# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=153 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 154 --- ## [colonial is banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonial-is-banned/664316)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonial-is-banned/664316 "2013-07-23T18:56:59Z")
colonial was suspended last month after multiple warnings, and since returning he has picked up where he left off (warning over here). Now he’s banned permanently. --- ## [Can we add a Google custom search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-add-a-google-custom-search/664014)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-add-a-google-custom-search/664014 "2013-07-23T15:18:04Z")
The inbuilt search tool is limited to one search every 5 minutes. You can go to Google and do searches using boards.straight.dope in the search box, but it’s a bit of a pain. Sites like tvtropesuse a Google custom searc… --- ## [Archive issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-issues/664229)
**Author:** [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archive-issues/664229 "2013-07-23T12:33:58Z")
Has anyone else experienced issues viewing archived threads found via google search? I keep getting links that look like this: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-596976.html and if I click it, it … --- ## [Recent problems viewing SDMB on my Razr M phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-problems-viewing-sdmb-on-my-razr-m-phone/664078)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-problems-viewing-sdmb-on-my-razr-m-phone/664078 "2013-07-22T19:06:14Z")
The last week or so, some posts are nearly illegible because the words are so tiny. I have to really magnify the page to be able to read these posts, and the words don’t wrap to the next line when I do this, so I’m cons… --- ## [Poster mischaracterizing your posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-mischaracterizing-your-posts/664130)
**Author:** [@Tequila\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Party)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-mischaracterizing-your-posts/664130 "2013-07-21T23:07:11Z")
Is it okay for another poster to deceptively and intentionally misrepresent another person’s posts? Repeatedly? In this thread Troppus does this to me in post 151. I call her out on her it, but she refuses to correc… --- ## [jayarod7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayarod7/664001)
**Author:** [@Human\_Action](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Human_Action)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jayarod7/664001 "2013-07-20T02:48:05Z")
So, what’s the deal with jayarod7? I’d posted to his recent thread about monarchal libertarianism, I went back to post a reply later, and the thread is gone. Just curious why the thread was deleted and not just locked, a… --- ## [Board weirdness in Tapatalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-weirdness-in-tapatalk/663969)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-weirdness-in-tapatalk/663969 "2013-07-20T02:02:20Z")
I’m browsing on Tapatalk, and the second thread in each forum is showing as a blank box, without any text at all. Anyone else getting this? The blank box shows a “0” post count. --- ## [Blank Quote Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-quote-box/663794)
**Author:** [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-quote-box/663794 "2013-07-19T14:03:01Z")
But the problem is restricted to only the original post in the thread Master & Commander (the book) question: what’s a prize agent? When I click on Quote under the OP, the resulting type box is blank. But when I click o… --- ## [Sound Ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-ads/663390)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sound-ads/663390 "2013-07-18T20:15:44Z")
I’m using Mozilla Firefox. The SDMB is the only tab open. I have no other Windows apps open. I’m reading posts… And suddenly I hear a PSA having to do with teaching kids to read. WTF? Did you guys do that? That’s … --- ## [Being harrased by a moderator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-harrased-by-a-moderator/663518 "2013-07-18T01:32:23Z")
The moderator Colibri has a personal vendetta against me becasue I disagreed with something he said on a random thread, and is closing my threads for no reason and harassing me. He has now given me 2 warnings for no … --- ## ["Restricted Language" in the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricted-language-in-the-pit/663658)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restricted-language-in-the-pit/663658 "2013-07-18T01:31:18Z")
Yes, I did read the rules about restricted language in the Pit. Yes, I know that you’re not allowed to call other posters really nasty names (and I wasn’t planning on doing that). But I was wondering if it’d be okay to u… --- ## [Making Crap Up: Rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-crap-up-rules/663691)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-crap-up-rules/663691 "2013-07-17T19:45:57Z")
In the “What is God” thread, Skald the Rhymer and Okieshowedem both seem to be engaging in making up things and presenting them as facts. Skald repeated (he’s done this before) tales about Athena and Zeus that have no b… --- ## [A request to consider a small format tweak for all pages.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-to-consider-a-small-format-tweak-for-all-pages/663365)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-request-to-consider-a-small-format-tweak-for-all-pages/663365 "2013-07-17T01:57:59Z")
When one scrolls down to the bottom of a page, on the right side is the area marked " Forum Jump". It is on line with the left-hand area that reads, " HTML Code is OFF ". Any way to move it up so it is on line with the… --- ## [I was challenging his statements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-challenging-his-statements/663601)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-challenging-his-statements/663601 "2013-07-16T19:53:16Z")
Posting this here so that I don’t get another official warning for challenging a Mod’s statements in the thread where they occurred, re: this tomndebb, I was ridiculing F-P’s post, not him. Note the characterization of… --- ## [survey in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-in-gd/663580)
**Author:** [@yottaflop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yottaflop)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-in-gd/663580 "2013-07-15T20:25:30Z")
What’s wrong with including a link to a survey in a GD thread about the topic of the GD thread? Sounds pretty arbitrary. I guess it’s true that my survey could cause the minds of everyone in GD to become infected with th… --- ## [LonesomePolecat has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesomepolecat-has-been-banned/663530)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonesomepolecat-has-been-banned/663530 "2013-07-15T03:30:43Z")
