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Pliablemoose

Pliablemoose

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Could the mods maybe decide that Dave's "Official" threads be kept in P&N?

I know he means well, but how about encouraging him to keep his massive threads where he owns all topics in one place?

It is Politics & News
 
Originally posted by: allisolm
Don't forget the earthquake one.
Earthquake alert 8-6-07: Western U.S. about to be majorly rocked / 8-9 4.5 hits Chatsworth Update: Miners trapped from 4.0 in Salt Lake / 8-15 7.9 rocks Peru
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LOL, forgot my scroll

Economy Jobs thread:8-18-07 N.C. waitress applauds minimum wage hike

It's Official, only rich allowed to drive in America's cities

Gas Thread:8-17-07 Gas, oil shoot up on fear of Dean

New Orleans:8-13-07 University of Alambama gets 10 condo projects with Katrina Aid money despite not getting affected by

Earthquake alert 8-6-07: Western U.S. about to be majorly rocked / 8-9 4.5 hits Chatsworth

Global Extremes:8-9-07 Tornado touches down in Brooklyn

Milk thread:4-7-07 Milk prices up 75 cents since march and still climbing

3-7-07 Republican Mississippi Governor would rather see his citizens starve than raise taxes on Tabacco companies

FEMA thread: 3-7-07 FEMA is selling off used trailers

Former Canadian Defense Minister says world should be using technology obtained from crashed UFO's

Pandemic Flu Thread:3-11-07 Bird Flu deaths increasing

3-22-2007 France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years

U.S. No Banking thread:4-19-07 Democratic led congress to fix "broken" system

Incandescent bulb ban thread:4-25 Canada becomes second country to ban the bulbs

Beware of speed traps in podunk towns Lanagan, Goodman and Noel Missouri - Oklahoma speed traps re-instated

7-16-07 "Internet Tubes" Alaska Republican Senators Stevens and Young under investigation for corruption

7-31-07 Employees complaining about not making enough money, just kill them

Oil Thread 7-207😱il nears $80, now that they have enough gas for summer it is pure extra profits

Fox News thread:3-8-07 Edwards passes on debate in Vegas because Fox News was to be mediator

Summer 2007 Midwest Flooding - Rivers and Lakes still full and rising - uploaded pics

Terrorist protest Saturday July 7th 4 PM EST

Political word of the week thread:6-27-07 Factious - Persons in opposition to common good

SUV Thread: 6-23-07 100 kids a year killed in backovers by SUV's and Mini-Vans

6-18-07 NBC asks FCC to shut down P2P - Say 70% of all traffic is illegal digital goods

6-19-07 S.C. warehouse fire kills 9 firefighters

Bush thread:6-18-07 White House aides' e-mail records gone

Wal-Mart thread II:4-26-07 Wal-mart cuts 1,000 Manager positions

Corporate Corruption:6-4-07 Companies pop up to combat artificial low credit scores

Iraq 6-3-07:14 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq

Cold War II:5-31-07 Putin declares Cold War II

Internet Thread:5-21-07 City Wi_Fi plans fizzle

5-5-07 Greensburg Kansas F5 Tornado wipes out town

Economy thread:8-17-07 U.S. homeowner woes felt around world - 1929 compared
 
For what it's worth, the description of Politics and News is:
A forum for more serious discussions of politics and current events. Passions are always high on all sides of these subjects so keep your posts on topic.
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Quite frankly, I have no problem with "news" articles in OT if they don't meet those two criteria: serious discussions and multiple sides.

i.e. "<insert celebrity here> was arrested for DWI" does not typically elicit much of a stimulating discussion where passions are high.

If there was a literal interpretation of the word "news" and anything qualifying under that interpretation belonged in P&N, then subjects such as "Hey! I'm a new Dad! My wife just had an 8 pound baby boy" would belong in P&N, not OT.

If you use the general definition of the term "news", you'll note that many threads in OT could technically be called news. For starters, the long stickied thread chronicling a bike journey from Alaska to Panama. That's nothing BUT news of each day's adventure. Where's it belong? In my opinion, right where it is, OT. If a topic seems innocent enough, but quickly degenerates into an argument with 2 sides, off to P&N it goes. And a few topics have taken that course. "I visited Cuba, it was an awesome trip" degenerated quite rapidly and was sent to P&N. (The OP of that thread did a poor job of opening people's eyes to the fact that it's not as bad there as most Americans think. Heck, you can freely go anywhere you want; they don't shuffle you around to specific locations to only show you the best parts of Cuba, but the OP missed making that point, and I digress. It turned into a political thread and was dealt with that way.)
 
I hear you Dr. Pizza & I think you're doing a great job. :thumbsup:

I do see a difference between a thread about popular culture news (ie Paris Hilton's last porn video with her freshly shaven chihuahuas) or the bicycle journey chronicle and a thread purporting to owning all weather for the planet with updates supporting a rather odd point of view.

My concern is that Dave will begin to occupy OT with these massive (in length and content) flamebait threads rather than post them & P&N, where he has typically posted them.

Buried in the description of the "Hurricanes 2007" is "AT OTers say it was nothing", he's posting flamebait getting away with it & enjoying the attention.

Dave is a grown up and I feel he should be given a bit less leeway than the teens & tweens are given. His paranoia is legendary and he cherry picks to prove his oddball points. All I'm asking is for Dave's threads in OT to be viewed more narrowly and if they contain "news" to move them to P&N.

 
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I hear you Dr. Pizza & I think you're doing a great job. :thumbsup:

I do see a difference between a thread about popular culture news (ie Paris Hilton's last porn video with her freshly shaven chihuahuas) or the bicycle journey chronicle and a thread purporting to owning all weather for the planet with updates supporting a rather odd point of view.

My concern is that Dave will begin to occupy OT with these massive (in length and content) flamebait threads rather than post them & P&N, where he has typically posted them.

Buried in the description of the "Hurricanes 2007" is "AT OTers say it was nothing", he's posting flamebait getting away with it & enjoying the attention.

Dave is a grown up and I feel he should be given a bit less leeway than the teens & tweens are given. His paranoia is legendary and he cherry picks to prove his oddball points. All I'm asking is for Dave's threads in OT to be viewed more narrowly and if they contain "news" to move them to P&N.
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Using search I can only find one thread of his in OT that meets that criteria posted in the last 3 months. Obviously it's not a problem and if it does become a problem it will be addressed accordingly.

 
Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
I hear you Dr. Pizza & I think you're doing a great job. :thumbsup:

I do see a difference between a thread about popular culture news (ie Paris Hilton's last porn video with her freshly shaven chihuahuas) or the bicycle journey chronicle and a thread purporting to owning all weather for the planet with updates supporting a rather odd point of view.

My concern is that Dave will begin to occupy OT with these massive (in length and content) flamebait threads rather than post them & P&N, where he has typically posted them.

Buried in the description of the "Hurricanes 2007" is "AT OTers say it was nothing", he's posting flamebait getting away with it & enjoying the attention.

Dave is a grown up and I feel he should be given a bit less leeway than the teens & tweens are given. His paranoia is legendary and he cherry picks to prove his oddball points. All I'm asking is for Dave's threads in OT to be viewed more narrowly and if they contain "news" to move them to P&N.
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Using search I can only find one thread of his in OT that meets that criteria posted in the last 3 months. Obviously it's not a problem and if it does become a problem it will be addressed accordingly.
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Common Courtesy moved the other to P&N (Hurricane Thread)

Appreciate the consideration folks.

Lock er up 😀
 
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