# Request for Vigilance **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347 "2005-03-26T12:39:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/1 "2005-03-26T12:39:25Z")
Real Life has been, and continues to, rear its ugly head, so that my time on the SDMB is necessarily somewhat limited for the next couple of weeks. I therefore ask that y’all be extremely diligent and vigilent in hitting the REPORT BAD POST button (the little exclamation point [!] in the upper corner of each post) when you see something that needs Moderator attention. I’m not going to have the time to go reading through threads searching for misbehavior, so rather than over-burden **Ike** , I’d rather rely on our regulars and members. You’ve done a great job in the past in helping find misdeeds, and it’s much appreciated. And don’t worry about reporting something that’s only questionable. I’d rather look at it and decide something is OK, rather than not see it at all. You don’t get demerits for reporting something that we decide is OK; to the contrary, you get brownie points for reporting anything even vaguely dubious. Thanks for your understanding. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/2 "2005-03-26T13:53:24Z")
I’m going to be super-vigilant and report your post for bad spelling 😉 ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/3 "2005-03-26T14:07:19Z")
Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/4 "2005-03-26T14:07:45Z")
I mean, um, that was deliberate, of course, just a test to see if you were paying attention. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/5 "2005-03-26T15:45:43Z")
Pssst. You spelled _vigilance_ wrong. 😃 Any particular reason for the Red Alert? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/6 "2005-03-26T22:20:22Z")
Thread title edited at request of the dunderheaded OP. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/7 "2005-03-27T10:10:56Z")
> [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Thread title edited at request of the dunderheaded OP. This post may well contain inappropriate language for the forum. To whom do I report you? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/8 "2005-03-27T15:15:29Z")
“That’s nothing to what I could say if I chose,” the Duchess replied, in a pleased tone. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2005, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/9 "2005-03-27T17:41:59Z")
I guess this means we’ll have to form a vigilance committee. Who wants to bring the rope? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/10 "2005-03-28T22:56:54Z")
Well, damn. I heard this was the price of freedom. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/11 "2005-03-29T03:01:12Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I guess this means we’ll have to form a vigilance committee. Who wants to bring the rope? We can gain eternal notoriety as CK’s _vigilentes_. Or better still, the blokes can be vigilentis and the girls vigilentas. Or would vigilenti and vigilente be more, um, authentic? Any mafiosi out there? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/12 "2005-03-29T03:57:53Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Any mafiosi out there? Fuhgeddaboudit. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/13 "2005-03-29T16:33:37Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > We can gain eternal notoriety as CK’s _vigilentes_. > > Or better still, the blokes can be vigilentis and the girls vigilentas. Or would vigilenti and vigilente be more, um, authentic? > > Any mafiosi out there? The gentlemen will be vigilant; the ladies will be vagilant. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/14 "2005-03-29T23:18:52Z")
Do we get cool titles like the SDSAB? I wanna patch that says “vigilante squad.” ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/15 "2005-03-30T01:42:49Z")
> [@C K Dexter Haven](#): > > Real Life has been, and continues to, rear its ugly head, so that my time on the SDMB is necessarily somewhat limited for the next couple of weeks. > > I therefore ask that y’all be extremely diligent and vigilent in hitting the REPORT BAD POST button (the little exclamation point [!] in the upper corner of each post) when you see something that needs Moderator attention. I’m not going to have the time to go reading through threads searching for misbehavior, so rather than over-burden **Ike** , I’d rather rely on our regulars and members. You’ve done a great job in the past in helping find misdeeds, and it’s much appreciated. > > And don’t worry about reporting something that’s only questionable. I’d rather look at it and decide something is OK, rather than not see it at all. You don’t get demerits for reporting something that we decide is OK; to the contrary, you get brownie points for reporting anything even vaguely dubious. > > Thanks for your understanding. Psst. Uke, while he’s gone, pls tell us what the “C K” stands for and was he really married to Katherine Hepburn or was that just a Philadelphia Story? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/16 "2005-03-31T00:37:30Z")
Does this mean we are now in a Chronic Vigilante State? Or should we pull the plug on this thread? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/17 "2005-03-31T01:56:47Z")
You think I’da posted this if it was a matter of a day or two? I’m thinking a week or two before life settles down. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/18 "2005-03-31T01:59:41Z")
Hey, I’ve already ratted out my first spammer – get with the program, people! ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/19 "2005-04-05T20:53:36Z")
It’s been about five weeks, but I got to report a bad post. Some of us Dopers take vigilantism very seriously. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347/20 "2005-04-05T21:31:55Z")
**Annie** , my sweet, I posted that on March 26 and today is April 5. If that’s five weeks in your calendar, you gonna be a senior citizen sometime this September. And thanks for the report! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-vigilance/296347.md?page=2)