# An SDMB Timeline **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027 "2012-05-15T22:35:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/21 "2012-05-16T13:16:30Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Euty (above), Ukelele Ike, Manhatten, Coldfire, Melin to name a few. Thanks! Others? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/22 "2012-05-16T14:00:39Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Maybe search for the announcement threads for those forums? Want to give that a try? Or explain a method? > [@Eutychus](#): > > How soon they forget. If they ever knew. ================== I’ve had an idea to try to narrow down the “first post of the year” for the 13 (is it?) years we have records in the current format. Simply take the current counts > [@](#): > > Threads: 620,626 > Posts: 14,951,426 > Members: 133,209 > Active Members: 7,182 > Welcome to our newest member, dshafiuhn …and do third grade arithmetic to get Posts: 14,951,426 = 1,150,109 per year for 13 years and then just bump the post ID by 1150000 and see where that lands. Fine tune from there. I’ll be wasting part of the day on that exercise. Also I’ll be attaching ID data to those past Mods for “complete as best I can tell” sake. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/23 "2012-05-16T15:24:35Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I wondered about that, too. Many of those “first posts” look odd when compared with the versions I’ve seen (read) about when and why the various fora were established. The Game Room is much more recent than the date shown in the Archives. > > Question is: Where’s the better source? The “first posts” are definitely wrong. The very first posts noted are ATMB and Comments, followed almost immediately by The Pit, GQ and MPSIMS. Now look at the join dates for the Admins. Ed “joined” three weeks before there were any forums and TubaDiva joined the first day. And Tuba is only member #32. So, much like evolution, we have to determine when exactly the Board migrated from AOL to the independent Internet. Also, IIRC, didn’t the AOL version stay live for a few months after this version begin? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/24 "2012-05-16T15:55:14Z")
I’ve had an idea to try to narrow down the “first post of the year” for the 13 (is it?) years we have records in the current format. Simply take the current counts and do third grade arithmetic to get Posts: 14,951,426 = 1,150,109 per year for 13 years and then just bump the post ID by 1150000 and see where that lands. Fine tune from there. I’ll be wasting part of the day on that exercise. Also I’ll be attaching ID data to those past Mods for “complete as best I can tell” sake. Here’s what a first pass (rough draft) looks like: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2) 03-12-1999, 06:58 PM > **[Survivor Spoilers, 22/2/01](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1150000)** > > Not to mention those of us on the West Coast… 02-22-2001, 08:24 PM > **[Kool-Aid and black culture...am I totally out of the loop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2300000)** > > How many different commercials are we talking about? I assumed it was one black fruit kool aid (band name, or new flavor?) commercial. 07-23-2002, 02:03 PM > **[flying to a camping trip--gas stove in backpack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=3450000)** > > Phone the airline. Lots of luck! Or here is a link with some pertinent if not useful info. 05-21-2003, 01:46 PM > **[Most famous comedy skit of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4600000)** > > I think it is Chaplin. There is an episode of The Simpsons where Grampa imitates this act to entertain his date, but is forced to stop by Chaplin’s lawyers. 03-02-2004, 08:36 AM > **[Russian language/bumper sticker question](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5750000)** > > Y MHE NET any good memory of how to construct nuances like this. I recognize it as the preposition o plus the instrumental case of Beslan. Wouldja be willing to explain the difference in connotation between the “Beslan” and the “o Beslane”... 01-22-2005, 09:03 AM > **[Is This A HIPPA Violation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6900000)** > > I called a hospital, who directed me to the hhs.gov website wherein they have info on HIPAA. I called the HIPAA hotline, and the lady I spoke with told me to read the information, and if I wanted to file a complaint, I could do so online. She said... 12-14-2005, 04:10 PM > **[Democrats Suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8050000)** > > ::: sigh ::: Here we go again. Generalization: the people who have access and ability to fiddle have a to-do list that is longer than your arm. And the priorities are based on financial and business necessities; where the money is and where the... 12-12-2006, 05:31 PM > **[A Picture MMP {My First MMP}](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9200000)** > > My 50+ slide presentation has turned into 110 slide monstrosity. I’m sooo glad I don’t have to sit through that meeting on Monday! I still need to order catering, because they are surely going to need sustenance to get through the meeting. Good luck... 11-21-2007, 12:32 PM > **[Other species and anal sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10350000)** > > Male dolphins are always trying to do it to reluctant female dolphins. That’s why you always here the feamles saying “En-eh! En-eh!” 10-23-2008, 08:59 AM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11500000](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11500000) 08-29-2009, 08:17 PM > **[What happened to saucers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12650000)** > > Heck, how do you get even ONE egg into a saucer, let alone beat it? 07-05-2010, 02:21 AM > **[Abortion-clinic picketers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13800000)** > > Sorry I do not take a comittee of the legislature of country (and in my case another country to boot) as an authority on the issue, the fact that your choosing to quote them on this politically-charged issue sends out the wrong signals to me. It... 05-14-2011, 10:38 AM > **[I finally did it, I got a New iPad (32GB Wifi only in white)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14950000)** > > Thecamera in this thing is amazing Those pansy photos were taken in fading light, the flower itself is about the size of a quarter, and the camera was about an inch away from it, it’s got some serious close focusing abilities There’s a bit of... 04-09-2012, 05:28 PM Now the search for Jan 1’s first post of each year. