# Regarding SDMB Administration: A Plea For Restraint **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 13, 2005, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858 "2005-02-13T09:22:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/141 "2005-02-16T15:36:06Z")
šŸ˜ƒ **Ike** youā€™re a right wanker šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/142 "2005-02-16T15:44:08Z")
Call him **UncleBeer**. I hear he likes that. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/143 "2005-02-16T17:26:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you seen this sticky, aruvqan? > [@KGS](#): > > Thatā€™s what he was replying about. Ah, I didnā€™t see his (her? Sorry) first post before it got trashed. The way his second post was worded it sounded like he hadnā€™t seen it. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/144 "2005-02-16T17:47:25Z")
Iā€™ve done some fruitless searches for a thread that I believe was called ā€œCan **Manhattan** swear while closing a thread?ā€ If I remember right, the answer was yes. Mods are posters too. The ā€œdouchbagā€ was not for coding, it was for content. Big deal. Either dish it back or forget about it. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/145 "2005-02-16T17:59:09Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > [moderator hat off] > > dan, youā€™re a real douchebag, you know that? > > [moderator hat on] Cite? got documentation on that whole douchebaggery thing? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/146 "2005-02-16T18:35:39Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Iā€™ve done some fruitless searches for a thread that I believe was called ā€œCan **Manhattan** swear while closing a thread?ā€ If I remember right, the answer was yes. Mods are posters too. The ā€œdouchbagā€ was not for coding, it was for content. Big deal. Either dish it back or forget about it. I cling to the notion that oneā€™s content belongs in oneā€™s own post, donā€™t you? I understand what you mean about cussing while closing a thread - but most of the time, that was for the entertainment of the rest of us. This just looked like a sneaky potshot. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/147 "2005-02-16T19:01:34Z")
> [@This Year's Model](#): > > Iā€™ve done some fruitless searches for a thread that I believe was called ā€œCan **Manhattan** swear while closing a thread?ā€ [Douchbag spelled my name wrong.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156526)šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/148 "2005-02-16T19:35:14Z")
Spelled it with an initial m instead of a b? _::: d & r :::_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/149 "2005-02-16T19:37:23Z")
Okay, now Iā€™m all upset about people who donā€™t throw their own trash out at fast-food joints. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/150 "2005-02-16T19:39:48Z")
> [@manhattan](#): > > [Douchbag spelled my name wrong.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=156526)šŸ˜‰ Cool. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/151 "2005-02-16T20:29:12Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > And here I was thinking that moderators were supposed to remain impartial while performing their duties, especially with something so innocuous as fixing bad coding. Learn something new every day, I guess. :rolleyes: Oh, for fuckā€™s sake, this is the Pit! **Ike** is allowed to call other posters names here just like everyone else. :rolleyes: right back at you. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/152 "2005-02-16T21:17:55Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **Muffin** , knock it off, please. > > **Good Egg** , you are **not** helping. > [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > [moderator hat off] > > dan, youā€™re a real douchebag, you know that? > > [moderator hat on] Consistency? ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/153 "2005-02-16T22:32:48Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Consistency? No, but with a good egg and a muffin weā€™re only a slab-o-ham and a bit-o-cheese shy of breakfast at McDonalds. ::Walks off, whistling Have you seen the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man?:: ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/154 "2005-02-16T22:36:39Z")
:d ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/155 "2005-02-16T22:37:43Z")
Whatever you do, donā€™t order the coffee. I hear they over heat it. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/156 "2005-02-16T22:57:24Z")
Lā€™eggo my Eggo! ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858/157 "2005-02-17T02:03:09Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Thatā€™s what he was replying about. I did print out this thread before his post got ā€œdisappearedā€, and really, there is nothing in it aside from saying, ā€œI just found out about this.ā€ So I have no problem believing Ed Zottiā€™s telling the truthā€¦in fact, I got a laugh picturing him banging his head on the desk, thinking: _ā€œOh man, I hit the wrong freakinā€™ button and NOBODYā€™S gonna believe me when I tell them that!ā€_ > > We really do need to lighten up on the admins, you know. Theyā€™re under a lot of obvious strain and all this whining and pissing and complaining, while relevant, ainā€™t helping us get through this. Maybe we should all go play The Sims for awhile. That sticky wasnā€™t up for most of the whole mishivaā€¦I gave up trying to find out what the deal was. I opened this thread on spec, and finally found out what the whole deal was about. I have nothing against any of the modsā€¦I was just really curious to see what it was about, I donā€™t read live journals, and tend to avoid mod/subscriber arguments. Actually, I think they do a hell of a job modding this boardā€¦this and the herzelied boards are probably the politest boards I am on right now=) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-sdmb-administration-a-plea-for-restraint/289858.md?page=7)