What was your proudest moment as a Moderator/Administrator for Straight Dope?

That was/is a classic.

tomndeb should be very proud of his answer to a “Does Cecil really exist?” post. It was a “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” take off. Cecil would be proud. :slight_smile:

I saved it to, with his permission, revisit at Christmastime.

My proudest moment was when I ragged on tomndebb until he relented and became a mod.

I guess my question is, who’s “debb”?

debb explained

What is the difference between Moderators and Administrators?
Is it a Win XP Pro thing?

There is a feature that lets you search all the threads on this message boards.

That is how I found the answer to your question. Chances are that most of the questions you can think of about this message board have been answered before, so it would be polite to do a search before you ask.

Thanks, Lakai. I appreciate advice from experienced posters. :slight_smile:

I would never do such a thing!
I am certainly not asking that I be listed as King of the Moon, nor am I offering your bodyweight in godiva truffles for such a deal. Nope, this is on the up and up.

Meet me on the docks tonight at three am and we’ll finalize the deal.

If I understand correctly, this feature is Coming Soon.

(And if I don’t understand correctly, please let me remain blissfully ignorant. I yearn to have the title “Playwright” under my name.)

Yeah, the registration stuff is over, let’s see what we can do to move forward on some of these other issues. I’ll ask up again.

your humble TubaDiva

Not that I would be swayed by Godiva Chocolates, but just for the record, I don’t care that much for truffles. Also, for the record, Godiva has wonderful biscuits/biscotti.

Seriously, I hope that we can offer this service soon. I think that a lot of people could have a lot of fun with it.

I make biscotti at work, from scratch. Do you want the chocolate chip/almond, or the walnut/craisin/espresso variety?

Yes.

your humble TubaDiva
shameless sweet tooth

I don’t know how much pride he took in them, and perhaps now we’ll never know, but I used to go out of my way to read Manny’s thread-closing comments.

A couple of my favs off the top of my head:

  • Shortly after 9/11 someone opened a thread in GQ outlining a ridiculous idea for airplane security involving tazers attached to every seat, releasable only from the cockpit so that all passengers could be armed instantly if necessary. Manny’s comment: (approx.) “Maybe I’m just in a mood but this is too stupid to leave open”.

  • In a GQ thread asking about the difference between Republicans and Democrats which quickly and of course predictably dissolved into GD territory, Manny closed the thread with “Apparently the only difference between the two is that Democrats can’t seem to follow forum rules, while Republicans on the other hand can’t seem to follow forum rules”.