On Basketball discussion and other forums
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:29 am
Good evening RealGM users,
Last week this seasonal Olympic Forum was re-opened. Like all other specific forums it concentrates on one area, in this case the Olympic Games and anything surrounding the Games. You may see other Olympic discussion occurring on other forums around RealGM, and that is because each individual forum makes decisions on what type of topics of discussion are relevant to that particular forum.
We have had some controversy in recent days due to the decision to move all Olympic-related discussion from the General Basketball forum to this forum. Many of you do not agree with this decision; but some of you seem to have developed a narrative that I, as the moderator of this forum, am not listening to the will of the people and am refusing to move certain threads back to the General Basketball Forum.
That is not what is actually happening. The decision to move all Olympic discussion from the General Basketball forum to this forum was made by multiple people, including myself, the General Board Moderators and the Site Administrators. It is standard practice by the General Board to move topics to relevant forums if those forums exist. That is what is happening in this case. I am not going to move a topic back to a forum that moves it here because it would be going against the decision of those of us who moderate the RealGM forums.
I have tried multiple times to offer a way to voice objections to this group decision, and that is through the RealGM Feedback and Suggestions forum. I can see at this time that no one who has objected to this has done so; and in some cases the advice is being openly mocked. EDIT - This has been addressed on the Feedback Forum
I cannot stress this enough to RealGM users: if you feel that there is a situation or a decision with which you do not agree then it is far better to appeal to the senior moderators and site administrators on the Feedback & Suggestions forum rather than to derail threads with non-relevant discussion. That forum can be found here: viewforum.php?f=40
In the opening topic to this forum I stated that the only rule of the forum was to treat people with respect. Some of you may not like it, but that includes me and any other moderators who are added as the Games get closer. I do expect an announcement to be made soon to help draw attention to this forum.
I will leave this thread open for comments or suggestions; but from here on out any discussion on the matter in other topics on this forum will be considered to be derailing threads, or in some cases trolling. I also hope that I've made it clear that any time a thread is moved to this forum then it is part of a group decision, by which I will abide.
I strongly implore those of you who would prefer the basketball discussion to occur on the General Board not to try to start any threads over there in some form of protest as those threads would either be locked or just moved over here.
I volunteered for this forum because I am a fan of the overall Olympic experience, both the good and the bad. I want this to be a place where people can discuss those things and not have the topic be the forum itself.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please let me know if there are any questions.
(edit - poster Ancalagon has taken my advice about the Feedback Forum as I was typing this. Thank you!)
Last week this seasonal Olympic Forum was re-opened. Like all other specific forums it concentrates on one area, in this case the Olympic Games and anything surrounding the Games. You may see other Olympic discussion occurring on other forums around RealGM, and that is because each individual forum makes decisions on what type of topics of discussion are relevant to that particular forum.
We have had some controversy in recent days due to the decision to move all Olympic-related discussion from the General Basketball forum to this forum. Many of you do not agree with this decision; but some of you seem to have developed a narrative that I, as the moderator of this forum, am not listening to the will of the people and am refusing to move certain threads back to the General Basketball Forum.
That is not what is actually happening. The decision to move all Olympic discussion from the General Basketball forum to this forum was made by multiple people, including myself, the General Board Moderators and the Site Administrators. It is standard practice by the General Board to move topics to relevant forums if those forums exist. That is what is happening in this case. I am not going to move a topic back to a forum that moves it here because it would be going against the decision of those of us who moderate the RealGM forums.
I have tried multiple times to offer a way to voice objections to this group decision, and that is through the RealGM Feedback and Suggestions forum. I can see at this time that no one who has objected to this has done so; and in some cases the advice is being openly mocked. EDIT - This has been addressed on the Feedback Forum
I cannot stress this enough to RealGM users: if you feel that there is a situation or a decision with which you do not agree then it is far better to appeal to the senior moderators and site administrators on the Feedback & Suggestions forum rather than to derail threads with non-relevant discussion. That forum can be found here: viewforum.php?f=40
In the opening topic to this forum I stated that the only rule of the forum was to treat people with respect. Some of you may not like it, but that includes me and any other moderators who are added as the Games get closer. I do expect an announcement to be made soon to help draw attention to this forum.
I will leave this thread open for comments or suggestions; but from here on out any discussion on the matter in other topics on this forum will be considered to be derailing threads, or in some cases trolling. I also hope that I've made it clear that any time a thread is moved to this forum then it is part of a group decision, by which I will abide.
I strongly implore those of you who would prefer the basketball discussion to occur on the General Board not to try to start any threads over there in some form of protest as those threads would either be locked or just moved over here.
I volunteered for this forum because I am a fan of the overall Olympic experience, both the good and the bad. I want this to be a place where people can discuss those things and not have the topic be the forum itself.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. Please let me know if there are any questions.
(edit - poster Ancalagon has taken my advice about the Feedback Forum as I was typing this. Thank you!)