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/25 "2012-05-16T16:04:53Z")
Just to report on how much “fun” this task may be, notice: > **[Time travel is easier than that](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4842)** > > There was a short article in Sunday’s The Independent about time travel: Oxford physicist says time travel is possible 12-20-1999, 08:49 AM > **[Time travel is easier than that](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4843)** > > forget about the time machine, just take a nap-- ever have a dream come true? you were remembering the future. it may have been linear or spliced with other bits of your subconscious, but it was not just a deja vu brain fart. there is also the... 01-03-2000, 09:25 PM It would appear that my “no brainer” scheme may have its own issues to cope with. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/26 "2012-05-16T16:54:15Z")
The next year: > **[Another Store Bites the Dust—Montgomery Ward's](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1015190)** > > Talk about dinosaurs, anyboby remember Fedway? My dad worked for them defore he died, about 1956-57. They were the first in Bakersfield with the Radarange, Amana’s early microwave oven. About all it could do was bake potatoes, and it cost as much as... 12-31-2000, 11:58 PM > **[The SDMB Virtual Marriage Booth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1015191)** > > :dressed in tux: :with red roses: :kneels: oh wyldelf would you do me the honor and pleasure of making me the happiest man in the world by accepteing my hand in marriage? I love you and will do so forever. {at midnight even!} 01-01-2001, 12:00 AM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/27 "2012-05-16T17:05:38Z")
And if this is not THE Winter of our Missed Content, it is at least A Winter of that sort: > **[The Dark Knight Returns](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895820)** > > I am going to flip through it and see if it grabs me. As for Frank Miller as an over all talent… he is responisble for Robocop 2 and 3 if I am not mistaken. I made the mistake of reading a whole bunch of sin city in a weekend. Don’t do it, you’ll... 12-07-2001, 03:29 AM [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895823](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=1895823) 03-10-2002, 08:02 PM ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/28 "2012-05-16T18:01:57Z")
2003-2005: > **[latest phrases your already sick of..](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2790890)** > > I’ll see your TMI and raise it FYI. 12-31-2002, 11:59 PM > **[The Song Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2790891)** > > “On the Radio” - Donna Summer 01-01-2003, 12:00 AM ===== > **[Hidalgo based on a hoax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4416916)** > > Former equestrienne ringing in. The whole story screams “tall tale” to me, and barring extensive corroboration, I’ll treat it as not only fiction, but wildly improbable fiction. I plan on watching it only for MST3k purposes. I really hate seeing... 12-31-2003, 11:59 PM > **[kambuckta's suspension and stickies.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4416917)** > > Stickies are included in the “view new posts”. 01-01-2004, 12:00 AM ===== > **[I want laser beams to shoot from my eyes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5668929)** > > I only want a simple thing…the absolute control of life and death over all of Earth. And to be able to curl up and go to sleep instantly, whenever I felt like it, like a cat. 12-31-2004, 11:59 PM > **[Courts that order kids from the only parents they've ever known](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5668930)** > > Indeed \*\* Chotii \*\* the focus of this rant should be the awful situation that this child is in through no fault of his own. My take on it is that the courts and the Scotts suck ass for dragging this out. It remains to be seen whether the Mother is... 01-01-2005, 12:01 AM ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/29 "2012-05-16T18:47:15Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Want to give that a try? Or explain a method? Well, my idea was to try finding the earliest mention of the forum’s full name, either in the forum itself or ATMB. Doesn’t seem to work. However, based on [these](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2004725#post2004725) [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1990835#post1990835) threads, CS would have appeared to start between 4-12-2002 and 4-16. