irrelevant posts

[mackem54]

do other members feel the same as me these posts are getting to the point of turning a good forum into what seems to be just a general posting site for whatever you want :(

[G-DAVE]

Count me in - maybe a chat room should be set up for those who want to exchange knitting patterns and cooking recipes etc.
Dave :roll:

[chappers]

im with you , but lets see what our leader has to say? STU?...

[Raptorite]

I have to say I agree with this sentiment. The level and quality of the posts has in my estimation dropped significantly to the level of imaginary questions and problems being thought up in an attempt to gain more of these precious points and worse still, things that simply bear no relationship to helis at all, my car is faster than yours and where do you go on holiday for instance 8O

In response to those people that insist on writing such utter crap, it is of no surprise to me that a lotus is spending time in the workshop, after all the name is an acronym for Lots Of Trouble Usually Serious, Flying lessons made easy and all the other totally irelivant stuff on here, I would actually like to see points deducted from an individuals total, namely four times the number aquired for generating posts, i.e. 4 for every post that is clearly irrelevant and no contribution to, or benefit of, the hobby and the reason we are all here in the first place :roll:

I know there are people who are very keen to win the holly grail, the Raptor 30 and OS37, well maybe if they are so keen to win, so much so that they are prepared to lower the tone of the site and jeopordise all the good and hard work Stuart has put in over the last year or so, maybe the sensible ones amongst us should all put our hands in our pockets, buy these plonka's a raptor each and be done with it :roll:

I for one am more than willing to contribute to such a cause :wink:


Cheers,

Pete.

hi raptorite,i have to say that i go on other forums usually orientated about one thing like cars,and motorbikes but that is not all that is spoken about,after all there are other things people talk about,they dont just think about one specific thing just because they are on say an aircraft,car or helicopter orientated forum,if my posting is a problem then stuart can just delete my account if he so desires,its not a problem as there are other sites around the internet. :)


ps and that must mean all the recommended people i have told about the site,or he can call the competition void.

this is from another forum i use about cars,as you can see its not all car related.


UK \::
18 DA BOSS 230 Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:41 pm
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Sticky: INFO - STREET BEATZ PLAY SCHEDULE
2 DA BOSS 47 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:31 pm
DA BOSS
Sticky: MODELS WANTED FOR 2005 SHOW SEASON
0 DA BOSS 41 Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:06 pm
DA BOSS
Happy Slapping?...........................................................
4 LiGhTnInG 20 Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:07 am
DNK69
and so the pancake disaster begins!!.....................................
29 MissT16 106 Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:09 am
purple helmet
Lovely Smacking Sound!!!!......................................
0 LiGhTnInG 11 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:28 pm
LiGhTnInG
Umbongo Time........................................................
12 hate_the_game 54 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:25 pm
LiGhTnInG
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16 GTi 82 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:18 pm
LiGhTnInG
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2 LiGhTnInG 20 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:15 pm
LiGhTnInG
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34 AndyNo1 178 Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:09 pm
LiGhTnInG
HEEEEEEELLLLLLLP!! Escort and Fiesta Centre in Addiscombe...
19 AndyNo1 120 Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:25 pm
Nikki
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5 MissT16 46 Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:57 pm
kelx
I have got to get me one of these................................................
12 LiGhTnInG 59 Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:26 pm
LiGhTnInG
msn - problems?............................................................
26 purple helmet 104 Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:12 pm
LiGhTnInG
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10 hate_the_game 44 Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:01 pm
roxmysockz
The Umbongo Studys................................................
2 hate_the_game 22 Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:45 pm
mistee
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19 DA BOSS 75 Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:21 pm
LiGhTnInG
GOOD MORNING...............................................................
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[wazzer]

Anyone else know what that last post means???

foreign language if you ask me!

I aggree i think the general standard has dropped some and a lot of bad feeling has been created.

I feel, althought it will be very difficult to impose, that a change of rules for the comp may be required.

I feel sorry for Stu who has obviously worked very hard for us in producing a great site for like minded people to discuss there interests.
He has also been very kind in arranging such a great prize.
I for one would love to win to help me get started in this fascinating hobby.
But i refuse to post any drivel that enters my mind just to increase my points standing as this leads to a lower standard. I know every one is entitled to there opinion but they should demonstrate restrain when it does not contribut to the site.

I am not sure if this could work but towards the end of the comp may be Stu could give us a short list of members where we can all vote for the person we all think has contribited most to the forum during the competition. (ie interesting and informative posting).

Perhaps some of the most senior members (those who have been posting regularly and again imformativly for a long time) could also vote for the person they think would most benifit from winning the prize.

ie
Stuart N
G-Dave
Chappers
Mo
Raptorite
Etc Etc

I feel its thease people who have made the site what it is and provide mosts of the great feed back that us less experienced people have requested and with a great wit..

