suggestions for the forum

[jewels]

http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/2097/forumtw2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It is great how everyone is just pulling together, this forum will be better than ever.

[element212]

those are all signatures?
cool :smile:

[jewels]

Yeap, I just had a 5 minute look around and found this lot, I dare say there may be more.

[TempusFugit]

Tis true :biggrin:

Amazing how in the face of adversity, people stick together, stamp their feet - and say NO - WE WILL NOT BE DOWNTRODDEN ON!!!!

/me hugs everyone :biggrin:

Apologies for my signature - :sad:

[Facey]

I must admit, I returned because the feeling on this forum is on such a high that I doubt very much that it can be beaten.

It's such a nice happy place now it's had a clear-out it's what the doctor ordered and I'm liking it :biggrin:

[jewels]

* TempusFugit;68045 hugs everyone :biggrin:
-
/me hugs back
After all it's not the posts that make this forum, it's the people who post them:razz:

[gracie]

heehee. one of them's mine. :D

we'll make it better. i'm feeling very optimistic, which is unusual since i'm such a pessimist most of the time. xD

i think that this should be the end of any "incidents."

[Piggie]

It's such a nice happy place now it's had a clear-out it's what the doctor ordered and I'm liking it :biggrin:

The doctor could prescribe a nice enema for that clearout!! However, if you want a home remedy, try prunes! Orange juice overdose usually works for me!!

[Java]

whatever happened that the forum needed to be reset? i see people with very low post counts.. has there been an incident? i've had a lookaroudn but couldnt find any documentation on this :P

[Vik]

Listen vary cerfully, I shall say zis only vunce!

There has been an incident, but it's all been sorted now! I am still slightly in the dark, but I think the reason there is no documentation about it is that it might contribute to the original problem. The less said and the less asked the better, I think.

If you weren't confused before that explaination, I certainly hope you are now!

[wild cherry]

Listen vary cerfully, I shall say zis only vunce!

There has been an incident, but it's all been sorted now! I am still slightly in the dark, but I think the reason there is no documentation about it is that it might contribute to the original problem. The less said and the less asked the better, I think.

If you weren't confused before that explaination, I certainly hope you are now!


ROFL @ vik, ahhh if only we could give the simple version of events

[Tigeress]

ROFL @ vik, ahhh if only we could give the simple version of events

Lol....don't think there is a simple version!

[element212]

Lol....don't think there is a simple version!

no.. probably not... since im still completely confused about it.. but im just trying to forget about it now and have fun :P

[wild cherry]

Lol....don't think there is a simple version!



yES HUN YOU COULD BE RIGHT THERE LOL:eek:

[jewels]

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8013/feedbacknb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

As hard as our moderators work,(creep creep) they can not be here 24/7, and like right now, there are no mods presently on. I am not sure if peter/mods would agree to this, or even if it would be possible, but here is what I would like to see/happen

e.g A new member joins the forum,(or even existing member) posts likes crazy ( or even just 1 post ) but it's offensive name/shaming etc, although we can warn the post , it will be there until a mod can delete it,(which could be a few hours) so I feel it would be nice if a few (or all ) regular members could get the post temporally removed, until a mod is available to decide whether to delete it or not.

This is one way in which it could be done,

like the isketch 3 boots system , where if 2/3 members click the warning triangle , the post then goes invisable (until a mod can look at it)
and any member warning for no good reason , would lose their right to warn.
I can not imagine any thing worse, than logging on to the forum, only to find offensive/nasty posts, especially if they are about yourself, and not having a moderator on to delete it.

This would also be beneficial for spam posts, as well as any posts that may cause members to reply , thus starting world war 3.

Like I said I'm not sure Peter/mods would agree to this, or even if it would be possible, however please post your views on this,


many thanks jewels x

Edit: I shall pm this to Peter/mods.

[Peter]

I have considered it before but there is no modification for vBulletin for this as far as I know. Besides, it' could all go wrong with a group of rogues or one person with multiple accounts.

[wild cherry]

Well jewels if its possible i think it sounds ok.
Im no good at pc stuff so i wouldent know, but i also think more mods would be benificial. Maybe another 2 mods, and maybe have time shifts for them so mods are around more,

[jewels]

I have considered it before but there is no modification for vBulletin for this as far as I know. Besides, it' could all go wrong with a group of rogues or one person with multiple accounts.

