altogirl06 wrote:anyone else sick of all the arguments going on in w.o.p? i am, i wish they would stop. like i said before we are here to make friends w. ppl from all over involved in guard and band!and thats why many of us come here,we can state our oppinions and talk about band and events. but lately there has been alot of arguing. "the passion" "anit ska a.k.a death to ska" and "gay marrige* have cause alot of problems.i'm not trying to rag on the mods but, if you guys feel like the topic or things in it that are being said are gonna cause a prob why not delete it? that way we don't have to put up w/ the immaturity of ppl who like to start stuff.thanx
----altogirl
I know I ain't a mod here in off-topic, but what I have to say applies to every forum we have here on WoP.
The reason we won't delete threads is because we shouldn't have to. You guys should knowingly be respectful to each other and get along fine. Each thread you mention there had the potential to be a good thread, but you guys as posters find the need to start arguements.
When you say we should delete a thread, I don't know if you mean we should delete it when it is first made, or when it starts to get out of hand.
If you mean when its first created...like I said, each thread has potential to be good threads. Its not like we can see the future, you know. We can't tell if its going to be a bad thread. Thats why most threads are never deleted, just locked.
In the case of the gay marriage thread, it started out fine. But with the addition of a few posters and what they had to say, it quickly turned out of hand. But because it started out as a good thread, it is given a chance to remain unlocked in hopes that people will drop thier foolishness and stupidity to resume a respectful conversation/debate.
If we lock everything that got out of hand (which has happened before) we get complaints because not everyone agrees that a thread is ready to be locked. And until we recieve complaints about a thread, chances are its not going to be locked.
The locking power and deletion power are used scarcely. Sometimes it is used more in one forum than another. Deletion is normally reserved for repeated threads or threads that are incredibly offensive to others. Locking threads is when it gets out of hand.
But again with the gay marriage thread, it is not locked because there is still a chance that it can be turned around if people just watch what they are saying. Also, the gay marriage thread aloows alot of things about respectful posting to be said, and it is a good example on how not to act.
But I assure you...if it keeps up, it won't be qaround for much longer.
Hopefully that clears a few things up for you.
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