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admin:
--- Quote from: squarerigger on January 05, 2007, 10:23:46 PM ---UUMMM - how do we vote? There are no radio buttons on my window of the voting board - are they hidden somewhere?
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There should be only three situations when the voting buttons don't display:
1. If you haven't logged in (only forum members can vote)
2. If you've already voted in this poll (only 1 vote per member)
3. When the poll closes (in 13 days)
You're obviously logged in, so No. 1 doesn't apply. Can you confirm that you haven't already voted? Does anyone else who hasn't voted yet have this problem?
squarerigger:
I had not seen the poll until today and had not previously voted on this poll, although I had voted on other polls. Maybe some of those results were carried over?
Willeke:
Lindsey,
Are you using Internet Explorer? If not, do you have an other browser that you can try?
I am not sure it has anything to do with the problem, but I have noted that a change of browser can clear but also create a lot of problems.
Willeke
PS, I have just tried the poll with firefox and no problems.
Did you also have problems with the earlier poll?
Dan_Lehman:
An advantage to more boards & thus fewer threads per board is the more
likely occasion that threads of reference will be proximate vs. some pages
removed.
--- Quote ---Is this forum system one that enables threads to be moved? --thinking
that if there were a general landing zone so to speak on which some topic
was raised which topic nicely fit elsewhere it could be relocated there.
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... which I wrote (and edit to quote) obviously before gaining consciousness
and looking a tad closely at the list of Topics (many which read MOVED) !!
Sherlock strikes again!
"Decorative" & "Practical" are two pretty obvious candidates for consideration
as companions to "Chit Chat"--which pretty much operates as "Only", now.
Beyond this might be something we wait to see a need for? One can think
of other divisions, but I'm not confident they'd be much populated.
--dl*
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DerekSmith:
Webmistress has asked me to post this proposal here, so here it is.
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There are a number of reasons for considering a serious restructuring of this Forum. The reason which triggered the present interest - Sensitivity - is important, but by itself it might not constitute sufficient reason to split off a tiny number of threads which could somewhere in their posts cross a PC line. Equally, KC made the valid point that we do not currently have many posts per day, and splitting these across too many boards becomes a nonsense, he suggests that we should not consider more than half the number of posts the Forum takes in a day. The Forum statistics show slightly more than 8 posts per day, so no more than four boards, which seems a sensible limit (I do not count the 'Feedback' board in this as that is purely an administrative board as is the read only 'Announcements' board - sensibly these two should be condensed into one 'Forum Admin' board).
Just splitting up the 'Chit Chat' board into some 'arbitrary' categories without a clear purpose is likewise a nonsense and will simply lead to us having to switch between boards to read all the stuff we used to find in one place - clearly a backward step. I wouldn't want that and I am sure few would, let alone the extra work for Moderators, shuttling topics back and forth as their content meanders or splitting posts up into the 'right' boards.
There is however, an absolutely clear rationale for restructuring the boards, and that is:- To promote greater participation, to encourage posting and to gently lead new members into becoming active Forum contributors.
An uncomfortable truth is that this forum is suffering a death by a thousand cuts - slowly bleeding away - and is not growing or regenerating fast enough to compensate for the rate of attrition. The truth is that skilled knotters can be a grumpy group and often this forum can be seen as aggressive and very daunting to new members. Worse still we have no 'Welcoming strategy' and no 'Helpful Grandfather/mother types' topped off with a group of Moderators who can be more evangellical than a Parking Meter Maid on heat. For all that I love my hobby and care for this forum, it is loosing quality contributors too fast for any chance of a healthy future. We need to promote new members into active contribution and there is a strong chance that the right structure might just help.
Consider then for a moment the Forum of the IGKT to be a grand and wonderful building. Right at the front, behind the Grand doors is:-
* The Foyer - The visitor or passer by is Welcomed here, full of 'Chit Chat' and beginners questions - asking 'silly' questions is approved and being critical or making fun of the newbies is not allowed. There should be no greater goal, than attracting new folk to the Foyer and tempting them to stay a while.
Moving into the next Grand Hall you enter :-
* The Showcase - Sharing, Showing and Developing all aspects of decorative knotting - many will aspire to this level of skill and expertise and will be asking for help from all our decorative experts. Many will end their apprenticeship here and become Master Decorative Knotters, staying here to help others learn their skills.
As Apprentices grow in knowledge and confidence, they may be tempted to the hall at the back of the IGKT :-
* The Workshop - Where knotting Nerds can congregate, dissect and develop the tiny details of knotting knowledge science, theory and forensics. Not to everyone's taste and certainly the hangout of the grumpy and cranky members of the cult, so be prepared to get your head bitten off occasionally - this allowed.
and of course, every Guild has its darker side, generally kept away from public and casual gaze. Guild Masters will occasionally spend time in :-
* The Dungeon - Nooses, Snares, Blood and Bondage - the darker side of knotting - don't complain if you don't like what you see here or the language used, it's part of knots at work and not necessarily fit for the dinner table. NOTICE - Children and Newbies not allowed
It's worth saying again - the important reason to restructure is :- To promote greater participation, to encourage posting and to gently lead new members into becoming active Forum contributors. If you were - or are - a newbie, could you see this structure as a constructive enhancement?
Derek
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