Re: Proposal: Rename the "Press" board to "Spammer of the Month" board
CoinIdol News, JessicaVL, CryptoBry, acquafredda, Vladdirescu87, the list is endless. Somehow, CoinIdol News still isn't banned yet.
Honestly, I've got tired of reporting the above mentioned... As o_e_l_e_o said, I observed it's useless... At some point I remember that even CoinIdol News' boss got involved in here, asking why her bot's posts are deleted (facepalm).
Having a "press" website myself, I could moderate the board (not for free though - don't have time for most nonprofit endeavors these days) since I can tell if a page (source) is up to journalistic standards or not.
I'll make a counter offer2 (don't take it personal, NotATether
): I am willing myself to moderate that board for free. It causes too much pain.If anyone in charge is interested, I would do it under some conditions / guidelines:
- I would not allow topics simply quoting a URL without trying to open any real discussion about the subject
- I would do, in my free time, a thorough check through all topics (this may take months or even years) and delete the junk
- I would suggest to allow posting only the users with a specific rank (let's say Full Members?)
- I would suggest to remove signatures from that board
- I'd be open to suggestions from other users signaling a shitty topic1)
- I'd try to enforce these guidelines:
These general guidelines should help keep the board usable:
- Create a new thread for each new link
- Begin each thread with article date, YYYY-MM-DD format.
- Thread title should usefully summarize the link. julz has suggested DATE-SITE-HEADLINE format, but use your best judgement.
- Duplicate links, off-topic, and meta discussions may be moderated (locked or whatever the mods prefer)
- Post a link to the NEW articles thread.
- I'd try to enforce this description: "Notable press hits"; obviously, this would mean the allowed articles will be affected by my subjectivity
- I'd do all these in the limits of my free time.
1) I am not asking for a rank of Moderator by doing this, only for a powerful "Delete" button within the respective section. I am not sure how this will work out, considering that my free time is currently a rara avis since my baby was born (
) but I think it'll be something better than nothing. With all due respect to jgarzik, considering his absence since more than 1 year, it's hard to keep that board clean without a constant monitoring. Not that it matters too much on this subject, but I just observed that he has a negative feedback from gmaxwell.2) In case many users would object to this proposal, I will step back and I will apologize.
To sum-up, if theymos reads this, I am willing to do a free service, on my free time, in order to help the forum. I am not making this post for merits; I am merely trying to give a hand of help on a matter which caused me enough irritation as well until now and I am sure it's a big pain for many others...
If my proposal is accepted, I'd gladly try to help. If it's not accepted -- at least I tried. If it's accepted but I will see myself that I am unable to perform the duty (due to various reasons but, most likely, due to lack of time; nevertheless, I may find myself incompetent for the respective job; or, other issues may appear, hindering me in moderating Press board) then I will inform that I have to cease doing it due to the respective reason...