I for one would be happy to respect their decisions.

I am interested to hear what Stu has to say about this developing problem of increasing bad feeling.
It would be a shame to loose some of those senior members.

Cheers

Ben

[Mack]

I couldn't agree more. Wazzer in one of the previous posts you will see that Stuart has changed the rules to vote for one of the top five. So the person at the top may not win. Now I would try winning votes not standing on toes.

the post you are referring to shows topics of threads on a car orientated web site,notice that its not all car orientated.i have edited the post and put dots next to the posts that are not car related to make it easy to understand for some of you that cannot work it out.


and i have already got 3 members to join,but whats the point,you seem to think that because you vote on a winner that you can decide what posts i can post. if i do win the raptor that will be great but here goes nothing,i DONT WANT YOU TO VOTE FOR ME ,AS IM SURE YOU HAVE ALREADY GOT THE WINNER IN MIND,PROBABLY A LONG TERM MEMBER.
IM NOT CONCERNED BECAUSE I WILL BUY MY OWN BEFORE THE COMP IS OVER.

AND AS FOR TECHNICAL POSTS WELL ITS A BIT HARD TO POST THOSE TOPICS IF I DONT KNOW WHAT TO POST ABOUT. :) :) :) :) :)

OFF THE TOPIC

can some of those members who think that some posting of mine is not heli related please tell me what the OFF THE TOPIC forum is for,as im so concerned ,and i dont want to upset all you long term members by using the said forum if it is supposed to be heli related as well.

ps the what do you do for a living post was not heli related but nobody moaned about it ,it actually got 27 replies,which is one of the highest ive seen,and who replied to it if nobody wants to post rubbish as some members see it.

or is it that some members have been on here a long time and not posted that often, which in my eyes means that you cannot be bothered to do so,you just come on here for the competion.

[bibs]

[quote=Raptorite]In response to those people that insist on writing such utter crap, it is of no surprise to me that a lotus is spending time in the workshop[/quote]

That's pretty rude unless I've got the wrong end of the stick.

Funnily enough, I own/run/admin my own forum. I started it in May last year and so far have over 4,000 members and there are more than 53,000 thousand posts, all of which I have read. It's accepted to be one of the leading forums on the web in terms of attitude and acceptance, being one of the friendliest forums you will see. Have a look [url]www.glcforum.com[/url]

My point is that if you wanna be personal with me and say that because I post useless crap on here that's why my car is in a workshop then you might want to reel your neck in and grow up some. Why is my car in a workshop? It is because I'm a successful businessman and through hard work, determination and my own desire to have a very fast car I've had a number of upgrades made at great expense and they are being fitted? Like I said? Or is it because you think I'm stupid because of my posts and I can't run and maintain a car.

If that's the case and that comment of yours in a personal affront, hahahaha, I laugh at you and your lack of maturity. If not, sorry.

All the same, chill out, relax, enjoy this forum. It's an online community, not a technical guide and if you wanna talk tech all day, go buy a manual and have fun.

PS I've already said that if I win the comp I'm giving the heli away to a worthy cause via charity auction and I also offered it back to Stuart as a completed heli however he has enough already!

[Stuart]

This is worse than women :D

Only kidding....Joking aside....I've removed the issue over points for posts completely. Personally, I didn't see at the level is dropped too previously it would impact any points positions dramatically, thus any posts thereafter where more as a need for help than as others suspected as a pure points generator. The drive was to get new members, but not just increase the count, but add value to the forum hence the "5 genuine" posts mandate.

Quality is a funning thing...in one persons eye's its extremely valid while in anothers its maybe not so....and the "Off Topic" forum was to give that area for maybe not so normal topics. Please ensure that forum is used.

I'm not going to ban members for being talkative what sense does that make or try and usher them out the door. Anyone will stay with the site or leave the site depending on thier own decisions.

The only time I'll ban anyone is if they get offensive and really personal, the site was ment to be for the betterment of our hobby granted focused on the UK, but welcomes anyone.

We are all adults and should behave like one, I'm certainly not here to baby sit. Its not a commercial site i.e. (makes me money) so I don't have any sponsors burning my ears on products not getting good comments, and if they did I'd tell them to go away and make the product better.

Now what I could maybe look at is to filter posts from certain forums being shown on the main block i.e. "Off topics", thus if you want to see anything different then you need to look directly.

[b]"Patience, is a Virtue"[/b]

Please keep it clean, and hey let's be careful out there !!
:)

[chappers]

well said