# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=262 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 263 --- ## [Jerk is warnable now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerk-is-warnable-now/488717)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerk-is-warnable-now/488717 "2009-03-08T13:59:04Z")
Jerk is warnable now? R.I.P. SDMB Some folks just don’t get it. You’re one of them. Ed tries to make as nice as he can, and you have to ruin it. Well played. --- ## [Board Wars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-wars/488615)
**Author:** [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-wars/488615 "2009-03-08T05:33:11Z")
The “Other Boards” thread was closed wile I was reading it. But in all of the request for clarification one thing was never asked. What exactly are \*\*Board Wars\*\*? --- ## [Is the Signature Feature Working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-signature-feature-working/488588)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-signature-feature-working/488588 "2009-03-07T21:42:40Z")
Is the signature function working? I have my settings set to “show signatures” but I don’t see any. Perhaps no one has chosen to have a signature anymore?? Or I haven’t checked enough threads yet?? (I sorta doubt tha… --- ## [Pit rules have been revised](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-rules-have-been-revised/487256)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 1052\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-rules-have-been-revised/487256 "2009-03-07T20:29:16Z")
We’ve revised the rules in the BBQ Pit - see: Notable changes: All comments and complaints about SDMB administration must now go in the About This Message Board forum. No abusive remarks directed at other poster… --- ## [How to do buttons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-buttons/488618)
**Author:** [@Jormungandr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jormungandr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-buttons/488618 "2009-03-07T02:44:58Z")
How does one do buttons such as the Ludovic’s hide button in this thread, the 5th one down? --- ## [Questions about the "other" boards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-other-boards/488133)
**Author:** [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-other-boards/488133 "2009-03-07T01:33:42Z")
This is NOT an advertisement for the “splinter” boards – apparently any passing mention of those places with a url is considered “advertising” and thus verboten and grounds for suspension (though Marley states outright i… --- ## [this is only a Test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/488585)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-only-a-test/488585 "2009-03-06T22:23:58Z")
testy, test, test. --- ## [Come on, couldn't this have been moved instead of closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-couldnt-this-have-been-moved-instead-of-closed/488254)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-on-couldnt-this-have-been-moved-instead-of-closed/488254 "2009-03-06T18:42:23Z")
Couldn’t This thread (warning, tasteless but IMHO funny joke about the NFL players lost at sea) have been moved SOMEWHERE instead of closed? The pit, if need be, or IMHO? Or at least commented on by the mod who closed … --- ## [I \[object to\] Pit Rule #5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-pit-rule-5/487276)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-object-to-pit-rule-5/487276 "2009-03-06T06:56:04Z")
For those that just got here, that’s this: Okay, why? Why was this necessary, or even wanted? The whole point of the ‘ignore’ function is to not have to deal with someone. Why bother with engaging with them. No point, … --- ## [More search weirdness -- missing posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-search-weirdness-missing-posts/488376)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-search-weirdness-missing-posts/488376 "2009-03-05T15:01:38Z")
So I just searched for some old posts of mine, because I was trying to remember something, and the first search came up with 750 hits, the second one with 639 – I don’t know my exact post count off hand, but it’s over 10… --- ## [Ed, just ban the whole lot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-just-ban-the-whole-lot/488155)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-just-ban-the-whole-lot/488155 "2009-03-05T13:20:51Z")
Ok, not ban them, suspend them for a week. And not the whole lot, just the top posters on ATMB at this moment (no matter what side they are on). And not all at the same time. Do it in batches (quarters should work). Aft… --- ## [Of assholes and dicks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-assholes-and-dicks/487697)
**Author:** [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-assholes-and-dicks/487697 "2009-03-05T05:01:44Z")
Ed Zotti posted the following a couple of hours ago in this thread: Emphasis mine. As a point of clarification: what is the principled distinction you are drawing between “asshole” (okay) and “dick” (not okay)? Thank… --- ## [Who's Online Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-online-now/488161)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-online-now/488161 "2009-03-04T15:49:35Z")
Why doesn’t The Dope have this feature enabled on the main page? --- ## [Why was my Shark Jump Message Board thread closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-shark-jump-message-board-thread-closed/487952)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-shark-jump-message-board-thread-closed/487952 "2009-03-04T12:43:37Z")
Marley23 – I’d like to ask why my\*\* Shark Jump Message Board \*\*thread was closed. The explanation you gave in the thread was: But clearly that’s not what my thread was about. My thread, as you surely know, was about … --- ## [Redneck is a racist term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-is-a-racist-term/488053)
**Author:** [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redneck-is-a-racist-term/488053 "2009-03-04T04:16:03Z")
Why is it allowed,while other ethnic slurs aren’t? --- ## [Absolute stupidity \[about Baldwin's suspension\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-stupidity-about-baldwins-suspension/488134)
**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-stupidity-about-baldwins-suspension/488134 "2009-03-04T03:56:41Z")
In the Baldwin Supended for One Month thread, Marley offers some sort of reasoning: Addressing only the personal insults mentioned in the first of Marley’s links, if you’re using that to help justify a suspension, you … --- ## [About Sapo's suspension.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sapos-suspension/488152)
