# Note to finn007 new guy
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [April 13, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117 "2005-04-13T12:59:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@finn007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finn007)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/1 "2005-04-13T12:59:19Z")
ignore me i’m not looking for a doctor …or a spiritual advisior…me first post …like to see me name in print…slan to all…or hello
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/2 "2005-04-13T13:03:16Z")
We have test threads for this purpose – you could have started one.
You should have put your “hi there!” in another forum entirely.
Please don’t do this in a serious thread where we’re tryiing to straighten out a situation/make a ruling/explain why we did something.
your humble TubaDiva
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/3 "2005-04-13T13:11:33Z")
And maybe you should read the forum descriptions over again:
[The Straight Dope Front Page/Forums Index](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?)
Thank you.
your humble TubaDiva
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### Author:  [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/4 "2005-04-13T13:34:34Z")
> [@finn007](#):
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> …slan to all…
I’ll see your slan, and raise one weapon shop of Isher.
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/5 "2005-04-13T13:36:32Z")
In fairness, a newbie could easily be misled by the rubric under About This Message Board on the front page:
_This is also the place for practice posts._
The reference is, of course, to practice with fonts, codes, etc. but it could be taken to apply to a first post, especially to someone unused to message boards who wants to make sure they’ve got this posting thing right before they dive in to the fray.
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/6 "2005-04-13T13:38:27Z")
Greetings to you, **finn007**. I can see you’re a bit unused to the place – hope to see you around in MPSIMS, mate! 🙂
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### Author:  [@finn007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finn007)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/7 "2005-04-13T14:28:32Z")
_I’m really easy to get along with once people learn to see it my way_
**hi ICEY** …oh yes i’ll be around…BTW whats MPSIMS or am i in it…
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### Author:  [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/8 "2005-04-13T14:43:33Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#):
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> In fairness, a newbie could easily be misled by the rubric under About This Message Board on the front page:
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> _This is also the place for practice posts._
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> The reference is, of course, to practice with fonts, codes, etc. but it could be taken to apply to a first post, especially to someone unused to message boards who wants to make sure they’ve got this posting thing right before they dive in to the fray.
I always assumed that “practice posts” meant OPs like this. I learned something new.
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/9 "2005-04-13T14:47:26Z")
Go to [this forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=4), mate. MPSIMS stands for Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share. Kinda the general topics forum. Like “General Discussion”.
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/10 "2005-04-13T14:49:45Z")
And oh yeah, all – that post was directed at **finn007**. Also – there’s no post editing here, **finn**. They haven’t turned that function on! 🙂
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### Author:  [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/11 "2005-04-13T21:13:07Z")
Ach bejaysus **finn** wotchew doing here?
Don’t alarm the natives too much, or I shall drag you back to G’Dope and have you placed on _The Apparatus_[sup]TM[/sup].
And yeah, hie thee over to MPSIMS, you madman.
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### Author:  [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/12 "2005-04-13T22:34:47Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#):
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> I always assumed that “practice posts” meant OPs like this. I learned something new.
Me too, in fact I contest that is what “practice posts” means, and everyone other than us two and the OP are wrong, wrong, wrong!
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/13 "2005-04-14T00:54:08Z")
This was originally posted in the middle of another thread. Tuba moved it to its own, new thread.
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### Author:  [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/14 "2005-04-14T02:06:08Z")
Thanks for the clarification, **Smeg**. **Tuba** ’s admonishment seemed a tad harsh, but it makes more sense now.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/15 "2005-04-14T04:25:44Z")
It was originally in the middle of the “Clarification on medical advice” thread, where we were in the midst of explaining a ruling and smooth some ruffled feathers. Not a good time or a good place to do something like that, however well-intentioned.
I didn’t yell at him overmuch. I didn’t characterize his actions as anything but a tad misplaced. I moved his comments to a new thread, explained the situation, and pointed him to where he could get more information. By comparison, Cecil would have had his guts for garters.
People come into a new situation and make mistakes; it’s a natural byproduct of the message board experience. They learn and they grow. I’m pleased to facilitate that experience as much as possible.
your humble TubaDiva
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/16 "2005-04-14T06:40:46Z")
Ah, loads clearer now. Thanks, **Tuba**! I was wondering what was going on. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/17 "2005-04-14T07:27:29Z")
> [@](#):
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> **TubaDiva** : I didn’t yell at him overmuch. I didn’t characterize his actions as anything but a tad misplaced. I moved his comments to a new thread, explained the situation, and pointed him to where he could get more information.
Please consider that those of us reading _this_ thread only could not tell at first that you had moved his post from somewhere else. Like many others, I thought he was being told not to post that kind of post in _this_ forum.
Surely you can see why your response, under those circumstances, would have seemed a little “unusual.”
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### Author:  [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/18 "2005-04-14T12:41:26Z")
> [@Zoe](#):
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> Please consider that those of us reading _this_ thread only could not tell at first that you had moved his post from somewhere else. Like many others, I thought he was being told not to post that kind of post in _this_ forum.
A couple of lessons, I think, can be learned:
- Moderators need to remember (especially when splitting off a post) that their comments may be read out of context, and so need to be sure their comments can reasonably stand alone.
- Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture. I think I’d like to repeat that: Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture.
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### Author:  [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/19 "2005-04-14T14:38:22Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> A couple of lessons, I think, can be learned:
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> - Moderators need to remember (especially when splitting off a post) that their comments may be read out of context, and so need to be sure their comments can reasonably stand alone.
> - Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture. I think I’d like to repeat that: Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture.
**Bippy** , it looks like you and I were right all along.
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-finn007-new-guy/299117/20 "2005-04-14T15:49:12Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> - Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture. I think I’d like to repeat that: Members need to remember not to jump to conclusions, because they are very often not seeing the whole picture.
Members would be far less likely to jump to conclusions if they were _given_ the whole picture. And I’d like to repeat that. Members would be far less likely to jump to conclusions if they were _given_ the whole picture.
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