Long time poster LonesomePolecat has been banned for violating the board rules against hate speech in this post. He has previously been warned for using similar language here and here. Given the ugliness of the most re… --- ## [How do the masses discover someone has been banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-masses-discover-someone-has-been-banned/653469)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-the-masses-discover-someone-has-been-banned/653469 "2013-07-14T18:05:44Z")
I have never seen a post of a banning. I always click on “New Posts” to review the MB. --- ## [Okay to change the content of a cite when quoting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-to-change-the-content-of-a-cite-when-quoting/663440)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-to-change-the-content-of-a-cite-when-quoting/663440 "2013-07-14T08:31:31Z")
Fromthis page of a long train wreck on Pit Bulls. cougar, as pointed out in my post 696 was pasting in expanses from a cited article and had edited one portion, eliminating one fact and placing a different phrase in ins… --- ## [Can I disparage a Doper in MPSIMS if I don't reveal specifics to identify him/her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-disparage-a-doper-in-mpsims-if-i-dont-reveal-specifics-to-identify-him-her/663436)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-disparage-a-doper-in-mpsims-if-i-dont-reveal-specifics-to-identify-him-her/663436 "2013-07-14T06:09:10Z")
See subject. Just a short stuff-I-hate post, like others that often appear about many un-named people or types of people. This one just happens to be a Doper. I choose not to enter the \[del\]Thunderdome\[/del\] Pit. It’s … --- ## [Clarification about mod comment in 'Akward Erections' thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-mod-comment-in-akward-erections-thread/663231)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarification-about-mod-comment-in-akward-erections-thread/663231 "2013-07-13T22:59:49Z")
Uninteresting thread, until I saw this. Is that a moderator instruction, a request by a poster, or merely an expression of wishful thinking? If it’s the first, then I’d be curious to know specifically what rule of the … --- ## [Just got a "503 Server unavailable" message when I tried to log onto the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-503-server-unavailable-message-when-i-tried-to-log-onto-the-sdmb/663183)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-got-a-503-server-unavailable-message-when-i-tried-to-log-onto-the-sdmb/663183 "2013-07-13T09:34:29Z")
Instead, went to the Straight Dope main page, clicked on “Boards” and the SDMB opened up. Don’t know if it was just a timing issue - that I tried the second time when the server came back up? --- ## [I want the Happy Thoughts forum back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-happy-thoughts-forum-back/662930)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-the-happy-thoughts-forum-back/662930 "2013-07-13T01:25:42Z")
I… I know it was a joke. But… snuggles. Mostly somewhat sarcastic snuggles, but snuggles! I know we have MPSIMS, but people are sometimes mean there. Threads get moved to the Pit from there sometimes! That would never\* h… --- ## [It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-seems-to-me-that-some-first-responders-frequently-quote-the-op-in-its-entirety/662737 "2013-07-11T15:25:16Z")
It seems to me that some first responders frequently quote the OP in its entirety. Do I just have a hang-up in my observational skills and these things jump out and grab me or do these seemingly redundant quotes serve so… --- ## [Damuri would like to argue moderation standards in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-would-like-to-argue-moderation-standards-in-gd/663223)
**Author:** [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damuri-would-like-to-argue-moderation-standards-in-gd/663223 "2013-07-11T15:08:31Z")
Damuri recently posted a minor laundry list of complaints (pretty much exclusively aimed at me) in a GD thread, related to moderation standards. As GD is the improper place to discuss such matters, I figured I’d do him a… --- ## [spam threads get deleted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-threads-get-deleted/663124)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-threads-get-deleted/663124 "2013-07-10T20:12:36Z")
A few minutes ago, I asked about a thread that I couldn’t find, and was told that it was a spammer thread and was deleted. I had thought such threads were simply closed so that they’d stay visible for people like me who… --- ## [Moderation in the pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-pit/663114)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderation-in-the-pit/663114 "2013-07-10T18:10:28Z")
Can and do the mods ever moderate posts and threads in the pit. --- ## [recently lost threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-lost-threads/663123)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-lost-threads/663123 "2013-07-10T11:27:37Z")
Yesterday there was a thread in GQ whose subject line began with the words “man of steel” -I suppose it was about the recent Superman movie. But now I can’t find it. I KNOW it was in GQ yesterday, and I’m pretty sure th… --- ## [Odd SDMB web error I get from time to time.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sdmb-web-error-i-get-from-time-to-time/663106)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-sdmb-web-error-i-get-from-time-to-time/663106 "2013-07-10T11:09:28Z")
Every once in a while, upon typing in a new post and clicking on the Submit button, I get a response saying: “You have chosen to open newreply.php which is a PHP file from http://boards.straightdope.com”, with a choice t… --- ## [I have math questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-math-questions/663085)
**Author:** [@SC2Maar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC2Maar)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-math-questions/663085 "2013-07-10T06:42:51Z")
But I don’t know if it’s appropriate to ask them on SDMB. It’s not a homework. It’s just self-study. But people may think they are homework and therefore feel unwilling to solve them. How can I convince people that they … --- ## [So is threadshitting now acceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-threadshitting-now-acceptable/662972)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-threadshitting-now-acceptable/662972 "2013-07-09T21:07:34Z")
In this thread about a billboard, Diosa seems determined to derail the thread and denigrate the people participating. In post #22, Vinyl Turnip calls her out for it, and is subsequently taken to task by Ellen Cherry for… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=152) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=154)