/me goes back to the drawing board

As it isn't possible then though vBulletin , would it be possible just to give mod powers to a few chosen regulars , but only the post removing powers , so in theory they would be post ops , ( if this is possible) this would also stop the fear of rogues abusing this system.

[JiGsaW]

Jewels Has a point , although as Peter said any member with more then one account can come and vote stuff off to be invisible ( the Right or Wrong kind a posts , both can go without a mod/admin noticing ) . Some people may use their votes to unfair treatment of innocent posts which will eventualy lead to another problem.

In my opinion for the time being is that we trust our mod friends and guide/notify/inform ( when needed ) them as well as hope and trust the forum people to respect one and other.

[TempusFugit]

Well jewels if its possible i think it sounds ok.
Im no good at pc stuff so i wouldent know, but i also think more mods would be benificial. Maybe another 2 mods, and maybe have time shifts for them so mods are around more,

WildCherry.. I think you have hit the nail on the head there! Obviously the forum needs more mods... but the shift system could work fantastically too - but am mindful that the mods are volunteers and have lives too.

[Facey]

WildCherry.. I think you have hit the nail on the head there! Obviously the forum needs more mods... but the shift system could work fantastically too - but am mindful that the mods are volunteers and have lives too.

I agree with that so much. Hopefully, there could be a few/couple of us who would be able to commit a certain time period to be online.

What are these 'lives' you talk about?! :twisted:

[TempusFugit]

Well.. no wonder you don't know what I am talking about :razz:

In retrospect however, I am sure that the current moderators have discussed this in their VIP lounge already :razz:

[Facey]

ppfffttt VIP lounge, I bet they have big comfy sofas there while we have to sit on the floor.

Are you implying I spend alot of time online and have no life offline?!

[jewels]

In my opinion for the time being is that we trust our mod friends and guide/notify/inform ( when needed ) them as well as hope and trust the forum people to respect one and other.

I totally agree with you JiGsaW , however right now there isn't a mod on, so what would happen if a new member starting posting porn, naming shaming etc ? the posts would remain there until a mod comes on, which as I said earlier could be a few hours.

jewels

[Facey]

I do feel that if we were to expand our mod team so there's a mod on every hour of the day, then there would be more chiefs than indians and would cause bedlam. I do, however, feel there should be another UK mod appointed. We're 2 mods down and, in my opinion, we need to make that up again as the system worked fine before then.

That's just my opinion tho, I'm not saying "hey, this must happen"

[Amandi]

We should have an underwear party...
hahaha.. I'm just suggesting..

*Amandi runs away before she makes any more damage

[jewels]

I do feel that if we were to expand our mod team so there's a mod on every hour of the day, then there would be more chiefs than indians and would cause bedlam.
That's just my opinion tho, I'm not saying "hey, this must happen"


I agree Facey would be more chiefs than Indians,
thats why I feel it would be nice just to have post ops with just post removing /editting powers.

[Facey]

Unless it was only 1 person, I still feel the way to go would be another uk mod again.

Did someone say PARTAY??!!

[jewels]

We should have an underwear party...
hahaha.. I'm just suggesting..

*Amandi runs away before she makes any more damage


lol, sounds good to me.

/me wonders what is an underwear party:embarrassed:

[Amandi]

Welllll... first we have to make sure we choose our underwears carefully (http://www.jibjab.com/jokebox/jokebox/jibjab/id/375002/jokeid/75855)..

hahahaha!!

[jewels]

Lol very funny, I wonder if the cat got it's prey ?

[gracie]

I do feel that if we were to expand our mod team so there's a mod on every hour of the day, then there would be more chiefs than indians and would cause bedlam. I do, however, feel there should be another UK mod appointed. We're 2 mods down and, in my opinion, we need to make that up again as the system worked fine before then.

That's just my opinion tho, I'm not saying "hey, this must happen"

another UK mod? psh.


wait. where does 2.0 live?

[2.0]

South america, -4 hours behind british members and -5 behind vik, +2 ahead of gracie, +1 ahead of element. This will change by one hour once DST ends.

[wild cherry]

WildCherry.. I think you have hit the nail on the head there! Obviously the forum needs more mods... but the shift system could work fantastically too - but am mindful that the mods are volunteers and have lives too.

