# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=177 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 178 --- ## [New Deal Democrat banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-banned/627064)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-deal-democrat-banned/627064 "2012-07-03T03:58:41Z")
New Deal Democrat has been the subject of a great deal of controversy because of his views on race and genetics and related subjects. He received a handful of warnings and a suspension for ignoring moderator instructions… --- ## [What's wrong with provoking board-wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-provoking-board-wars/626858)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-provoking-board-wars/626858 "2012-07-03T02:58:45Z")
I’ve seen warnings against that on the SDMB many times over the years, not always from Mods, most recently in this thread, and I still don’t get it. Board-wars are fun! Especially against mentally-unarmed enemies! Nob… --- ## [Email notification + deleted post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-deleted-post/627013)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-notification-deleted-post/627013 "2012-07-02T17:22:35Z")
I got an email notification about a new post on an old thread, but when I opened the thread (this one http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14611534#post14611534) there was no new post. Was it deleted? --- ## [Umkay's banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkays-banning/626264)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkays-banning/626264 "2012-07-01T12:09:08Z")
Was there a back-channel bit of research the Mods can clue us in on? --- ## [Can one accuse a poster of being a racist/sexist/homophobe outside of the Pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-accuse-a-poster-of-being-a-racist-sexist-homophobe-outside-of-the-pit/626486)
**Author:** [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-one-accuse-a-poster-of-being-a-racist-sexist-homophobe-outside-of-the-pit/626486 "2012-06-30T14:21:34Z")
There seems to some confusion and I was hoping we could get some clarification. On the “Hate speech” thread we were having a discussion regarding whether it’s possible to call other posters racists, sexists, etc. After… --- ## [Not to beat a dead horse but a curious question about Umkay.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-beat-a-dead-horse-but-a-curious-question-about-umkay/626514)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-to-beat-a-dead-horse-but-a-curious-question-about-umkay/626514 "2012-06-29T03:19:17Z")
Let’s say Umkay never made the sock puppet Notokay, but we somehow found out her whole story was total bullshit. Would she still have been banned? Just curious. --- ## [Tapu banned?? I'm very curious...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-im-very-curious/626654)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapu-banned-im-very-curious/626654 "2012-06-29T02:43:20Z")
Tapu, the mysterious new poster who showed up immediately after Umkay was banned, has now been banned “herself”. What gives? I’m quite curious…I should also say that Tapu PM’ed me before she got banned, fwiw. --- ## [Avatars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594)
**Author:** [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Replies:** 403\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars/590594 "2012-06-29T02:30:13Z")
I checked off to see them, but I don’t. I don’t see anywhere to enter mine. Safe to say this board doesn’t use avatars? --- ## [TubaDiva - Request for Threadspotting and Weird Earls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-request-for-threadspotting-and-weird-earls/626534)
**Author:** [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-request-for-threadspotting-and-weird-earls/626534 "2012-06-29T01:34:58Z")
Not so much Threadspotting, but Weird Earls, I always clicked on these under a previous format of the home page where the links always appeared on the first screen of the page. Now, however, Weird Earls are always belo… --- ## [Sigs not showing up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigs-not-showing-up/626556 "2012-06-28T07:27:42Z")
How come signatures aren’t showing up for me? I have the “show signatures” box checked in the User CP, but I can’t see anybody’s. Not even my own. I’ve seen profiles of others who have a signature on their profile page, … --- ## [How do I delete my acount?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306)
**Author:** [@Frosty\_Camel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frosty_Camel)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-my-acount/626306 "2012-06-28T00:31:04Z")
I can’t find a way to do it. Is there a way? --- ## [Polling now enabled in Elections \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-now-enabled-in-elections-edited-title/626282)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-now-enabled-in-elections-edited-title/626282 "2012-06-27T20:20:57Z")
I wanted to start a poll on which SCOTUS justices might retire if President Obama were to be re-elected. When I got finished, I was surprised to find that polls weren’t allowed there. Is this by design or an oversight?… --- ## [Thread on sources for film scores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-on-sources-for-film-scores/626366 "2012-06-27T13:48:48Z")
My google-fu has failed me. There was a recent thread for someone making a film looking for free or cheap sources of score music. Can anyone link me to it? --- ## [Rule for zombie ressurection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-for-zombie-ressurection/626129)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rule-for-zombie-ressurection/626129 "2012-06-27T11:46:49Z")
We DESPERATELY need a policy for zombies! I just posted in a “ask the dermatologist” thread, only to notice it was 5 years old! :rolleyes: Here is the policy I propose: NO “reanimating” a thread until you have 100 post… --- ## [Cool or not - refer Dopers to another forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-refer-dopers-to-another-forum/626422)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-or-not-refer-dopers-to-another-forum/626422 "2012-06-27T11:30:27Z")
Hello, I’m new here and this is really my first forum or message board that I’ve joined and am becoming active on. So far I’ve enjoyed my time here and have learned a lot, trying to fight my own ignorance. I don’t know t… --- ## [What happened to my custom title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-custom-title/626305)
