BATMAN Kyle BATMAN Just a thought. Has Steve Otte even ask for volunteers? Maybe he thinks there are enough already or would prefer to let Volunteer Mod's go the way of the Dodo seeing as how we are all playing nice at the moment. He said "we are short on moderators at the moment." Which is why the post are taking awhile to be moderated. Kyle, I admire your youthful enthusiasm and wanting to take up the role as Moderator. Of course you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I am just wondering what your ripe old age is. I hear the penned projectiles propelled towards a Moderator can be quite colourful at times. I wonder if you are at a point in your life where they would just bounce off. Just askin.
Kyle BATMAN Just a thought. Has Steve Otte even ask for volunteers? Maybe he thinks there are enough already or would prefer to let Volunteer Mod's go the way of the Dodo seeing as how we are all playing nice at the moment. He said "we are short on moderators at the moment." Which is why the post are taking awhile to be moderated.
BATMAN Just a thought. Has Steve Otte even ask for volunteers? Maybe he thinks there are enough already or would prefer to let Volunteer Mod's go the way of the Dodo seeing as how we are all playing nice at the moment.
Just a thought. Has Steve Otte even ask for volunteers? Maybe he thinks there are enough already or would prefer to let Volunteer Mod's go the way of the Dodo seeing as how we are all playing nice at the moment.
He said "we are short on moderators at the moment." Which is why the post are taking awhile to be moderated.
Kyle, I admire your youthful enthusiasm and wanting to take up the role as Moderator. Of course you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I am just wondering what your ripe old age is.
I hear the penned projectiles propelled towards a Moderator can be quite colourful at times. I wonder if you are at a point in your life where they would just bounce off.
Just askin.
I can just ignore any "colorful" projectiles the first or second time. As a moderator, on the second or third time I could see how a few days of not being able to post or PM would change their attitude. Try it again and we will see about a few months. A nice respectful message disagreeing is acceptable (as long as it isn't a ton of messages), you get mean about and say things that shouldn't be said ever, then we have a problem.
I will let things slide, just give people warnings, but if you start to cross the line then your post will be moderated. You really have to do something bad to get banned, but it will be temporary. If you are banned forever, you did something really really bad, that caused big problems (or repeated breaking rules).
Kyle can just ignore any "colorful" projectiles the first or second time. As a moderator, on the second or third time I could see how a few days of not being able to post or PM would change their attitude.
Or you could release a firestorm my young Jedi.As Yoda would say much to learn you have,yes,yes.
You can change IP addys in a few seconds and come roaring back just as fast as you are banned-as a moderator I've seen this and have seen that happen on this and the old Atlas forum.Some members may have several memberships under different monikers and ip addys.
Its hard to ignore being called everything in the book and that too.
If accepted be sure to use Armor All before you open your daily private messages especially if you are to hard cased or too relaxed.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
Kyle I can just ignore any "colorful" projectiles the first or second time. As a moderator, on the second or third time I could see how a few days of not being able to post or PM would change their attitude. Try it again and we will see about a few months. A nice respectful message disagreeing is acceptable (as long as it isn't a ton of messages), you get mean about and say things that shouldn't be said ever, then we have a problem. I will let things slide, just give people warnings, but if you start to cross the line then your post will be moderated. You really have to do something bad to get banned, but it will be temporary. If you are banned forever, you did something really really bad, that caused big problems (or repeated breaking rules).
I don't ever recall a potential moderator lobbying for the position publicly on the forum.
If he were so inclined, Steven Otte could start a thread and discuss qualifications, duties and responsibilities of the moderator as well as limitations and restrictions. But, I don't see that happening.
Rich
Alton Junction
richhotrain Steven Otte could start a thread and discuss qualifications, duties and responsibilities of the moderator as well as limitations and restrictions
And there are many restrictions and limitations in what you can and can not do as a moderator especially on a corporate forum such as this since the members are also customers.
Since Jeff's resignation, do we actually have any moderators on the MR Forums?
Forum to Kyle...............
How old are you? (It matters..... are you in school, middle of a career, retired, disabled, ???)
What part of the country do you reside?
How long have you been a model railroader?
What kind of time will you have each day to dedicate to moderator duties?
The above is important, along with your ability to be an effective moderator.
ENJOY !
Mobilman44
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
BRAKIESome members may have several memberships under different monikers and ip addys.
I am highly suspicious of Rich and Frank. There's just something about those two, err one, uhh maybe two, na it's one. HMMMMMM.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
BRAKIE Kyle can just ignore any "colorful" projectiles the first or second time. As a moderator, on the second or third time I could see how a few days of not being able to post or PM would change their attitude. Or you could release a firestorm my young Jedi.As Yoda would say much to learn you have,yes,yes. You can change IP addys in a few seconds and come roaring back just as fast as you are banned-as a moderator I've seen this and have seen that happen on this and the old Atlas forum.Some members may have several memberships under different monikers and ip addys. Its hard to ignore being called everything in the book and that too. If accepted be sure to use Armor All before you open your daily private messages especially if you are to hard cased or too relaxed.
