Actually, that's an excellent thought, ita. I was wondering about preventing spoofing, what with using standard uids and all, but was loath to bring it up.
We killed a homeless man on this bench. Me and Dru. Those were good times. You know, he begged for mercy, and you know, that only made her bite harder.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Bureaucracy 1: Like Kafka, Only Funnier
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2003 12:28:11 am PST #3090 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 12:34:48 am PST #3091 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is there any sort of format we can do that can't be entered normally?
Not that I can think of offhand. How about forbidding a particular phrase in non-admin posts, like "Official Stompy Foot Warning"? t /brainstorming
§ ita § - Jan 19, 2003 12:40:21 am PST #3092 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It'd have to be something else, because there are plenty reasons anyone might want to say "ita received an official stompy foot warning" or "I don't see why there's not an official stompy foot warning ita right now to step off".
t /having too much fun putting it into sentences
Hmm. We could strip attributes out of font tags in posts ...
Nah, I got nothing.
billytea - Jan 19, 2003 12:47:44 am PST #3093 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It'd have to be something else, because there are plenty reasons anyone might want to say "ita received an official stompy foot warning" or "I don't see why there's not an official stompy foot warning ita right now to step off".
I'd suggest just putting into site etiquette 'no impersonating stompy feet - we realise it's very tempting to want to be ita or Ple, but we don't want to dilute the genuine article' or something like that. If someone actually does fake a stompy-foot warning, I don't think it'd be too long before it gets called in-thread, and an actual stompy-foot would be able to edit out the formatting as soon as one's available.
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 12:48:22 am PST #3094 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Me neither. t edit except what billytea said...
I go to sleep now.
Liese S. - Jan 19, 2003 12:49:06 am PST #3095 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Hrm. But right now, wouldn't it be editable-back in by the original poster? Our edit never expires, right?
Jon B. - Jan 19, 2003 12:50:10 am PST #3096 of 10001
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
We could delete the offending fake-stompy post.
(really going to sleep)
billytea - Jan 19, 2003 12:51:39 am PST #3097 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Hrm. But right now, wouldn't it be editable-back in by the original poster? Our edit never expires, right?
Well, if it's in our etiquette, then it would warrant a warning and (if they persist) suspension, at which point the edit capability would (I presume) expire. But of course, even if they couldn't edit that particular post but retained posting capacity, they could simply re-post (if they really wanted to play silly-buggers).
Michele T. - Jan 19, 2003 6:13:58 am PST #3098 of 10001
with a gleam in my eye, and an almost airtight alibi
I think there are going to be some people who won't listen if it doesn't come from an admin ID. And I think, yes, the BSFs have power, however lightly worn or democratically given -- using the admin ID, or adding admin IDs for the BSFs isn't something to write off entirely.
Cindy - Jan 19, 2003 8:42:53 am PST #3099 of 10001
Nobody
In my opinion, if someone isn't willing to listen to an admin. posting under his or her regular Buffista name, one who is recognized by the community-at-large as an admin., an "admin" i.d. isn't going to make a bit of difference.