Yes TF hun, of course they have lives.
I was thinking more of maybe say have two or three more mods, and get a kind of rota, nothing to restricting for them.
Just so we have a mod on at all times maybe:razz:

[jewels]

I still don't think we need any more mods, after all you can have to much of a good thing:razz:

To many cooks in the kitchen springs to mind, however I still feel the forum could benefit from, post ops (post mods) just to be at hand, incase posts need to be editted /deleted and a mod isn't around.

[jewels]

EDIT:I haven't double posted, some posts have been removed.



* jewels;68558 goes back to the drawing board

As it isn't possible then though vBulletin , would it be possible just to give mod powers to a few chosen regulars , but only the post removing powers , so in theory they would be post ops , ( if this is possible) this would also stop the fear of rogues abusing this system.
I totally agree with you JiGsaW , however right now there isn't a mod on, so what would happen if a new member starting posting porn, naming shaming etc ? the posts would remain there until a mod comes on, which as I said earlier could be a few hours.
jewels
I agree Facey would be more chiefs than Indians,
thats why I feel it would be nice just to have post ops with just post removing /editting powers.


Ok if we can't have post ops

/me bats her eyelids

well I noticed in the turkish forum they have this
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/7669/flag1ty0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

So how about this
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/3457/flagpu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us):razz:

edit: yes I am only joking, but hey it does look good:razz:

[Piggie]

South America? cool. i never knew that.
so you're in EST, hmm?

he's +1 of EST

but... EST is two hours ahead of me. i think.
* gracie;68725 is confused.

if 2.0 is +2 of you then EST is one hour ahead

that made no sense at all.
i'm pretty sure EST is two hours ahead. it's.. Ontario time, NJ time, uhh...

im EST, its 1:21 now.. what time is it for you? :P

11:25.
:)
* gracie;68739 was right.
so 2.0 must be three hours ahead of me... i think. :S

yeah, that would make him three hours ahead :P

my mistake gracie.
element's right, i thought for some reason you are in saskatoon. Then i saw you're in edmonton. So that makes you 3 hours behind me. Just to check, it was roughly 3:30pm of March 1st when this post was made.

three hours, then. how on earth do you know what city i live in?
oh, IPs from the forum?

And these posts are suggestions of feedback????????????? Come on guys, let's not make this into the MSN thread!
/me makes another spring clean wish

JEWELS - I think your flag isketch logo looks great! Maybe all the letters could have the colours of flags in them and then flags around, like you've done. Very creative! Great suggestion! Makes it look like the iSketchforum Community!

[jewels]

LOL thankyou Piggie, thats why I keep repeating my suggestions.

/me hugs all

[Tigeress]

And these posts are suggestions of feedback????????????? Come on guys, let's not make this into the MSN thread!
* Piggie;68905 makes another spring clean wish


Piggie is right....let's try and not go into MSN mode especially after the forum has had a spring clean.

[wild cherry]

My forum suggestion is, can we have our own personal post icon when we reach 1000 post mark.
EG it is currently royal member isnt it, unless you have special ones like TF and fender ect, i would like mine to be forum fruit or forum friutloop.
What do you all think.
Although royal member would suit jewels wouldent it lol

[gracie]

sorry Piggie. and Tigs. xD

jewels, i really like the flag, but why on earth is the Canadian flag so tiny? :P

[wild cherry]

LOL thankyou Piggie, thats why I keep repeating my suggestions.

* jewels;68906 hugs all


SORRY JEWELS HUN. COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE,, I MISSED IT THE FIRST FEW TIMES HEHEHE

[jewels]

And these posts are suggestions of feedback????????????? Come on guys, let's not make this into the MSN thread!
* Piggie;68905 makes another spring clean wish

Piggie is right....let's try and not go into MSN mode especially after the forum has had a spring clean.

My suggestion, perhaps we need a msn type chit chat room,
thus also benifitting, any off topic posts , perhaps could be moved there by the mods, what do you think ?

Edit. perhaps I shall make one now, mods/Peter feel free to close it if you dont like it, but I feel it will keep the rest of the threads msn type chat free.

edit: Cherry I love your idea, for when you reach 1000 posts.

[wild cherry]

Ty jewels hun. mmmwwahhhhh

[2.0]

Suggestions to avoid an MSN thread have been heard. Unrelated posts were moved to the Chit Chat (http://69.89.27.227/~isketchf/showthread.php?t=1342)thread in the General Discussion forum.

