Complaints (split thread)

The do your duty and split the thread, bud.

If I was to really do that then I'd have to create a whole new thread because what you guys are discussing now is unrelated to your first post, champ. And therein you see the dilemma.

Splitting the thread DOES create a new thread if I remember correctly. You get to give it a new name if you want and everything.

Which seems completely unnecessary in this case.

The FAQ says:

No spam outside of the chat forum You may not post non-sense or intentionally pull a thread off-topic outside of the Chat Forum.

If this were in Gen Con it would have either been moved to Chat by now, or split.

As a mod it is your responsibilty to do these things when things go off topic. In this case, the thread started off about a nice little idea to keep new members, and has evolved into an argument between you a mainly !K_A!. Surely it is off topic enough now? If so, it should be split away from the main topic and maybe into Gen Con, or kept in Forum Discussion (as it is, in a way, discussing the Forums as a whole).

If this, to you, seems "completely unnecessary in this case" then you are not doing your job properly, to put it bluntly.

Are you having trouble finding your way through this thread? The discussion has shifted focus. Is that a problem?

It's going like this:

First part - 30% of the thread
Second part- 25%
Third part - 45%

Would you really rather have 3 seperate threads when it's not difficult to see how these transitions were made, and in fact, allow the entire thread to make more sense?

It is not specifically my job to edit threads. It is my job to use my judgement and decide whether or not something should be done. That point of view varies from person to person. Sov wrote those rules, he can enforce them as he sees fit. I will do what I think is necessary to maintain the forum.

I'm having a fine time finding my way through thank you so much Mr. Supreme Moderator Grav. I either scroll up and down using this itsy bitsy wheel on my mouse, or go clicky clicky on the buttons to change page.

And no, the thread is in two parts. Start about !K_A!'s idea, the rest has been an argument with you.

If you cannot see why the thread, which is off-topic now (and does not follow the lines the writer intended it to do) and needs to be split into two parts, you are not doing your job properly. Maybe another Mod who knows what they are doing will do it for you? Hmm? Maybe Sov, or Bob, or if it lasts so long that we have to wait for his nexct visit, SYG.

EDIT: So it's not your job to stop things going too far off topic by splitting them, but it is alright to edit everyone's post in a harmless thread?