# About This Message Board **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=334 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 335 --- ## [What's the policy on exchange threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-policy-on-exchange-threads/346575)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-policy-on-exchange-threads/346575 "2006-03-02T08:35:57Z")
I’m thinking about starting one of those exchange threads (posters voluntarily sending small items to other posters). Nothing major, but at one point there was an issue over starting them without prior notice to the mods… --- ## [What's up with the humungus font size in spoiler boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-humungus-font-size-in-spoiler-boxes/346463)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2006, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-the-humungus-font-size-in-spoiler-boxes/346463 "2006-03-02T03:45:29Z")
Is it just on my computer? I’m aware of the recent glitch in the psoiler tags, but that new font is grating. --- ## [SDMB misunderstands common URLs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-misunderstands-common-urls/346474)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-misunderstands-common-urls/346474 "2006-03-01T01:53:06Z")
I’ve noticed that the software running the SDMB fails to understand a number of common (and some not-so-common) but standard URL schemes. In particular, it seems that any URL which does not contain the string “://” is n… --- ## [Glitch on the main board screen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-on-the-main-board-screen/346287)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glitch-on-the-main-board-screen/346287 "2006-03-01T00:34:17Z")
Every now and again when i’m on the main board screen (the one listing all the seperate topic boards, MPSIMS, GD, etc) I’ve noticed what seems to be a glitch. Next to each section there’s a link to the most recent post i… --- ## [What's a charter member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-charter-member/346400)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-charter-member/346400 "2006-02-28T20:29:44Z")
PARDQ (Possibly A Really Dumb Question.) I’m sure it doesn’t matter either way, but what is the difference between “charter member” and member"? Just curious. Thanks. (I searched, but came up with 87 billion threads i… --- ## [Suspended vs. Banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-vs-banned/346492)
**Author:** [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspended-vs-banned/346492 "2006-02-28T19:24:46Z")
In this thread, http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=360837 , Lynn says that the op would have to wait another month before posting (paraphrased.) The op is listed as “banned.” I thought that ops who we… --- ## [Another thought on testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thought-on-testing/346476)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-thought-on-testing/346476 "2006-02-28T17:13:20Z")
Not all browsers behave the same way. I’m on IE at work and Firefox at home; at home, posts #14 & 15 in the locked thread don’t do anything special for me although they’re clearly supposed to. --- ## [Is it necessary to actually POST a "test post" thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-actually-post-a-test-post-thread/345263)
**Author:** [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-necessary-to-actually-post-a-test-post-thread/345263 "2006-02-28T14:55:12Z")
Inspired by this thread, which was closed by Tuba for obvious reasons: What I mean is, isn’t it enough to just compose whatever you want, then just hit “preview post” to see what the final product would look like? Unle… --- ## [SDMB improvement ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-improvement-ideas/343558)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-improvement-ideas/343558 "2006-02-28T11:08:33Z")
The SDMB is dandy, but here are some site recommendations to make it even dandier: Contest (s): Everyone likes contests, even Dopers. I propose a separate forum named, “Contests”. What sort of contests could be run? So… --- ## [drmark2000 has been suspended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drmark2000-has-been-suspended/346435)
**Author:** [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drmark2000-has-been-suspended/346435 "2006-02-28T08:54:24Z")
He insisted that he was allowed to troll in the Pit. I hope that he will learn to take mod warnings to heart in the future. Lynn For the Straight Dope --- ## [Question for the Mods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-mods/346271)
**Author:** [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-mods/346271 "2006-02-27T12:09:57Z")
In this recent pit thread a discussion ensued about the appropriateness of Evil Captor’s habit of posting off-topic sexually themed posts in otherwise non-sexual topics. A recent example of what I am referring to is pos… --- ## [Suggestion for changing email address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-changing-email-address/345840)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-for-changing-email-address/345840 "2006-02-27T11:17:05Z")
Recently I changed my SDMB email address for reasons which are not relevant here. It occurs to me that someone with a malicious bent might take advantage of someone leaving themselves logged in. We all remember what happ… --- ## [Google Adds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-adds/345125)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2006, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-adds/345125 "2006-02-26T07:24:24Z")
On more than one occassion I’ve checked the google adds on the bottom of the page after being directed there by some comment regarding the content. I’ve found that the adds I see bear no resemblance to what other posters… --- ## [Who and what are the mods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-and-what-are-the-mods/343961 "2006-02-25T02:26:19Z")
How did the SDMB mods get to be mods? Are they volunteers or paid? Full-time employees of Chicago Reader, or part-time dopers? Can one apply or must one be “chosen”? --- ## [A minor question about deleting posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889)
**Author:** [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2006, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-minor-question-about-deleting-posts/345889 "2006-02-24T05:25:04Z")
In this thread, a post was deleted by Lynn Bodoni, with the reason given “Someone else posted the same thing first.” Is this a new policy, to delete posts that (unintentionally or no) repeat stuff mentioned earlier in a… --- ## [Spoiler tags not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-tags-not-working/345375 "2006-02-23T19:47:32Z")