[Amandi]

If there is a Chit Chat thread...
then what is this thread for?? :eek:

[jewels]

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/8013/feedbacknb1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Hi Amandi , this is for any suggestions, to improve the forum:razz:

jewels x

[Amandi]

Hi Amandi , this is for any suggestions, to improve the forum:razz:

jewels x


Ohhhh, okay, then i stand by my choice of having an underwear party.. :smile:

[wild cherry]

I have another forum suggestion.
Can we have all our mods eg CHES AND 2.0 running around in loin cloths just like tarzan please.
Make an essex girl happy lol

[gracie]

on the forum, i'd like to see different layouts. or different background colours. :/

[2.0]

on the forum, i'd like to see different layouts. or different background colours. :/

There's a 3 layouts you can use right now. The standard isketch layout, the turkish isketch layout (the one with the flag) and the vbulletin layout. Go to your User CP > Edit options and at the bottom of the page you'll see miscellaneous options and there you can change the layout, but it's limited.

[gracie]

i know, i've tried them all out.

i'd like MORE layouts. ooh, there should be maybe a user competition where people could make new layouts, and Peter could choose the ones he liked best to actually be on the site... ?

[2.0]

ooh, there should be maybe a user competition where people could make new layouts, and Peter could choose the ones he liked best to actually be on the site... ?

Mention it to peter, i'm not sure how flexible (or complex) vbulletin layouts are, but maybe he can figure something out.

[wild cherry]

on the forum, i'd like to see different layouts. or different background colours. :/

That would be nice gracie:razz:

[element212]

err.... my signature is only showing up in some of my posts... O_o
im confused..

EDIT: that was more of a cry for help than a suggestion sorry :sad:

[2.0]

err.... my signature is only showing up in some of my posts... O_o
im confused..

EDIT: that was more of a cry for help than a suggestion sorry :sad:

I can see it in all of your posts, don't worry man

[Peter]

Hmmm, not sure whether by layouts you mean positioning of things, if you just mean skins (changing buttons, graphics, etc.) that's not so hard, but a time-consuming process all the same. I have always planned to get some more themes on maybe a 'suitible for work' one, lol. I can play about with the colours with ease though, just a case of making a new adjustment lay - nevermind, lol, it's pretty easy though.

What colours would you like? Hot pink?? :razz:

Oh yeh, ele, I can see your sig. Make sure you're 'attatch my signature to this post' box is checked before you post to. It should be default to yes anyway.

[element212]

i never touch that box :P

[gracie]

I can see it in all of your posts, don't worry man

i don't see it in all his posts. not in the Rate my avatar/sig thread, anyways.


no, no hot pink. just.. no. lol.

and yes, i meant skins. have you ever been to http://www.mugglenet.com ? they have a very good way of setting up their layout/skin thingies. a lot of sites have copied it. it's at the top right. sort of. like. where it says "choose your layout."

start with purple and green. :D

[TempusFugit]

start with purple and green. :D

Grrrrr!!! If you don't want to be picked up by me and dropped into the ocean.... I suggest you try PINK first :razz:

[MsNerdinator]

What colours would you like? Hot pink?? :razz:
Haha, a barbie theme :razz:
Some of the men on the forums would love a pink layout, Peter. ;)

[jewels]

Haha, a barbie theme :razz:
Some of the men on the forums would love a pink layout, Peter. ;)
LOL mine is all in pink already

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7245/pinkwz7.png (http://imageshack.us)

[MsNerdinator]

Woh, Jewels!! :eek:
You would be the ideal mother for 7 girls. ;)

[wild cherry]

Hmmm, not sure whether by layouts you mean positioning of things, if you just mean skins (changing buttons, graphics, etc.) that's not so hard, but a time-consuming process all the same. I have always planned to get some more themes on maybe a 'suitible for work' one, lol. I can play about with the colours with ease though, just a case of making a new adjustment lay - nevermind, lol, it's pretty easy though.

What colours would you like? Hot pink?? :razz:

Oh yeh, ele, I can see your sig. Make sure you're 'attatch my signature to this post' box is checked before you post to. It should be default to yes anyway.



Now im loving the HOT PINK go for it peter lol

[gracie]

nooooooo.

NO.

i repeat again, NOO hot pink. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. ZERO. NIL. NAUGHT. NIX. lol.

ah, well. it's not like i'll be forced to use it.

purple and green? :(

[wild cherry]

nooooooo.

