# I disagree that this thread is non-factual **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668 "2011-01-15T02:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/41 "2011-01-17T14:33:15Z")
> [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > No need. The only people that interpreted this thread the way the SDMB staff did is the SDMB staff and Stranger. The question was discussed and answered factually. If I had genuinely “poisoned the well” as the SDMB staff wants to claim, I’ve no doubt Stranger and the rest of you would have not only left it in GQ, but made non-stop stink about how unprofessional the OP was. Instead, Stranger finds himself carefully backpedaling on his initial defense of this “esteemed researcher” while the SDMB staff does it’s very best to sweep it under the rug. We appear to be talking past each other. Let me try this again. You did not “poison the well,” and I never said you did. I just said you wrote an OP that was better suited for IMHO or GD than it was for GQ. We tried to sweep _what_ under the rug? I made no attempt to limit what appeared to be a good discussion. We have lengthy and informative discussions in IMHO, GD, and other areas of the SDMB all the time. I just put your thread in a location I felt was more appropriate. If you feel that the questions were answered, then what are you complaining about? I don’t mean that to be snarky, I genuinely don’t understand. You seem to be saying that you got exactly what you wanted and you’re upset about it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/42 "2011-01-17T18:03:23Z")
Overheard at the Mods only forum: Gary: Don’t you sometimes just get tired of it all, Colibri? Want to go somewhere easier? Colibri: Yeah, I know. All the bickering about petty issues that don’t amount to nuthin’. It’s discouraging. Gary: I hear there’s some Mod openings at the “Puppies vs. Kittens” forum over at [Flamewars.ru](http://Flamewars.ru). Colibri: Wow, that would be great! And best of all, nobody ever complains about the malware at those Russian sites. 100 times the infection rate, and never a peep outta the bastards. Gary: Here’s the application form, but you better hurry, I sent mine in yesterday, and this one should fill up fast. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/43 "2011-01-17T18:27:17Z")
What’s done is done. I could have worded the question better. I don’t consider the literal interpretation of my question to be reasonable. I don’t think most people would, and this is backed up by the discussion that followed. When I read that paper, I knew either the authors were doing very bad research, deliberately faking research or I was misunderstanding the paper. I addressed all of those possibilities in the OP. It seems as if suggesting the first two possibilities is against the GQ rules. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/44 "2011-01-17T19:05:44Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:41, topic:567668”] If you feel that the questions were answered, then what are you complaining about? I don’t mean that to be snarky, I genuinely don’t understand. You seem to be saying that you got exactly what you wanted and you’re upset about it. [/QUOTE] I’m complaining because despite the fact that the question had been more or less answered, there may have been some more interesting technical bits coming. IMHO may be a great place for people who live and breath the SDMB, but in my personal experience, there is a contingent of very technically qualified people that simply don’t bother with the other forums. Even now that I’ve decided that the other forums have some entertainment value, when I only have a short time to available, I stick with GQ and Cafe Society. You need to get out of the heads of people that consider the SDMB a home on the web and into the heads of technical people that mainly come looking for interaction with people in other technical fields. The SDMB is unique in the diversity of expertise here. If I want to know about something technical, in a different field, I can ask it here knowing that the answer I get will at least be good enough to get me on the right track for my own research. Hell, I just learned that the Russians may have discovered carbon nanotubes in the 50s, and that’s my own field. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/45 "2011-01-17T19:26:11Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Seems to me the only people derailing the thread or misreading what the intentions were the complainers… That’s a bit of a tautology, isn’t it? I mean, the people who were complaining were complaining _because_ of their understanding. > [@billfish678](#): > > Good grief. SDMB, the bastion of “Don’t offend the researchers of WOO with poorly worded threads”. The subjects you guys choose to get on your high horse about can be pretty interesting at times. Oh please. This is nothing about offending anyone, this is about the framing of the OP not matching the forum in which the question was placed. It’s about interpretation of the words actually written vs the OP’s intent. Only Stranger is worked up over the reputation of the researcher, and he’s really more concerned about the principle of the matter. > [@billfish678](#): > > If your train is going down the tracks making sparks, you fix the damn thing and send it where it was intended to go. You don’t shrug your shoulders, say “fuck it”, and send it Albuquerque instead. Eh, this isn’t a train throwing up sparks, it’s a message board post that was worded inappropriately for the forum in which it was placed. > [@WarmNPrickly](#): > > When I read that paper, I knew either the authors were doing very bad research, deliberately faking research or I was misunderstanding the paper. I addressed all of those possibilities in the OP. It seems as if suggesting the first two possibilities is against the GQ rules. I think if you had phrased it that way, it would have been fine in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668/46 "2011-01-17T22:28:12Z")
OPs can be framed in such a way that they’re suitable for any forum. “What does the peer-reviewed literature say about Dr. McNutter’s theory that the government is implanting radioactive parasites under our skin?” - GQ “Is Dr. McNutter right about the threat of plutonium parasites, or is he a deranged goofball?” - IMHO “Does media coverage of Dr. McNutter’s parasite conspiracy claims encourage mass stupidity?” - GD “Dr. McNutter is an insane fuckwit” - The Pit “How about that _Downfall_ parody of Dr. McNutter?” - Cafe Society “Did you hear about the guy who sandpapered off his skin to remove the radioactive parasites?” - MPSIMS “How can I rehab my home to keep out the radioactive parasites?” - The Barn House Et cetera. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-disagree-that-this-thread-is-non-factual/567668.md?page=2)