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[Administrator]

jenny pink Wrote:

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> Hi,

> what is your view on animal

> products...ie.skin,fur,teeth

>

> regards

> Jenny

The forum doesn't create a market for them, and if infrequently people want to dispose of them via the forum then it's fine.

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Hello Admin.

>

> I just wondered if it was feasible for each post

> in a thread to have a number? The idea of this is

> to stop people quoting a whole bl**dy post to add

> their 3 words of comment. Instead they could quote

> number 54 or whatever.

100

[CindyA]

Hi there,

Is there a way to edit the title of a post? Need to address an update.

Thanks!

Cindy

[ianr]

Yes, the Subject line, as well as the content, is editable when you select the edit window. I assume you're wanting to change what appears in the list of threads. To do that, you just need to edit the opening post in the thread.

[lavender27]

How do I change my username, I am bored with Lavender27?

[sweetsanctuary]

Good-afternoon.

My name is Chris Joseph, owner of Sweet Sanctuary at 47 North Cross Road in East Dulwich.

I would like to find out about advertising on the forum and also would like to just let people know who

we are and what we will be doing, together with opening hours for the month of December and going forward

into 2017.

Kindly advise how to proceed with this.

Many thanks

[Robert Poste's Child]

Why did you delete my posts today? As far as I know they didn't infringe any rules and you haven't informed me there were any issues with them.

[Administrator]

Because I said please stay on topic of Goose Green roundabout and you said...

"...BMW drivers do seem to be prone to aggression and lack of consideration... They're TK Maxx cars - entry level for idiots who believe that a brand name says something about you (other than you're a d1ck)."

robbin said:

"I like it - more of the same off-topic bigotry, but thinly disguised (by the first of five lines) as a serious and relevant post, in the apparent hope of avoiding The Administrator's 'amber warning indicator'!"

You said: "Tactics, my friend."

Admittedly I have got out of bed on the wrong side today especially after the spam attack last night, and so spending time clearing up after them means I don't have time for people who should know better. And I really don't have time to go round telling people they've infringed rules or polite requests.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Administrator Wrote:

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> Because I said please stay on topic of Goose Green

> roundabout and you said...

>

> "...BMW drivers do seem to be prone to aggression

> and lack of consideration... They're TK Maxx cars

> - entry level for idiots who believe that a brand

> name says something about you (other than you're a

> d1ck)."

>

> robbin said:

>

> "I like it - more of the same off-topic bigotry,

> but thinly disguised (by the first of five lines)

> as a serious and relevant post, in the apparent

> hope of avoiding The Administrator's 'amber

> warning indicator'!"

>

> You said: "Tactics, my friend."

>

> Admittedly I have got out of bed on the wrong side

> today especially after the spam attack last night,

> and so spending time clearing up after them means

> I don't have time for people who should know

> better. And I really don't have time to go round

> telling people they've infringed rules or polite

> requests.

Yet you seem to have targeted only me and not other people posting similar comments in this and other threads, which appears random and inconsistent. I assumed robbin's post was a joke and responded in kind. Mine also included a comment about a BMW driver who I ended up reporting to the police, so hardly bigotry. I see you also deleted my subsequent post in the thread asking why it happened.

[Administrator]

How do you know I only targeted you and not others in this and other threads? Why do you think I am targeting you alone?

Maybe other irrelevant posts were removed and the affected users just thought fair enough and got on with their lives.

[Alan Medic]

Admin, do you get fed up of people starting threads in this section to ask you a question, when this thread exists?

[Administrator]

Hi Alan, not really. This thread is a useful beacon to those who understand the basic fundamentals of life however I'd be daft to ignore that there's always those who want to make their own mark. Nonconformity isn't a bad thing, in fact it's a great thing, but sometimes it is a bit selfish for people to do things "because they can" that interfere with others, like uneccesarily driving in the middle lane of the motorway which does annoy me.

But no, a new post in this section asking me a question ain't so bad.

[Rob tolfts]

I don't seem to be able to post in the local trades section, I wanted to leave a recommendation for a local plumber who did some work for us, do I need to do something different?

[bargee99]

Hi Admin,

You recently said that resetting new posts would speed up the website. I now do this regularly. However, I can only see a way to do this separately for every section. Is there a global button to reset them all that I have missed. If not, would it be possible to add one to the home page unless there is a technical reason for not doing so. Thanks.

[Administrator]

Hi bargee99

I ve just had a go at installing a handy link that would do that, but it doesn't work. I'll try again later and let you know if I have any luck.

[bargee99]

Thanks very much for your impressive speedy response. Good luck.

[bargee99]

Hi Admin, I apologise if my request for a general reset new posts button is causing you problems and making hundreds of old posts appearing as new ones at the moment. I've admin'd a small website and know they can be quirky things at best.

[Alan Medic]

Hi Admin,

I think your forum clock might be out by about 10-15 minutes.

[Administrator]

Time test - posting this at 16:30

[Administrator]

All sorted now, thanks for letting me know.

And bargee99, I've not done anything with the system since you've asked but it did give me a nudge in the direction of spring cleaning the forum, upgrading, making it mobile friendly etc. We're working on it in the background so stay tuned.

[Alan Medic]

Hi Admin,

In what must have been a semi asleep mode, I thought I read a PM sent to me. Next time I looked it wasn't there. Is that possible? I'm not likely to have deleted it.

[Administrator]

Hi

Anything's possible; you could have deleted it by mistake, you could have been logged on as another user then logged on again as a different user on a different device but not realised and expected to see the message. The system doesn't delete PMs without warning though.

[Alan Medic]

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1685726,page=1

Any chance of something similar for the GE Admin? There is a thread asking which way people will vote. Someone mentioned that any Conservatives or UKIPers in the area would probably avoid the thread. This would give people the chance to say something anonymously.

PS Not that I would vote for either

[Administrator]

Hi

I was thinking about that yesterday... we will do it, which parties to put on there? Just the Southwark ones covering East Dulwich and when? Probably a week or so before the election.

[Alan Medic]

I'd say put all the major parties in. It might be more interesting doing it sooner rather than later. If I remember

correctly people could change their vote. With this we might see swings over a period of time. Anyway, it's your baby. Thanks.