NO.

i repeat again, NOO hot pink. NONE. NADA. ZILCH. ZERO. NIL. NAUGHT. NIX. lol.

ah, well. it's not like i'll be forced to use it.

purple and green? :(


Lol i take it you dont like hot pink lmao bless your cotton socks

[jewels]

Woh, Jewels!! :eek:
You would be the ideal mother for 7 girls. ;)
awww ty
Now im loving the HOT PINK go for it peter lol yeap me to

nooooooo.
NO.
i repeat again, NOO hot pink.
lol


http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1016/forum1rm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

/me can't see Peter going for pink

[MsNerdinator]

/me puts on her shades for the hot pink.

I think we'd lose some forum members with that type of pink. Hehe. :razz:

[wild cherry]

awww ty
yeap me to

lol


http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/1016/forum1rm4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

* jewels;69671 can't see Peter going for pink

Now that looks lush, i want the hot pink plzzzzzz or maybe a nice cherry red :rolleyes:

[jewels]

Has something been changed on the forum ? on the main page where it shows who has been on in the last 24 hours, when you hover over their names it's used to show what time they were last on, now it doesnt , or is it just my pc ?

[tuppence]

/me just hovvered her mouse...... it works okay for me hunny

[gracie]

mine's working fine too.

[mitch-mitch]

Mum ( jewels ) turned the pc off and on, it's wroking now.

She says thankyou.
Im off to play in the arcade now:razz: before I have to go to bed:sad:

[wild cherry]

Ok my suggestion s a forum shop maybe.
Selling isketch forum stuff, eg caps t shirts.
If anyone thinks its a good idea maybe we can ask peter if its possible.
I will gladly set it up if we decide its a good idea, if not oh well lol:razz:

[jewels]

I have had an idea, which will solve the problem of alot of us having to speak on pm/msn etc, when sending meet photo's/arranging meets and other messages regarding things between forum members only.

/me hikes up her kilt and waits for a reply to her pm from Peter/mods

edit: it is possible though vbulletin

[wild cherry]

I have had an idea, which will solve the problem of alot of us having to speak on pm/msn etc, when sending meet photo's/arranging meets and other messages regarding things between forum members only.

* jewels;74204 hikes up her kilt and waits for a reply to her pm from Peter/mods

edit: it is possible though vbulletin

Yes i agree all this talking in pm and on msn is getting dreary:eek:

[jewels]

Suggestions for the forum,

A turkish translator:razz:

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/7569/controlsr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Gary]

A great community.

[Tigeress]

A great community.

Is that a suggestion? :razz:

[wild cherry]

Can i suggest that maybe another way to earn yourself a custom name on here other than arcade games.
Some people either dont play them or are not good at them:rolleyes:
Say maybe a poem contest for the forum to judge or a short story or maybe a quiz.
Eg 10 questions set by peter on general knowledge, the winner gets the custom icon simple.
I so wanna be forum fruit lol:razz:

[TempusFugit]

Good idea Cherry. Incidentally, I didn't win an arcade game to get my custom rank. I earned mine by winning the iSketch Forum Poetry & Prose comp a few months back now. :biggrin:

[jewels]

Since the new version of vBullentin ( or whatever changes were made )

we know the /me doesn't work now, but I have noticed all the pervious posts that had /me have all changed to,

My suggestion, if it's not corrected I think the mods should edit every single /me post.


/me runs


edit:
lol it's working now,
but old posts still showing /me

It would appear we can only see our own /me and no-ones elses

http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=80579&postcount=4

[Facey]

I can see yours Jewels and some others. For some reason, it's not regular, it seems to me that it's random :eek: Actually, is it posts pre-upgrade that aren't showing it and post-upgrade are?

[2.0]

/me thinks it's a bug

[tuppence]

/me rings the exterminator lol

[2.0]

test test
/me test

/me test /me test
/me test


Ok i've figured it out. The script only works if the /me command is at the star of the next line. As you see here, the /me command is not working.

/me but here it is.
/me and here.

I've disabled parsing here and copied the above:
Ok i've figured it out. The script only works if the /me command is at the star of the next line. As you see here, the /me command is not working.

/me but here it is.
/me and here.


so you can leave one line in between or no line at all, it'll work either way, but it needs to be at the star of a new line.

