Millipede's summed me up correctly, thank you Milli, if i've caused offence to anyone, i apologise, sometimes my sense of humour runs away with me:o
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Millipede's summed me up correctly, thank you Milli, if i've caused offence to anyone, i apologise, sometimes my sense of humour runs away with me:o
Yes let me warn you against that too.
I married one of those, and she really wouldn't mind me saying so on this forum as she reminds me most weeks that she's always right.:D
I admit it was tough at first but I know my place now, I've succumbed to suffering soap operas, and been forced into late night forum perusal for enjoyment (as well as a bit of running).:D
Be warned.
Not sure what you mean by that care to explain?
Shame you use the word alienate but as I said earlier, this potentially is the anomaly - in order for people to openly express their views to all, other people will not be able to access them till they reach a certain age. Or there is a code of conduct put in place so views are expressed appropriately for all. (Which means not using the B word Tom )
The other thing of course is that as there is nothing on offer of interest to young people on the website or forums whether that should be rectified, would not a proper youth section site developed by young people working alongside Brett (if you can stand his smell) be a positive addition for youth membership, cos the other way to look at it is how many young people do not come on here and should we not be attracting our youth membership. Or will the FRA always be third best to BoFRA and the local fete when it comes to children and young people?
The relationship of the forum to the wider FRA is similar to the relationship between fell running and running in general....very few do it by proportion and most of the larger group probably think the smaller group is somewhat mad!.
Out stats show that there are less than 100 regular users...a very small proportion of the FRA membership so ouir views are hardly representative of the whole. That was amply showed by the outcome of the UKA referendum.
I reckon we do a pretty good job of policing ourselves, especially since many posters regularly take the moral high ground. We're hardly swimming in a sewer here are we?
What I'd like to know is why has Chris Smale(Cartman) been banned for taking the moral high ground?
If it's for using bad language and insulting people then why haven't others been banned too?
But if there was a better job in policing and a more welcoming environment and less of the "we don't want interlopers" attitude that Henry Porter encountered.
Would the forum have a greater membership and be more reflective of grass roots views, rather than those of obsessive eccentrics. The current membership of the forum is is probably the best argument for a code of conduct and shiner a greater light on its darker recesses.
Check out http://www.felljunior.org.uk which has been running for about 9/10 years with the objective of supporting junior fell running. It originally hosted BOFRA and Kendal Series info as well until they got their own sites up and running. There was also a junior race calendar, which has now been replaced by the extract on the FRA site. Instead, there are now links to these new resources.
It attempts to complement this site, mainly by providing the junior championship points tables. However, it does not host a forum for the very reasons being discussed in this thread. I don't have either the computing resources or time/inclination/patience to moderate.
Ultimately though the means don't matter, it is more important to ensure junior fell running continues to prosper.
Had a look, it would be nice if the FRA could this itself though instead of relying on outside good will, perhaps Al, Stolly and Merrylegs could be moderators on a junior forum :rolleyes: or perhaps not.
On a serious not Tom and Scott would be the logical choice if it was something they were interested in.
Found it
"By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws."
So do we all resign from the forum for breaking the above rules or do we get new moderators for encouraging breakage of the rules by not enforcing them?
Chris Leigh is certainly out for his hateful posts on Lance Armstrong!
Many things I am sir, but a bully I am not. And I woundn't quite say "poor HP" was bullied in the first instance.
True or false:
1) You are / were HP??
2) You know who HP is / was?
3) You encouraged HP to make the original post?
Didn't consider you to be a man of exoctic tastes.....how wrong I seemingly am.
False - only ever used antisocial, previously with a picture of the real me, which I am happy to reinstate
False - Brett won't tell me
Nope - came out the blue
I have no idea whether he is a multiple user but I get the impression who was someone who who was making a genuinely felt comment and was surprised at the response.
You seem surprised also that you are wrong - don't worry no one else is:D
AS please shut up. Its no longer a case of your broken record ruining the odd thread, you're fast ruining the whole forum for me :(.
So you are advocating censure now, perhaps you could become a moderator and ban me for breaking the code of conduct, after all you are the expert at this - so perhaps you should leave after all you have just stated you don't like what you are reading?
Lighten up Stolly - we both repeat ourselves all the time, you doing it by saying "and then I ran up this hill and here's a picture! "