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Old April 7th, 2005, 10:51 AM   #41
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It is a pity that this topic even had to come up.
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when did racism become an issue here, it seems like everyone gets along with everyone no matter where they came from
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when did racism become an issue here, it seems like everyone gets along with everyone no matter where they came from
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Never seen that before.
I guess you guys took care of the matter, no need for me to start cursing at him images/smilies/smile.gif
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Ah well, one racist post in 2 years or so - I'd say the site is stick going well images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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and I asked him to resize his sig too..
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images/smilies/lol.gif I could imagine how that was images/smilies/lol.gif Thanks man

I know it's hard to keep good control specially at times when the forums seem to be growing exponentially, that's why I was actually surprised how such a thing was handled neatly and quickly, it's impressive.
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So is he banned?
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no he cried and apologised...

I'm too sentimental to ban a guy who cries in front of me
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It may be helpful to add text regarding the signature size in the profile view. (or perhaps a link to this thread.)

Some people had expected restrictions to be listed there.
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Done. images/smilies/smile.gif
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Huh? What? What do you mean done?
You're supposed to procrastinate and every once in a while say that you'll get to it. images/smilies/tongue.gif images/smilies/lol.gif
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lol, well it's not like it was hard images/smilies/tongue.gif I put off the PITA stuff. images/smilies/wink.gif
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I personally prefer more post, less signature.
Yes, I agree!

By the way, my posts are larger than my sig. images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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9. Bumping old topics: This is NOT allowed in most cases, especially if you have nothing to add to the thread except a random comment.
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Post quality rule addition.
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I would recommend a "General Annoyance" rule that says you can ban someone for being a detriment to the forum. The more vague, the better.
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images/smilies/lol.gif I have a secret forum mod for that. images/smilies/vampire.gif
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