Notify All Newbies About Voting Restrictions

I see some members are suggesting that M@X alter the code for the forum. I know your heart is in the right place, but you're barking up a tree that's been abandoned, hollowed out, and infested by a family of owls for more than 2 years.

newbies can't vote?

Tuzvihar wrote: What's wrong with it?

 

ExittheLemming wrote: Like I stated in an earlier post, we have raised this issue with site owner Max and intend to implement a fix (for something that is very far away indeed from being considered 'broken') in the near future.

If you're talking about a software fix, I don't believe that it will ever happen at all, much less in the "near future"...

However, you don't need a software fix when you can make it more prominent in the official thread. Yes, copyright is important, so put it at the top of the thread addressing newbies, along with a mention about the polls. Or if you're really adamant about that, fine, have that in addition to two others (one of the forum and one for the reviews) and have a total of 3 threads. 7 threads is too much and should be streamlined regardless of this poll issue.

And the problem is with the members themselves getting frustrated that they can't vote for no apparent reason as much as us getting annoyed by them.

Henry Plainview wrote: ExittheLemming wrote: It's certainly a valid point, and like most valid points has already been included in the FAQ section of the Site Rules and Guidelines. And it's buried so deep that I didn't even realize it was there, and I had gone looking for it previously because I was also complaining about this at some point. The whole section needs to be consolidated and revamped, really. Is it really  necessary to repost all the subforum descriptions here or have a separate thread for this? Yes, it's people's responsibility to read the threads, but if people are consistently not reading it, then there's a problem with your presentation as much as there is with them... And the pictures thread is horribly out of date, nobody uses photobucket anymore. :P

I struggled reading all of your post (must be the presentation) but made the requisite minimal effort to allow me to follow it through to the end. My reward for this unstinting fortitude was that I do concede the Site Rules and Guidelines is not the raciest read you will ever find but does have a clear and logical layout. A newbie attempting to start a new thread would welcome a list of possible destinations that would make the 'best fit'
The consequences of PA being the subject of litigation by 3rd parties for possible copyright infringements would not only jeopardise the member poster individually but potentially the continued existence of the entire site if either were subject to legal action. Hence the need to have this warning disclaimer posted near the top and 'standalone'.
As far as the perceived epidemic of inconsolable members driven to apoplexy by newbies asking why they can neither create or vote in polls goes, it's shampoo for boars (Hogwash)
Like I stated in an earlier post, we have raised this issue with site owner Max and intend to implement a fix (for something that is very far away indeed from being considered 'broken') in the near future.

Now here's Iain with the weather.....

what are baiting 

It's certainly a valid point, and like most valid points has already been included in the FAQ section of the Site Rules and Guidelines. The Admin team are currently discussing this with a view to the merits (or otherwise) of implementing such an aide for Newbies. In the grand scheme of irritants however, I think we'd all agree it's the flaming, trolling, baiting, vulgarity and sniping that we've all forsworn not to indulge in, which will never disappear no matter how many pop-ups, FAQs or disclaimers we provide.

Will update y'all in due course and thanks for the ideas fellas

Yay CCVP!

Edited by Lark the Starless - September 23 2011 at 19:25

I like how this idea is receiving unanimous agreement, but will still be ignored.