislate-on-a-particular-debate/670711 "2013-10-11T00:03:13Z")
Should a SDMB Moderator be allowed to legislate on an active SDMB debate, when said Mod has made it very clear their comments indicate they are biased for one side of the debate? In the Great Debate on “Pit Bulls”, SDM… --- ## [Stranger on a Train has been suspended for a month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-on-a-train-has-been-suspended-for-a-month/670806)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-on-a-train-has-been-suspended-for-a-month/670806 "2013-10-09T20:02:48Z")
After having three warnings (here, here and here) in just under two months, Stranger on a Train has been suspended for 30 days. --- ## [VBulletin update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-update/654320)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vbulletin-update/654320 "2013-10-09T14:07:10Z")
What are the chances of them updating the vBulletin software? Next to none? :smiley: --- ## [Cowboy vs Cowgirl vs Buckaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652)
**Author:** [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cowboy-vs-cowgirl-vs-buckaroo/670652 "2013-10-09T00:39:51Z")
So, Bricker can address me as a Cowboy in GD and that’s ok. But, I cannot address Bricker as a Cowgirl in either GD or Elections. I asked if I was allowed to address anyone as a Cowboy or a Buckeroo\* and got no answer ex… --- ## [Why am I time-limited to 5 minutes on my edits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-time-limited-to-5-minutes-on-my-edits/670103)
**Author:** [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-time-limited-to-5-minutes-on-my-edits/670103 "2013-10-08T15:13:41Z")
It wasn’t that way when I started posting. WTF is the problem with the moderation here? Get over yourselves. ROFL --- ## [GQ becoming too much like a smaller yahoo answers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-becoming-too-much-like-a-smaller-yahoo-answers/670407)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gq-becoming-too-much-like-a-smaller-yahoo-answers/670407 "2013-10-07T23:48:02Z")
A number of people seem to treat the GQ message board as their first choice any time they need help with something (fixing a car, fixing a computer, “how do I do xyz in porgram abc?”). There are several great sites and … --- ## [Threadspotting error](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-error/670181)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threadspotting-error/670181 "2013-10-02T21:33:20Z")
The current threadspotting link is titled “A Mickey Mouse investigation”, but the link still goes to the “has somebody died in the bathroom?” thread. Just a heads-up. --- ## [Why Did It Take So Long To Close The Holocaust Denier Thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-to-close-the-holocaust-denier-thread/669904)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-so-long-to-close-the-holocaust-denier-thread/669904 "2013-10-02T20:23:17Z")
Referring to this thread in GD: \[ul\] \[li\]\*\*Questions about Hitler and Nazi Germany’s attempted extermination of Europe’s Jews \*\*\[/li\]\[li\]\*\*http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=702634\*\*\[/li\]\[/ul\] I have… --- ## [Locking Hitler's Alternate Universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078)
**Author:** [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locking-hitlers-alternate-universe/670078 "2013-10-01T23:30:20Z")
As the OP of Hitler's Alternate Universe - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board I understand why Gack was banned but I am at a loss as to why the thread was locked. Yes, my original “thesis” was pretty lame and … --- ## [Anyone else notice the font change here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-notice-the-font-change-here/669965)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-notice-the-font-change-here/669965 "2013-09-30T23:50:27Z")
Haven’t seen any messages here, so am I the only one to have (or notice) a change? Maybe I hit one of those unknown and arcane keyboard combinations that I’m always hitting by accident… --- ## [Gack has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gack-has-been-banned/670001)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gack-has-been-banned/670001 "2013-09-30T14:07:53Z")
In a move that will likely come as no surprise, Gack has been banned. While I believe that it takes all kinds, repeatedly refusing to debate in good faith or following mod instructions is not a successful path for membe… --- ## [jerk. define the term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerk-define-the-term/669932)
**Author:** [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerk-define-the-term/669932 "2013-09-29T17:37:04Z")
i am being abused by someone here who calls me a ‘jerk’ i have no idea what a ‘jerk’ is. does it apply to women? what should i do? --- ## [This thread should have been moved to the Pit based on the OP alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-thread-should-have-been-moved-to-the-pit-based-on-the-op-alone/668746 "2013-09-29T16:42:24Z")
This thread. --- ## [Stolen content?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content/669401)
**Author:** [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stolen-content/669401 "2013-09-29T05:06:52Z")
Came across this thread tonight- http://healthtalkie.com/discussion/is-it-safe-to-juice-whole-apples-including-seeds-wbzzm.php Wholly lifted from a SDMB thread. --- ## [Multiple moderators per forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-moderators-per-forum/669725)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-moderators-per-forum/669725 "2013-09-28T03:30:21Z")
My obsessive research into the the work flow and job descriptions of SD persists obsessing. (I think the pathology has Freudian parallels.) It never occurred to me by which deity our continual existence is maintained. N… --- ## [Moderator Miller abusing power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-miller-abusing-power/669731)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderator-miller-abusing-power/669731 "2013-09-27T10:37:11Z")
Will a moderator look at this post please? http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16699469&postcount=370 Why did this moderator, Miller, feel the need to give me and only me a warning? Seems like he was sin… --- ## [That wasn't "theadshitting" Marely23](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-wasnt-theadshitting-marely23/669476)
**Author:** [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-wasnt-theadshitting-marely23/669476 "2013-09-26T22:41:05Z")
It was pointing out the obvious. My only real mistake was in not waiting for the thread to go on for a dozen pages with Bricker bobbing and weaving and evading issues as always. It’s not like we haven’t had hundreds o… --- ## [Quoting posts problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-posts-problem/669657)
**Author:** [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quoting-posts-problem/669657 "2013-09-26T14:35:58Z")
Lately, I’ve noticed that when quoting a post, the intended quote does not appear in the field. I’ve also tested it in the preview post or final post with the same result. --- ## [Non-English forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-forums/664525)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-english-forums/664525 "2013-09-26T04:30:53Z")
I was just looking at another message board and I noticed they had a section of forums in languages other than English: French, Spanish, German, etc. Has the SDMB ever considered this? Obviously you would need moderator… --- ## [Custom titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles/669477)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles/669477 "2013-09-25T21:44:52Z")
How many characters long can a Custom Title be? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=149)