TO make it work midline use the tags, like *2.0 enjoys a cup of coffee while i explain this. But you have to include everything in the [me] tags. *2.0 enjoys a cup of coffee

But if you notice above, the /me command stars a new line anyway. And it's kinda fun.

* Facey didn't write this
* tuppence didn't either

MUAHAHAHAHAHA

[Facey]

You're evil :twisted:

I knew about the tags, I use them when I've quoted and the / me line needs editing. Do we now have to do that in all the posts instead of the shortcut?

[2.0]

Not at all, you can still use /me as long as you do it in the first line or you clear a new line and do it on that one, i.e. press enter and write on the line below.

[Vik]

Oh this could be fun
/me experiments * 2.0 is a genius* Charlie says 'meow'

[Facey]

Not at all, you can still use /me as long as you do it in the first line or you clear a new line and do it on that one, i.e. press enter and write on the line below.
But I always do that :eek: Are you confusing me on purpose?!

[jewels]

/me will test

/me says hi to vik

*vik says hi to jewels vik say hi to jewels /me needs help to do this :(

[Facey]

Jewels, u know when u use tags for images etc. It's just like that.

[ me ]*Playername msg.here [/ me]

[jewels]

/me thanks facey

facey says your welcome:razz:

[Facey]

/me can see this going downhill :biggrin:

*Jewels has an evil plan mmwwaaahaaahaaa :twisted:

[jewels]

* Facey;80681 can see this going downhill :biggrin:

*Jewels has an evil plan mmwwaaahaaahaaa :twisted:


/me laughs what gave you that idea ?

facey says because I know what you are like

/me says oh so what am I like ?

Facey just laughs

2.0 says come on now ladies or I shall have to move these posts to the chit chat thread

Facey says see if i care

/me doesn't say a word.

[Facey]

*Facey says see if i care

Rofl!!! Funny, I would actually say that :biggrin:

[jewels]

If only..........http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=68603&postcount=27 I could see this day coming:cry:

[MsNerdinator]

If only..........http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=68603&postcount=27 I could see this day coming:cry:

Yeah, the mods do an excellent job and are here whenever they can make it. But it looks like more help is needed..

[2.0]

If only..........http://www.isketchforum.net/showpost.php?p=68603&postcount=27 I could see this day coming:cry:

Yeah, the mods do an excellent job and are here whenever they can make it. But it looks like more help is needed..

Agreed. I put forth a recommendation to give a 3rd member super moderator status a few days ago actually, we'll see how this evolves, not to worry.

[gracie]

we need a greenie female. :)
someone to keep a cool head when you hotblooded males make a mess of everything. :P
of course, you guys have done a pretty great job so far.

i'd like to have groups. you know, that part in a user's profile at the bottom right where it says "______ is not a member of any public groups" ?

i would like to have groups. as long as they didn't become exclusive and snotty... remember that thread, "Identify the board members" ?

no Royals on here allowed.

EDIT: ahaha, i just re-read the bit about Royals. i just meant the part about where they have this aristocracy and are considered... more "higher up" than everyone else. none of that, now. :P

[2.0]

i'd like to have groups. you know, that part in a user's profile at the bottom right where it says "______ is not a member of any public groups" ?

There's an idea. And what would those groups be?

[jewels]

i'd like to have groups. you know, that part in a user's profile at the bottom right where it says "______ is not a member of any public groups" ?

There's an idea. And what would those groups be?
rather than thinking of them as groups why not house teams ? like schools and uni's have,

we could have say 4 teams green red yellow blue, or better still each team/group has a poll to pick their own name, I like the hiking up the kilt group:razz: . The mods could sort us out into teams ( whose you wish to join) and any new members who join the forum can be added by a mod at any time. Once we have our house teams ( groups) we could have isketch matches against one another, or arcade tournament matches , quizes the options or endless. Each house team ( group ) could have their own thread to post on with idea's etc. and also to have a joint thread, where points etc could be won from matches etc, even have a house team of the month/ or quarterly, points awarded for good post or threads started, likewise a team could lose points if any of their members breaks rules e.g doulbe posting etc. Just an idea what do you think ?


edit : if i'm correct I think it is possible through vBulletin to have us in groups, but if it wasn't you can still do this, by loading our group/team on our personal info, or even where our location should be.

[Facey]

Oooooo gangs :twisted: I like it!! Can we have a Facey gang, sorry, group?!