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/30 "2012-05-16T18:55:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Well, my idea was to try finding the earliest mention of the forum’s full name, either in the forum itself or ATMB. Doesn’t seem to work. > > However, based on [these](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=2004725#post2004725) [two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=1990835#post1990835) threads, CS would have appeared to start between 4-12-2002 and 4-16. Good thinking! Hard to argue with the logic. Here are the next years’ first posts: ===== > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2006](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6950695)** > > Mr Gata, JUMP 12-31-2005, 11:59 PM > **[What would you fire a person for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6950696)** > > Itg should be obvious from all this that if you have reasonable people as bosses, you won’t be fired for minor fuckups, so long as you don’t repeat them constantly. If you have an asshole for a boss or you’re working for a firm that’s decided to cut... 01-01-2006, 12:00 AM ===== > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2007](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8107680)** > > I disagree, both that having an unidentified disease is a newsworthy occurrence and that Jeff Tonn qualifies as a celebrity, but I have no cites to back up the former and I don’t make the rules so good luck with the latter. 12-31-2006, 11:59 PM > **[Happy New Years for 2007, SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8107681)** > > May you all enjoy a very happy and safe New Year. (May everyone be healthy and prosperous in 2007.) 🙂 01-01-2007, 12:00 AM ===== > **[The Celebrity Death Pool 2008](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9321149)** > > Sneaky. 😉 12-31-2007, 11:59 PM > **[Why is "The Searchers" Such a Great Movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=9321150)** > > If it’s great one-liners that make a Western, there’s always “Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.” What’s the Searchers got? “That which we are about to receive, we thank thee, O Lord.” 01-01-2008, 12:00 AM ===== > **[Your favorite drummers](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10637158)** > > I think it’s a case of “out of sight, out of mind”. He’s a good, solid drummer in a band that doesn’t really feature their drummer. Everyone in the band is a good musician so I think he gets lost in the shuffle. I seem to remember from a show a few... 12-31-2008, 11:59 PM > **[Would you vote for Caroline Kennedy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10637159)** > > Exactly. I throw like a girl, so I couldn’t count on your vote either. 01-01-2009, 12:00 AM ===== ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/31 "2012-05-16T19:51:08Z")
# 2010-2012 > **[I didn't think this was possible.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11943588)** > > I was horribly embarassed the other day to have gotten a paper cut opening this. 12-31-2009, 11:59 PM > **[Tell me about your cats' water fountain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11943589)** > > Just an update on my automated cat waterer - after two training sessions, the cat is now using it on his own, and he has stopped pestering people to let him into the bathroom - huzzah! 01-01-2010, 12:00 AM ===== > **[Why no morning after pill for dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13305801)** > > Well, if the two cheetahs are sisters, then you needn’t worry much about overpopulation! 🙂 12-31-2010, 11:59 PM > **["No refusal" DUI checkpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13305802)** > > “the authority to pull you over for/ask you to undergo a breathalyser test for absolutely no reason at all beyond the fact you are operating a motor vehicle” is pretty unreasonable. 01-01-2011, 12:00 AM ===== > **[Personal care: fingernails](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14621537)** > > I’ve had great luck with hair and nail vitamins from GNC, but I’m told there are some sold at WalMart that are awesome. She can take those and use some sort of protein filler polish until her nails grow out. The current nails are “ruined,” but they... 12-31-2011, 11:59 PM > **[Is there any legitimate successor to Myst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14621538)** > > Jragon has given a couple of my peeves about Myst. I know that for at least a couple of puzzles, I tried every damned thing that I could think of, then asked my daughter for help, and then finally I looked up the answer in the book. One of the... 01-01-2012, 12:00 AM ===== ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/32 "2012-05-16T20:29:38Z")
If you’re going for a complete timeline of forums, don’t forget that Comments on Cecil’s Columns and Comments on Staff Reports were separate at one point. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/33 "2012-05-16T20:37:18Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > If you’re going for a complete timeline of forums, don’t forget that Comments on Cecil’s Columns and Comments on Staff Reports were separate at one point. Thanks. Weren’t there some other now-defunct fora along the way, too? Is there a simple way to locate when the various Mods got to be Mods and when they (those that have) quit those tasks? ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/34 "2012-05-16T20:47:32Z")
I did a search on “forum” in thread titles. A quick look through the title for anything like “new forum” found: “2010 U.S. Election” 6/1/2010 changed to “Elections” 6/2/2010 The Barn House 9/4/2008 Happy Thoughts 4/1/2011 Marketplace 12/7/2010 The Game Room 2/21/2008 There’s not an option on our end to search for all Announcements, which might find others. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/35 "2012-05-16T20:59:48Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Thanks. Weren’t there some other now-defunct fora along the way, too? At least one – the [Boo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=37) forum. I think it opened on Halloween 10/31/2011 and threads relocated in March 2012. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/36 "2012-05-16T21:05:06Z")