**Author:** [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-custom-title/626305 "2012-06-26T22:42:11Z")
I’m paid through March 2013! Is anyone else missing theirs? --- ## [Why does the SDMB disable my Back button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-disable-my-back-button/626364)
**Author:** [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-sdmb-disable-my-back-button/626364 "2012-06-26T18:27:42Z")
On this site, and only this site, my Back button almost always refuses to work. If I, say, go into IMHO and click on a thread, I’m not able to click the back button and get out. I have to scroll up to the top and click… --- ## [Why was the "Your opinion of the language restrictions in the Pit" thread closed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-your-opinion-of-the-language-restrictions-in-the-pit-thread-closed/624921)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-your-opinion-of-the-language-restrictions-in-the-pit-thread-closed/624921 "2012-06-26T12:55:32Z")
…instead of just moved to IMHO? If, for some reason, doing the 3 clicks to move the thread is harder than the two clicks to close the thread, would it be ok to just start a new thread there? Also, why in the world aren… --- ## [Announcing a Doper's death requires Mod/Admin pre-approval](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcing-a-dopers-death-requires-mod-admin-pre-approval/626122)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/announcing-a-dopers-death-requires-mod-admin-pre-approval/626122 "2012-06-26T05:49:39Z")
I propose adding a requirement to the registration agreement that says a member will not start a thread announcing the death of another member unless they\* have received approval from a Moderator or a Site Administrator. … --- ## [Weird Earl's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/626118)
**Author:** [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-earls/626118 "2012-06-26T04:21:20Z")
While catching up on Weird Earl’s Archive of Web Curiosities, I visited a headliner from not too long ago, the “Automatic Flatterer.” I entered a fake name, as is my wont – this time, I chose a variant on my habitual nom… --- ## [Wall of Shame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-of-shame/625696)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-of-shame/625696 "2012-06-25T22:47:49Z")
On a board I post on, they have a “Wall of Shame” listing banned members. Does anyone think this is a good idea? --- ## [When threads collide...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-collide/626245)
**Author:** [@robert\_fm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_fm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-threads-collide/626245 "2012-06-25T19:08:43Z")
Currently we have “Rule for zombie ressurection” – immediately followed by “Announcing a Doper’s death requires Mod/Admin pre-approval” :slight\_smile: Interesting coincidence, to say the least… --- ## [Thank you Cecil & Staff. I love the pictures.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-cecil-staff-i-love-the-pictures/625939)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-cecil-staff-i-love-the-pictures/625939 "2012-06-25T18:42:39Z")
Five years ago today, I decided to stop lurking and join the SDMB! Today, I received a beautiful signed picture of our beloved Cecil as a gift for my 5 year anniversary. I also received a smaller picture of the SD… --- ## [Umkay has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-has-been-banned/626267)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umkay-has-been-banned/626267 "2012-06-25T17:12:18Z")
Umkay has been banned. There is evidence that s/he is not the rich, beautiful, plucky quadriplegic s/he has presented him/herself to be, but in fact a person who has created false personas not only here at the SDMB but … --- ## [Is the SDMB carrying a virus or malware?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-carrying-a-virus-or-malware/626251)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-sdmb-carrying-a-virus-or-malware/626251 "2012-06-25T16:57:19Z")
I just tried to move from one SDMB page to another, and I got “Internet Cannot Display the Web Page,” and, simultaneously, my Avast protection system popped up a mini-window saying, “Threat has been detected.” Do we hav… --- ## [How long will it take for umkay to be banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-it-take-for-umkay-to-be-banned/626218)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-it-take-for-umkay-to-be-banned/626218 "2012-06-25T06:50:47Z")
Does it just take some time? Will she be banned by this time tomorrow? I assume that it is clear to all that she is the same (fake) person as “sezyou” from the What to Expect boards, as set forth in the pit thread? It’s … --- ## [Gezmo Gone- Great, But a Query](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gezmo-gone-great-but-a-query/625929)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gezmo-gone-great-but-a-query/625929 "2012-06-24T03:29:16Z")
I see Gezmo has been given the bums rush which I think everyone expected. I also note a couple of puerile threads he started have been closed down as he was trolling. Great. The avatar thread remains open. I can see wh… --- ## [Tapatalk: little orange flag with white star?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-little-orange-flag-with-white-star/626030)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-little-orange-flag-with-white-star/626030 "2012-06-23T04:40:03Z")
I posted to a thread using Tapatalk and now when I check that thread, there’s a little orange flag with a white star. Any idea why? I’ve never seen it before. --- ## [Why online discussions tend towards anger or aggrievement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-online-discussions-tend-towards-anger-or-aggrievement/625193)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-online-discussions-tend-towards-anger-or-aggrievement/625193 "2012-06-22T15:26:20Z")
Adam Kotso speculates on the widely observed tendency for internet discussions to become embittered. Of course anonymity and pseudo anonymity are one factor, but the rise of Facebook suggests that it’s not the only one. … --- ## [Test of edited posts. Someone else post, too.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672)
**Author:** [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2012, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-of-edited-posts-someone-else-post-too/625672 "2012-06-21T22:29:01Z")
I’m trying something involving edited posts, that I noticed just now in another thread. ETA: I want to see if it’s common to everyone’s posts, or just the ones of your own that you’ve edited. Someone else please make a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=178)