[TempusFugit]

lol. .excellent idea jewels!

I have images of Harry Potter and the Sorting Hat! :razz:

[jewels]

hiking up the kilt group:razz:

Oooooo gangs :twisted: I like it!!gang, sorry, group?!

lol or in facey's case The we have our boots on ( and we ain't scared to use them) team :razz:


edit: seeing all the bunnies on here, they could be in the Bunnykins team

[tuppence]

/me hikes up the kilt for the new look forum

[Vik]

Ooooh, I want to be in Hufflepuff!

[tuppence]

/me hiking up the kilt for the "new forum" ha
who wonders who pressed the wrong buttons
what is the weather like on your planet

/me goes in search of her medication

[Facey]

lol or in facey's case The we have our boots on ( and we ain't scared to use them) team :razz:

LMAO! Now that's my kind of ga....group!! :biggrin:

Who's joining my ga...group?

[element212]

New suggestion.. might not be on some peoples good side but ill still suggest it, what about changing the forum games forum to forum games and chit chat...

that way the chit chat thread (which can get rather spammy) wont boost post counts so much, therefore forum members would have to contribute something a bit more substantial for it to count towards posts..

i know that the posts dont count for anything on here, but rather just the different ranks (i personally wouldnt mind if everyone were the same) but i know some people do like them.. maybe it would mean a little more to the person if the posts counted toward something relevant in the forum, rather than a spammy MSN-like thread

The forum should be about the quality of the users in it, and what they contribute to the forum as a whole.. rather than the quantity of the posts a member might have

who knows, this might even help members to contribute to the threads regarding problems with iSketch and not just the social ones.. but then again it is a social forum too.

who knows it just popped into my head and thought id post it :P

[Facey]

With regards to members who only contribute to certain parts of the forum, I'd say that we all get something different from here and there are threads that I don't touch. I think that's the way of forums tbh, we all get something different from different parts. I can't put a name on anyone who posts alot just to get their post count up. If anything, there are people who just play the games and have no real post count ontop of that.

Oh and the Chit Chat thread was made for our spammy msn-type musings. I don't think it needs to be moved, we don't post in it that much.

Since we don't post for post counts, I can't see any reason why it needs to be moved but that's just me. Maybe someone else will think differently.

[element212]

With regards to members who only contribute to certain parts of the forum, I'd say that we all get something different from here and there are threads that I don't touch. I think that's the way of forums tbh, we all get something different from different parts. I can't put a name on anyone who posts alot just to get their post count up. If anything, there are people who just play the games and have no real post count ontop of that.

Oh and the Chit Chat thread was made for our spammy msn-type musings. I don't think it needs to be moved, we don't post in it that much.

Since we don't post for post counts, I can't see any reason why it needs to be moved but that's just me. Maybe someone else will think differently.

yeah, idk i was just throwing it out there.. just kind of popped into my head:razz:

[Facey]

yeah, idk i was just throwing it out there.. just kind of popped into my head:razz:
I know where you're coming from hun and would say the same if there was more than one chit-chat.

I was just giving my opinion though because I know you rate it so highly :biggrin:

[FairyNuff]

How about, not letting new members start a thread saying "I'm banned for no reason please help!" :twisted:

On a chat site I used to use many moons ago, once you had joined, there were only certain areas of the site you could use. After being a member for 48 hours, you could post and chat on most discussions/chat rooms. Maybe a new member should contribute towards other topics, rather than just I'M BANNED.

Am I just hormonal?!

[Facey]

I think you're onto something there. it never ceases to amaze me that people can find their way into the right thread group but never read the sticky 'If you are banned' :rolleyes:

Can we put a 48 hr cooling off period before certain areas can be accessed?

[Bad_MaNneR$]

Maybe a bloody big sign that says:

IF YOU ARE BANNED CLICK HERE (bikersforjesus.com/)

And which links to some totally unrelated site like I just did. Or clicks to send them to the iSketch Instructions Page or an e-mail to iSketch Help Desk

[Facey]

Did anyone else click that?! :biggrin:

DO you think that will stop them posting though?

[TempusFugit]

LMAO BM!!!! :razz:

In all seriousness though, I think the suggestion to restrict a new member to post only in certain threads would possibly just cause an influx of I'M BANNED in the places where they can post.

