# SDMB org chart **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971 "2004-01-17T19:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/21 "2004-01-18T19:07:43Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > We don’t recycle ANY names. > > Read the registration agreement. If you don’t follow it, and you don’t heed warnings, then you WILL get banned. I ban spammers on sight, along with returning trolls. Yes, I have some interesting stories about banned members, but no, I’m not going to post them in public. Out of curiosity, how do you identify returning trolls? Do you only prowl certain forums? Cause I’ve seen some spammers that lasted two or three days before. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/22 "2004-01-18T19:52:44Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Pretty much, yeah. In my case, C. K. Dexter Haven and TubaDiva are senior to me, so I answer to three people. We almost NEVER hear directly from the bosses at the ChiReader. Ed’s the one who gets to tell the rest of us what the head honchos have decided, and he’s the one we all gripe to. > > We will also cooperate with the staff of other message boards as problems come up. For instance, I can think of one time when a member of this board wrote to several admins, asking a question about how to do something on HIS vBulletin board. We gave him what advice we could. This is all extremely unofficial, of course, but it still works. Sometimes **Una Persson** will answer a question in ATMB, because she knows the software answers, and she also knows the rules and regulations of the SDMB quite well. So even though she’s not an official mod here, she’s quite helpful. **OpalCat** has given us some valuable tips on how to run this message board, too. I believe that she’s the one who came up with the “Quick Reply” box hack, which is one of the very few modifications that we used in the previous version of this software. I know that LOTS of people liked that modification, and I’ll be glad when we can get around to putting it back in. > > Oh, and in the official hierarchy…_I_ am the person in charge of biting people who need it. I’m good at it, and that’s the main reason they keep me around. Finally, someone answering my question seriously! Thank you. Oh, and I guess that you must get a lot of travel time in going all around the country…actually, all around the world going from doper house to doper house to do all the biting huh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/23 "2004-01-19T09:27:28Z")
Based on my own lack of teeth marks, I can’t say the travel is _that_ extensive. I mean, dammit, what’s a guy got to do to get bitten around here? Huh? (And on the org chart, I don’t care what my title is, as long as it’s got either “Poobah” or “Kahuna” in it.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/24 "2004-01-19T15:14:14Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Based on my own lack of teeth marks, I can’t say the travel is _that_ extensive. I mean, dammit, what’s a guy got to do to get bitten around here? Huh? > > (And on the org chart, I don’t care what my title is, as long as it’s got either “Poobah” or “Kahuna” in it.) Even if it’s “Petty Poobah” or “Mini Kahuna”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/25 "2004-01-19T15:58:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Out of curiosity, how do you identify returning trolls? > > Do you only prowl certain forums? Cause I’ve seen some spammers that lasted two or three days before. To answer your first question, I won’t. We prefer to not reveal our methods—and there are several. Although anyone with a modicum of understanding of the workings of the Internet likely know what these techniques may be, we prefer to not advertise them. In fact, you may have even seen locks placed on a few threads discussing these mechanisms. Second question. While all of the staff has the permission level necessary to act in any forum to kill spammers, we frequently do not have time to do much more than monitor our assigned area. If you see spam that’s lingered for while, please use the report post function. That utility notifies all moderators assigned to whatever forum in which the offending post resides. Additionally, you may e-mail any or all of the administrators and or any moderator you wish. What we’d prefer you not do, is post to the thread as there’s no need to give Spam any unnecessary exposure. And by all means, don’t click a Spammer’s link. They have means of tracking the source of responses to their Spam; these are called “referrals.” If Spammers find that they get many referral from this site, it will only encourage additional Spam. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/26 "2004-01-19T21:55:00Z")
Besides the Board Adminstration, there is also the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, some of whom are also moderators or administrators, and some of whom are not. The Staff is coordinated by **C K Dexter Haven** (a job rather akin to herding cats, I think), who reports to **Ed** , who reports to **Cecil**. My own official Staff title is [Straight Dope Curator of All that Walks, Crawls, or Flaps](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020503.html), aka [Straight Dope Curator of Critters.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011116.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/27 "2004-01-20T02:02:00Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Besides the Board Adminstration, there is also the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board, some of whom are also moderators or administrators, and some of whom are not. The Staff is coordinated by **C K Dexter Haven** (a job rather akin to herding cats, I think), who reports to **Ed** , who reports to **Cecil**. > > My own official Staff title is [Straight Dope Curator of All that Walks, Crawls, or Flaps](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/020503.html), aka [Straight Dope Curator of Critters.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/011116.html) Wow, there’s a lot more to this board than I thought. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/28 "2004-01-20T16:01:42Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > (And on the org chart, I don’t care what my title is, as long as it’s got either “Poobah” or “Kahuna” in it.) So it’s OK if I dub you the SDMB Kahuna’ana’ana (black magic practiitioner)? I don’t know how to say “movie magic” in Polynesian. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/29 "2004-01-20T19:05:04Z")
🙂 2345678 ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971/30 "2004-01-21T01:04:01Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Even if it’s “Petty Poobah” or “Mini Kahuna”? 😉 No fair! I wanted to be “Mini Kahuna!” I could be “Pint-sized Poobah.” Lord knows I’ve got the pint-sized part down. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-org-chart/224971.md?page=1)