Another old thread about the subject: [When were the various forums started?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253989) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/37 "2012-05-16T21:18:38Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > At least one – the [Boo!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=37) forum. I think it opened on Halloween 10/31/2011 and threads relocated in March 2012. I could go either way about those one-day only or short-term things. I can see how a thorough timeline would need them, but there seem to me to be major events worth the searching for where ad hoc fora may not be. But I’m all for input of all kinds and I don’t suggest we dismiss things that others find worthwhile to include. > [@JeffB](#): > > Another old thread about the subject: [When were the various forums started?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253989) That’s some good stuff! More like that would be great to have for confirmation and clues to other events. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/38 "2012-05-16T21:53:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > In the effort to locate a thread I had started some time ago about the first posts in each forum, I stumbled across [SDMB Wiki – List of moderators](http://straightdope.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_moderators) which needs updating but at least lists some of the group. > [@Cicero](#): > > Euty (above), Ukelele Ike, Manhatten, Coldfire, Melin to name a few. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Also I’ll be attaching ID data to those past Mods for “complete as best I can tell” sake. ====================== This is what I found for the used-to-be Mods: bibliophage Maine. Comments on Cecil’s Columns [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=5496](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) bibliophage Total Posts: 8,883 Join Date: 04-07-2000 Cajun Man New York State of Mind. Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=4803](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Cajun Man Total Posts: 2,451 Join Date: 03-05-2000 Czarcasm Earth Prime, Pre-Crisis In My Humble Opinion [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=774](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Czarcasm Total Posts: 24,597 Join Date: 04-24-1999 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2109](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Spectre of Pithecanthropus Total Posts: 16,010 Join Date: 08-11-1999 DrMatrix New York State of Mind. General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=3128](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) DrMatrix Total Posts: 3,299 Join Date: 11-05-1999 fluiddruid Des Moines, IA.Cafe Society, The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=19467](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) fluiddruid Total Posts: 5,715 Join Date: 11-26-2001 Frank Denver, Colorado. In My Humble Opinion [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=23639](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Frank Total Posts: 16,835 Join Date: 07-11-2002 Giraffe San Jose, California. The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8812](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Giraffe Total Posts: 9,336 Join Date: 08-13-2000 MEBuckner Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Great Debates [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8547](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) MEBuckner Total Posts: 9,307 Join Date: 08-03-2000 SkipMagic In Yon Twee. Cafe Society, Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=547](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) SkipMagic Total Posts: 6,768 Join Date: 04-08-1999 TVeblen Cecil’s dungeon.The BBQ Pit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2510](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) TVeblen Total Posts: 6,610 Join Date: 09-11-1999 Ukulele Ike Brooklyn.Cafe Society [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1717](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Ukulele Ike Total Posts: 10,629 Join Date: 07-07-1999 xash Santa Clara, CA.General Questions [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=12220](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) xash Total Posts: 4,091 Join Date: 01-15-2001 Manhattan [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2025](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) manhattan Total Posts: 9,127 Join Date: 08-03-1999 Coldfire [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1957](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Coldfire Total Posts: 15,943 Join Date: 07-27-1999 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=22](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) Eutychus Total Posts: 5,410 Join Date: 02-20-1999 Melin – must be spelled wrong. No data! ====================== I know there are others but I’m drawing blanks as to names. Please add to the list, with User ID, Number of Posts, Join Date and anything else we ought to know. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/39 "2012-05-16T22:40:35Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > If you’re going for a complete timeline of forums, don’t forget that Comments on Cecil’s Columns and Comments on Staff Reports were separate at one point. For almost all of the last 12 years at least. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027/40 "2012-05-16T22:43:24Z")
What about DavidB who was moderator of GD for some years? There was also a GQ mod named “Knickers” or “Kn\*ckers.” Jill was a Moderator for some time. I’m not certain if Melin was a moderator on the vBulletin board, or before that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-sdmb-timeline/622027.md?page=3)