I think we have to accept that as much as we don't like it, we are going to get these type of threads. The greenies sort them out quickly enough (and slap their wrists if necessary). I like BM's idea though!!!!


On another note, before the Great Cull we used to have an iSketch Feed advising whether the game was on or offline. It would be great to see that again :razz:

[Facey]

Wan't that removed long before the cull? Anyways, I miss it :sad: Can we have it back pretty please?

[Bad_MaNneR$]

It left us sadly. But was a great link - Maybe Peter can work it up again?

In the meantime perhaps these links could be posted on the front page of the forum:

If you want to complain about an Admin on isketch. CLICK HERE.

If you want to ask how to get unbanned from iSketch. CLICK HERE.

If you are too stupid to read the INSTRUCTIONS in iSketch. CLICK HERE.

If you have sent an e-mail to iSketch Feedback and they say you are still banned. CLICK HERE.

If you really think we care about your ban from iSketch. CLICK HERE. (http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/youare.php)

[FairyNuff]

Oh BM I love you! I nearly piddled reading your posts! I think I missed the main point in my post though. I think, once a new member joins, there should be a 'no posting for 48hrs' rule. This gives the new member a chance to read over the forum fully, thus, fingers crossed, might help them find the IM BANNED PLEASE HELP thread!

It might help weed out the ones that just come on here to post about their ban/kick. It worked very well on the chat site, alot of time wasters want to cheese you off as soon as possible, whereas if there's 48 hours to wait before the pissing off begins, they might find somewhere else to vent!

[jewels]

Does the forum still have the live chat site on here ? if so does anyone know the link for it ?


( rather then keep sending pm's, it would be so much easier to use chat, for the members who haven't got each other on msn )

edit: this also might be handy for new forum members who may need a little help around the forum.

[TempusFugit]

Ooo.. I completely forgot about that! It came in very handy for when the server was experiencing problems.... and it would be lovely to have that function again and set up a Chat Party one night, as being optimistic - I doubt that we will get the awful downtime we experienced last October :razz:

/me watches Rob pulling the plug just to prove me wrong :razz:

[2.0]

Eek! No record of that was kept! i know it was on liveharmony, perhaps someone can research it.

[TempusFugit]

I do believe our little green yoda master was responsible for the chat function?? If my memory serves me correctly anyway :razz:

[2.0]

Oh BM I love you! I nearly piddled reading your posts! I think I missed the main point in my post though. I think, once a new member joins, there should be a 'no posting for 48hrs' rule. This gives the new member a chance to read over the forum fully, thus, fingers crossed, might help them find the IM BANNED PLEASE HELP thread!

It might help weed out the ones that just come on here to post about their ban/kick. It worked very well on the chat site, alot of time wasters want to cheese you off as soon as possible, whereas if there's 48 hours to wait before the pissing off begins, they might find somewhere else to vent!

Interesting suggestion Fairy. I rarely participate the xkcd forums and they have a series of regs for newbies, but that's because their system is weird and gets a ton of bots. Then again, xkcd has like 10 thousand members, we're just under 2000 with some 200 active members... perhaps when the forum grows to be REALLY big we can apply such protocols.

[TempusFugit]

How big is BIG though?

This big <-------------------------->
or this big <__________________________________________________ ______>

/me flies off chuckling

[2.0]

How big is BIG though?

This big <-------------------------->
or this big <__________________________________________________ ______>

* TempusFugit;84385 flies off chuckling

I was thinking more of the forum growing like a stiff


tree. Lots of branches you know? each sort of representing the world's countries and each leaf a member. But i'm sure we'll be surrounded by mega members and perhaps some royal members too, our members all grown up with HUGE postcounts.

[jewels]

How big tf ? lmao

Does the forum still have the live chat site on here ? if so does anyone know the link for it ?


Ooo.. I completely forgot about that! It came in very handy for when the server was experiencing problems

Eek! No record of that was kept! i know it was on liveharmony, perhaps someone can research it.


http://liveharmony.org/ thats the best I could do.( but has some info on there)


edit: lmao, posted same time as 2.0 lol growing like a what ?

[jewels]

Just to let you all know, If you are starting a new thread on the forum and you are including a poll, once you post the thread you only get 5 minutes to add the poll, I just started a new thread with poll and took about 6 minutes so I got timed out and couldn't then add a poll.

So my suggestion for the forum is, any chance it can give us a bit longer ?