I was reading the updates to this thread when I realized that what I’d taken to be one person’s typo in entering a spoiler tag was actually not a typo at all, but some sort of blanket revocation of the spoiler tag. Any i… --- ## [Can anyone help me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/345815)
**Author:** [@TwistyLamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistyLamp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me/345815 "2006-02-23T17:32:10Z")
Sorry if this isn’t the appropreate spot, but I’m looking for a thread I posted in GD last nite, and now can’t find it. (how to publicize my book and how do libraries select books to buy?) Thanks… --- ## [Smilie webding test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilie-webding-test/345047)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilie-webding-test/345047 "2006-02-23T07:55:59Z")
Û . :slight\_smile: I’m singing in the rain! :D‘ No power ball, but I feel like a million dollars! :cool: The happiness of the invisible man was short lived… Å:mad: Telemarketer… --- ## [Ahem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahem/345760)
**Author:** [@inkleberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkleberry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahem/345760 "2006-02-23T06:24:03Z")
DrLoveGun was most distinctly not man common. Feel free to ban him, but please ban him for crap he actually did. 'Course, in as how his subscription runs outs in two hours, this probably doesn’t matter much. --- ## [DrLoveGun has been banned.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drlovegun-has-been-banned/345740)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drlovegun-has-been-banned/345740 "2006-02-23T03:59:29Z")
After some bad behavior on his part over the past little while, we had decided to suspend DrLoveGun. While we were going about the business of suspending him, he acquired a new name and started in same as before. There… --- ## [New anti-double post feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-anti-double-post-feature/345480 "2006-02-22T14:18:31Z")
Now ain’t this a kick in the pants? I was just posting to my Zippo thread, and due to serious network issues, have to reload and resubmit my submission. Strangely, I noticed my “\[sub\]” tags didn’t work anymore. :dubio… --- ## [A strange grey box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-grey-box/345277)
**Author:** [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-grey-box/345277 "2006-02-21T00:05:52Z")
I was browsing through the poll on the SDMB community in IMHO, and stumbled upon this (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v144/Jayn\_Newell/mysterybox.jpg). Anyone have any idea what it is? (On preview…wow Photobucket sh… --- ## [Suggestion about ex-members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-about-ex-members/345115)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-about-ex-members/345115 "2006-02-19T16:05:57Z")
Currently, members who do not renew revert to Guest status. Would it be possible to change that, say to something like ‘Lapsed Member’? It would significantly help with reading older threads, helping to seperate the whea… --- ## [Question about insults in GD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insults-in-gd/345158)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2006, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-insults-in-gd/345158 "2006-02-19T05:38:24Z")
Based on this thread, I was wondering what would garner a mod warning in Great Debates when a situation similar to this happens: (i’m not saying this is what happened in the quoted thread, though) I’m pretty sure this w… --- ## [Most appropriate forum for a recipe request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-appropriate-forum-for-a-recipe-request/345154)
**Author:** [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-appropriate-forum-for-a-recipe-request/345154 "2006-02-19T05:24:13Z")
It seems MPSIMS to me, but it could be considered a General Question. Thanks --- ## [don't read--just testing a vB code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-read-just-testing-a-vb-code/345094)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2006, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-read-just-testing-a-vb-code/345094 "2006-02-18T20:16:45Z")
okay, thanks for 'splaining it to me. I once tried to guess how the scoring works, but couldn’t figure it out… But will somebody please explain to me why this is considered fun? I can see why the rock-thrower-person has… --- ## [Not-so-newby checking back in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-newby-checking-back-in/344672)
**Author:** [@The\_Duke\_of\_Ankh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Duke_of_Ankh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-so-newby-checking-back-in/344672 "2006-02-17T17:16:46Z")
Hey all, I used to post here under the name big\_yellow\_kingswood back before you had to pay… I’ve been lurking on and off ever since but have decided to subscribe again since I now make actual money and have a regular s… --- ## [Follow-up questions in a closed thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-up-questions-in-a-closed-thread/344678)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-up-questions-in-a-closed-thread/344678 "2006-02-17T17:14:33Z")
I have a follow-up question in a thread that has been closed (in particular, I still want to press Bricker to respond to a post of mine in the long and rambling thread about the War on Christmas). I’m not sure what the p… --- ## [Signature editing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-editing/344740)
**Author:** [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signature-editing/344740 "2006-02-16T04:54:39Z")
OK, I edited my signature to add a couple of things. I saved the new signature items but they don’t show up on my posts. Where is the button that applies the changes I made? --- ## [Pix in posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-in-posts/344534)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pix-in-posts/344534 "2006-02-14T22:00:54Z")
Just wondering if there is a way to include a .jpg or other file into a post without using a weblink? Every pic I’ve seen in a post is actually a weblink and not just a pic. I did a quick search and didn’t find anything. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=333) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/about-this-message-board/8.md?page=335)