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"Please be advised the NA FAQ in about to get some new entries added.  I will update this once they are posted.

But in the mean time, if you don't have anything to add to a thread, please do not post.

Examples include:

"IBTL"  (This is a nonsense post and adds nothing to the thread, please refrain from posting IBTL.)

Quoting someone and posting Cool Story Bro underneath their post ( again this adds nothing to the thread or discussion.)

Any other posts that are nonsense and have nothing to do with the thread.  Including posting in a thread gone wrong.

Questions, feel free to PM someone, but the nonsense posting has gotten out of control lately and the NA FAQ will be updated to reflect some new policies regarding needless posts."

If you guys don't like this, fine, don't post that here.

PM me or a NA mod, but don't thread crap because you don't like this.

Good to see something is being done about the crap posts since all they do is bump up something with an irrelevant and useless post. thank you for this info paul

say goodbye to the joel thread...please clairify ..does that mean no fun and teasing ...a steril and info only forum? kinda like the dead Na Chat?

No Charlie, but it means when a thread is completely derailed by comments over and over again about in before the lock or other nonsense.

It's not about stopping the fun, but it is about stopping the nonsense the spins stuff out of control.

got ya ..

For example...The site wasn't working for me earlier and my topic Interest Check turned out twice..so I change the header to please delete instead of taking up space with two of the same thread...some member butt in with IBTL?

For the record..The thread wasn't asked to be locked, it was asked to be deleted....

But if someone wants a thread locked, can we still do it? I mean, it's getting locked anyways so what's the deal? I understand if it's a good thread getting derailed. But if it's a thread that was a mistake and just getting locked then I don't see why the problem. It gets locked pretty fast usually, so it's not getting bumped much.

Edit: I'm not arguing with it, I'm just curious so that I understand what I can still do.

Nope, see example from first post.

That's the type of thread that has been far too common on NintendoAge lately.

If you need to post without a reason, please create a private topic and post away.

Seems like the somethingawful.com approach. It's not a bad thing really. But it really is a shock to the way most people are accustomed to using internet forums. Any thoughts on removing post counts, too? Or is that crossing the line?

This isn't really the kind of forum where post count really means a whole lot.
Everyone "should" respect everyone equally and for the most part do, regardless of post count.

Probably a few PM warnings before a suspension?

Anyway, it would be nice if mods could hide the post. (Sort of like on some boards when they get enough dislikes the reply is "buried" but you can still have it shown if you press a link.) That way the poop isn't out there for everyone to step in.

I would agree with andrew and suggest a thumb down to hide option and maybe an upvote thing to possibly. Not sure if thats a hard thing to do for Dain, but seems like a neat idea. Regardless the faq addition is for the better .

Well, I remember a thread concerning a like/dislike feature and people didn't seem to like it.
I figure if the mods can just hide it period then that should be really easy to add.
But it's up to Dain. Either way or both is cool.

Hey, let's not get carried away here.  But at least let me over take NGD before we do away with the post count.

Though honestly, I haven't done much nonsensical posting.  It's usually the teens / younger 20s crowd that does the .gif and "Cool Story Bro".  I'm closing in on 30!

We joined at around the same time Jim! Don't b hatin cause you're a slack ass!

I don't think removing the post count is going to deter many people from making a comment like "cool story bro". I think we need to have a group that will go to your home and rough you up like on Jay and Silent Bob.

Oh and I've watched WWF and WCW since I was like 5 so I'm pretty bad A if I may say

What NA needs is an age verification process like Leisure Suit Larry... to keep out the legions of 14yr. olds affiliated with places like 4chan.

it's great that you're considering keeping threads on topic and curtailing the nonsense- when I first asked that this be the standard, about three years ago, I was assailed with "[posts] can't all be about nes" (by a mod) and i was a little put off.

since then i've watched the "everything else" forum turn into a shitstorm of pointless conversations ranging from everything to else which degrade into thread craps, insults, and the like. so, I took my own advice, "if you don't like it- don't read it."

As the garbage posts spread to the rest of the forum, as new users posted up instead of searching, as people competed for post counts or felt the need to compulsively post "totally, bro" on every post and i rarely checked in.

we're bumping up against the classic rock radio station problem- you don't have any new songs to play, so yr recycling the same problems- in our case the same collecting ideas, same cleaning questions, same everything (well, there is SOME new stuff- I LOVE the brewery!!!!!!!!!!!).

so, i can't believe i'm even writing this, maybe it's good people are who they are, write what they want, etc what they etc. they're energetic, willing to talk about the hobby, make friends, trade, buy, sell. they bring life to the forum.

I love collecting, I love playing and i love creating, and I've been on long enough to get the info I want for the hobby and know how to ignore the crap I don't want/need. When a lot of the mods were new, they were thread crapping annoying pwning trolling snobs just like whats-his-face is today. you know, the guy who registered in july of last year and has 14k posts. I hate that dude.

anyway, since the FAQ update was a post, I decided to join the convo. now back to focusing on what's important: contra.

I think new user registrations should be automatically directed to a full NA FAQ, that they must check a box and agree to. I personally violated a few rules early on. It's hard for new members to read all of the sticky threads when they're so excited to post on such an awesome forum.

I myself am guilty of posting in the example thread and i want to apologize publicly to all, no malice was intended i was just having fun and i would like to think that i am not the kind of new member making trouble for anyone. I have enjoyed using this site and plan on continuing to enjoy it with all the other members who share our common interests. If i may add my 2 cents on the topic what i think is useless is when you open a post and there is a 5 word sentence with some type of link to useless info. Here's to looking forward to more fun and a friendly site for all.

Maybe take it a step further and do a multiple choice quiz.

If you don't get 7 out of 10 you fail, and you are automatically directed to digitpress.

10/10 - You're in.
9,8,7/10 - Redirect to DP
6,5,4/10 - Redirect to GameFAQs
3,2,1/10 - Redirect to Reddit/r/Gaming
0/10 - Redirect to battymo's NA (if it still exists)

I don't see a need to apologize. You never harmed or bothered anyone. It's all in fun.

Just trying to keep the peace , i dont want to make the wrong impression

Congrats on sucking the fun out of NA..

Thanks for your winning positive attitude!