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[Schwing]

In the misplaced hope that ginofish might take some constructive criticism seriously, I took the liberty of correcting one of his posts in the Daybreak thread. Only one post, mind you - I don't have that much time. Should I expect a message from the mods anytime soon warning me about my tone and the need to focus solely on the topic at hand?

[Critique]

In the misplaced hope that ginofish might take some constructive criticism seriously, I took the liberty of correcting one of his posts in the Daybreak thread. Only one post, mind you - I don't have that much time. Should I expect a message from the mods anytime soon warning me about my tone and the need to focus solely on the topic at hand?

Aah, you must be 'Field'. I tried that the other day, but the thread was deleted before I could post. Expect a warning, I'm already on one.

[Schwing]

Aah, you must be 'Field'. I tried that the other day, but the thread was deleted before I could post. Expect a warning, I'm already on one.

I'm sorry to shatter any illusions you may have but I'm not Field.

[Alexia]

As some kind soul posted a link to the archived version of the famous Black Clothes thread, I thought I'd share with you this quote from page 29.

ladies and gentlemen, you are invited to marvel at the future of tv forum. a future where we celebrate those who are socially and mentally challenged, where idiots are encouraged and anyone with half a brain or more is made to feel unwelcome.

Also - in the requests thread:

No BBC member of staff will give you their BBC Logo lanyard. They're an international corporation and a target for terrorism so I doubt you'd get one.

You can BUY the BBC Lanyard at the BBC Shop in BBC Liverpool and also at the other BBC Shops across the country (Leicester, Brighton, Eastbourne)... They're £3.

Hah. In your face Beep.

[Schwing]

In the misplaced hope that ginofish might take some constructive criticism seriously, I took the liberty of correcting one of his posts in the Daybreak thread. Only one post, mind you - I don't have that much time. Should I expect a message from the mods anytime soon warning me about my tone and the need to focus solely on the topic at hand?

Aah, you must be 'Field'. I tried that the other day, but the thread was deleted before I could post. Expect a warning, I'm already on one.

Update: No warning received as yet but my post was edited significantly for unnecessary 'nitpicking'. I hope that some of you at least had the opportunity to read it before it was taken down. For the record, I emailed Asa:

Asa

Would you be so kind as to let me know which Mod thought it necessary to edit my recent post in the Daybreak thread? They removed the part in which I asked if ginofish would mind using a spell check on his posts and the corrections I made to his last post. Whilst I appreciate that some people may interpret this as 'nitpicking' (according to the Mod who edited the post), I'd point out two things:

1. Under the rules section of the website, it clearly states:

"We appreciate that not everyone has an A* in English but for the benefit of all users please make your posts as logical and readable as possible. Use a spell check facility in your browser, such as ieSpell for Internet Explorer before submitting your post. Text "txt" speak is not allowed."

I doubt that ginofish's posts meet this minimum standard. For the record, English is not my first language and my posts are clear and correct in terms of grammar, punctuation and spelling. When you add in to this the fact that I am also a dyslexic, it's quite remarkable that I can post comments at all, let alone ensure that there are few (if any) mistakes in them and they are 'as logical and readable as possible'. If I can do it, then so can ginofish.

2. As you might be aware, a number of individuals on the Forum are tiring of the quality of the posts being made, including those by ginofish. I do not have a problem with ginofish - in fact, on more than one occasion I've welcomed his posts and by asking him nicely I've elicited more balanced and reasoned answers from him than one would otherwise expect. Unless ginofish is shown why his posts are not logical or readable and why he should pay attention to it, then he will never change. I posted a critique of his comments in the hope that he might actually learn something from it (and, you never know, one or two other members might, too). That's more than the majority of members on here bother to do.

If you would like to ban me because of my post or this email, then feel free. I try to help. I welcome input from everybody. That's more than can be said for others on here. If you or the Mods feel that editing a post because it actually attempts to help somebody at the same time as contributing to a discussion isn't appropriate then I'm not sure what the point of contributing to the Forum is.

Schwing

Let's wait to see what response this elicits.

[cdd]

Also - in the requests thread:

No BBC member of staff will give you their BBC Logo lanyard. They're an international corporation and a target for terrorism so I doubt you'd get one.

You can BUY the BBC Lanyard at the BBC Shop in BBC Liverpool and also at the other BBC Shops across the country (Leicester, Brighton, Eastbourne)... They're £3.

Hah. In your face Beep.

taking shots at people who can't post here to defend themselves - classy ...

[Ronnie Rowlands]

taking shots at people who can't post here to defend themselves - classy ...

Or simply taking shots at people. But that's what this thread is for anyway so what's the problem

[cdd]

Just that people should have the right to answer to their criticism. Waiting until people are banned before letting loose on something old seems a bit unfair IMO

[Gavin Scott]

You're wrong, Denman.

Beep was happy to call this place a "hate forum" over on TVF and it didn't seem like he needed any hand holding from you or anyone else. He didn't address it to me, or point out any concerns, or even RTP some posters guilty of this "hate". He simply wanted to stick the knife in where lots of others would see it.

This site takes time, effort and hard cash to operate. I certainly don't have to indulge him if he's going to speak about this place and the members in those terms.

And by the way - what's there to defend? He made something up and was caught out.

End of.

[Ronnie Rowlands]

Just that people should have the right to answer to their criticism. Waiting until people are banned before letting loose on something old seems a bit unfair IMO

He didn't wait, neither. Young and While attacked each other on here with regularity long before that While tosser was banned.

[Schwing]

Could somebody please explain who Beep is, what Beep did and where Beep is now? I haven't a clue what's going on.