**Author:** [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-sapos-suspension/488152 "2009-03-03T19:05:16Z")
This would have been a great place to stop. Jerkiness is a matter of opinion and few would have disagreed with that. I have thousands of spots on every topic that doesn’t include Barbra Streisand and/or green beans, b… --- ## [What happened to don't fight the hypothetical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-dont-fight-the-hypothetical/488145)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-dont-fight-the-hypothetical/488145 "2009-03-03T15:43:04Z")
Banned, I know… just wondering why. I checked ATMB but can’t find the thread. Thanks! --- ## [The More Things Change...: the Pit (reprise)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-pit-reprise/488137)
**Author:** [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-more-things-change-the-pit-reprise/488137 "2009-03-03T14:16:02Z")
Old timers, if you read or posted to this thread: I Vote for eliminating the BBQ Pit message board back in '99, has your stance changed? Since this is a question about this messageboard, I assume that this is the correc… --- ## [Marley23, you're making bad decisions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-youre-making-bad-decisions/487951)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marley23-youre-making-bad-decisions/487951 "2009-03-03T12:50:57Z")
You told me to take it to ATMB, so here we are. In this thread: You’ve made an unfair decision. ITR Champion injected what I consider to be threadshitting. I reported same. Silenus made an obvious joke…and even sa… --- ## [Baldwin suspended for one month](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldwin-suspended-for-one-month/488113)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldwin-suspended-for-one-month/488113 "2009-03-03T05:47:39Z")
Baldwin has been suspended for one month after receiving four warnings for personal insults, linking to other boards and ignoring mod instructions. Warning here for insults in ATMB. Mod Note: SkipMagic here told Baldwi… --- ## [Could marks be put in to show where links have been removed by mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-marks-be-put-in-to-show-where-links-have-been-removed-by-mods/488085)
**Author:** [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-marks-be-put-in-to-show-where-links-have-been-removed-by-mods/488085 "2009-03-03T01:37:46Z")
In this thread, an “advertising link” was removed from post #2. This was done by completely removing the offending link in question, thus making the post make little sense since there were words missing. I had to read … --- ## [New Spoiler Tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103)
**Author:** [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103 "2009-03-02T21:29:26Z")
There’s a new spoiler tag in town, and it’s much cooler than the old one. (Or, so we say, because we like shiny new things.) We had it up for test purposes for a week or so under the \[spoiler2\]\[/spoiler2\] tags, but it l… --- ## [Why aren't you even TRYING to communicate with us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-even-trying-to-communicate-with-us/487642)
**Author:** [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-you-even-trying-to-communicate-with-us/487642 "2009-03-02T16:33:12Z")
So we have a 19-page (at this writing) thread full of people with concerns and complaints about the new BBQ Pit rules. Administration response has been sparse and unhelpful (and in at least one instance, admittedly non-… --- ## [In favour of Ed's new policies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-favour-of-eds-new-policies/487804)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-favour-of-eds-new-policies/487804 "2009-03-02T15:21:28Z")
I may well be the only one, but I am in favour of Ed’s new policy re The Pit. Those who dislike the new policy have been very loud, but it seems to me they are persistently prone to dragging in irrelevant issues. In ess… --- ## [Ed, one simple question about the new Pit Rules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-one-simple-question-about-the-new-pit-rules/487739)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ed-one-simple-question-about-the-new-pit-rules/487739 "2009-03-02T01:38:16Z")
Why did you feel the need to redefine the rules in order to stamp out the types of posts that you disapprove of? Why not simply enforce the “don’t be a jerk” rule more rigorously? Would it have been unworkable to simply… --- ## [Just kill the Pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kill-the-pit/487386)
**Author:** [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kill-the-pit/487386 "2009-03-01T06:15:13Z")
File this under “trying to be constructive.” I never did buy the “we need a place to vent” argument, and in my estimation the changes now will create more, not less friction. The rules are more confusing, not less, and… --- ## [Would Cervaise's telemarketer rant be allowed in the pit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-cervaises-telemarketer-rant-be-allowed-in-the-pit/487544)
**Author:** [@cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cards)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-cervaises-telemarketer-rant-be-allowed-in-the-pit/487544 "2009-03-01T05:46:02Z")
Having asked three times in this thread: Maybe I can it answered as its own thread. --- ## [A guest question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guest-question/484915)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guest-question/484915 "2009-03-01T02:12:46Z")
Would it be possible to have post count and location enabled for guests? Under the current system we can have guests that are actually members of the board for years. Having those two fields enabled isn’t a perk for the … --- ## [Posters: Help Re-Write Rule #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-help-re-write-rule-2/487661)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-help-re-write-rule-2/487661 "2009-02-28T20:50:11Z")
In the Thread That Ate ATMB, several posters suggested that they knew what Ed Zotti meant by Rule #2. Others (me included) have said that Rule #2 sucks, but are not averse to something similar if only it were sensisble a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=263)