Buffy ,'Showtime'
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
except to maybe discuss how to handle anything like it in the future.
It's my understandng that registration is usually automatic, yes? (Correct me if it isn't.) If that's the case, could we set up some kind of a search that would route any usernames containing certain keywords (Minear, Noxon, Whedon, Boreanaz, etc.) to the Stompies for checking over? Or do we already have something like that in place?
it's a membership page that lists all registered users, then (my guess) some people opt in to have their email, webpages, location, etc available. It also lists date joined and tallies the # of posts.
Or do we already have something like that in place?
Sort of. The admin mailbox is notified anytime someone registers. The problem is that we don't watch the mailbox 24/7.
When Astarte came on board as Ro, a bunch of people mixed her up with Rio; she was the one who offered to change (iirc, anyway), but if she had expressed a longtime attachment to the name, we would've gotten used to that too.
I was just thinking of that myself. As Ro and Astarte are both pseuds I've used it was no big to shift to the less confusing one. I've had this sort of thing come up with my real first name too, and that's harder to sort out. As noted.
As y'all have already discussed the rest of the issues, I'll just point upward and say "me, too" regarding VIP and malicious masqueraders.
The admin mailbox is notified anytime someone registers. The problem is that we don't watch the mailbox 24/7.
Thanks.
More thought: It seems to me that making the effort to INSTANTLY NOTIFY stompies of problematic usernames would be more trouble than it's worth, given that this so seldom comes up and most posters would switch when asked. But I do think adding some text to the registration page asking people not to choose VIPesque names would be a good thing.
I don't want this to turn into, like, Jets-and-Sharks time, only with keyboards instead of switchblades.
I'd be up for some song and dance numbers, though.
Now we know how you got the guacamole on your pants.
it's a membership page that lists all registered users, then (my guess) some people opt in to have their email, webpages, location, etc available. It also lists date joined and tallies the # of posts.
That does sound useful, though with almost 1200 users, I wonder how much of a strain it would be on the server every time someone accessed it?
I didn't say I'd be any good at them.
Huh. I stopped by Minearverse and saw what was up. Yeah, it looks like a simple delurking misunderstanding, and nothing to get up in arms about. I still think the person was overly defensive, but whatever.
Yeah, I guess I don't really have anything important to add.