Don't you need an email address to sign up? I am a subscriber so I did go through the forum registration. How many email addresses do people have?
KyleDon't you need an email address to sign up? I am a subscriber so I did go through the forum registration. How many email addresses do people have?
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Kyle How many email addresses do people have?
Gidday Kyle, I have two which ain't bad for a technological luddite!!! One from my ISP and one from Google Chrome. I only use my ISP email address cos otherwise I'd only confuse myself. I can only presume that if I was so inclined I could easily set up other addresses as well.
Cheers, the Bear.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
How many e-mail addresses do you want? That's as many as you can have.
I have three-
One for all forums,One personal and one for business.
jeffrey-wimberly KyleDon't you need an email address to sign up? I am a subscriber so I did go through the forum registration. How many email addresses do people have?I have over a dozen. You can take out as many email addresses as you want.
Why would you have that many email addresses, you an take out as many as you want, but seriously, how hard is it to check all of them, and "maintain" them.
KyleWhy would you have that many email addresses, you an take out as many as you want, but seriously, how hard is it to check all of them, and "maintain" them.
Hey Kyle,
You ask a lot of questions but seem to be short of answers............
I would not want a moderator who avoided direct questions. See my previous posting, and a few others for examples.
I think Kyle said he lived in Hawaii. That would be a good thing. He could be cleaning up the daily mess after the rest of us have gone off to bed. After all, while we're all he has just finished watching Hawaii five-O.
But then again, just think of how much we could get away with before he woke up.
Sometimes I check the forums at bed time and Kyle and myself are the only ones left awake.
I was just asking about how many email accounts because some members mentioned some people would just come back on after being banned. Call me lazy, I would just heed the warning instead of going through all the work of creating a new email, signing up on the forums and going through moderation again.
Now to answer your questions
I am 14, but I "go" to a mostly online school so I am at home except for Thursdays. I can check the forums in between lessons.
I live in Hawaii, the little dot in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
I have just started, but I am quickly learning, I hope to have my first layout started by next year, I am still planning, but I have an general idea in my head.
I can be on the forums from 8-11, except Thursdays.
Quote:Batman:
Brent,
Are You 100%,sure,of that?
BTW, Thank You for the '' Birthday Greeting'', the other day.
Cheers,
Frank AKA ''The Shadow''
Kyle,
Thank for the answering our questions.
I admire your Moxie (very old expression denoting one with excessive courage) to want to be a moderator on this (or any other) forum.
All I can add is.......... "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it"
zstripe Quote:Batman: Sometimes I check the forums at bed time and Kyle and myself are the only ones left awake. Brent, Are You 100%,sure,of that? BTW, Thank You for the '' Birthday Greeting'', the other day. Cheers, Frank AKA ''The Shadow''
I am up to 11 pm, plus 6 hours for the time difference , so I am up til 5am eastern time.
Kyle zstripe Quote:Batman: Sometimes I check the forums at bed time and Kyle and myself are the only ones left awake. Brent, Are You 100%,sure,of that? BTW, Thank You for the '' Birthday Greeting'', the other day. Cheers, Frank AKA ''The Shadow'' I am up to 11 pm, plus 6 hours for the time difference , so I am up til 5am eastern time.
Good For You!
BTW, Your Avatar,does not have to be shown, to be on the Forum, logged in.
Frank
mobilman44 Kyle, Thank for the answering our questions. I admire your Moxie (very old expression denoting one with excessive courage) to want to be a moderator on this (or any other) forum. All I can add is.......... "be careful what you ask for, you just might get it"
Gidday Kyle, I really should just silently concur with mobilman44, but here's my Bear in a China Shop approach.I feel that to be an effective moderator one would have to have endured some years of jeers, insults and setbacks that are just apart of life, in fact growing up. In my early years, I've been insulted by experts so now-a-days amateurs don't matter, water off a Bears back.
I'd much rather that you continue to offer the forum your current youthful enthusiastic contributions, than become a jaded, bitter cynic before your time, there's enough of us already here.
We might as well name Fred Frailey as moderator.
He has already deleted all our posts from the Recent Activity section of the forums.
richhotrain We might as well name Fred Frailey as moderator. He has already deleted all our posts from the Recent Activity section of the forums. Rich
Batman has me thinking Rich, I bet Frank answers your post quickly, since you guys are one guy.
"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."-Albert Einstein
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"JaBear"I feel that to be an effective moderator one would have to have endured some years of jeers, insults and setbacks that are just apart of life, in fact growing up. In my early years, I've been insulted by experts so now-a-days amateurs don't matter, water off a Bears back
I been stomp,thrown and bruise by "experts" over my opinions and views-mostly by pm..I had one guy to follow me from forum to forum disputing everything I said..He finally disappeared from all forums.
As a moderator I been cuss out by pm because I did my job,yelled at because I'm to easy on offenders.I been out voted because I didn't agree a topic needed locked.
A moderator job isn't the easiest thing to do since you get to see the ugly side and some times your worst headache comes from your follow moderators...A tough skin is a must.