question for moderators

[Frank "The PREZ" Hirst]

Why is it that threads celebrating new life, or those wishing a happy birthday to someone surviving major heart surgery get moved to off topic forum while threads asking for prayers for deceased get to stay? Doesn't seem fair to me. Its all or nothing.

Happy birthday mike griffin.

Congrads Doug and Christina casto.

[Pete & Tim]

That is a real good question. I wish I thought of that.

[Kurt Howgate]

Oh my god, do we really have to go through this again?

I mean, really.

[Coley Jones]

lolz

[BigDaddyJoe™]

admin said:

Oh my god, do we really have to go through this again?

I mean, really.

[Karen Bean]

admin said:

Oh my god, do we really have to go through this again?

I mean, really.

Kurt, for those of us who seem to be missing what is and isn't acceptable to you for posting on the Main Forum, could we please go through this again?

It seems some days birthday wishes, births, deaths, illnesses, etc are acceptable. But other times they are not. I personally posted the Happy Birthday to Mike Griffin yesterday and it didn't even last 30 minutes on the Main Forum before you moved it to Off Topic. Considering there had been numerous Birthday wishes expressed over the past few weeks on the Main Forum, I thought this was acceptable.

Is the Main Forum NOT for all things pertaining to armwrestling and armwrestlers? And if it is NOT, could you please list what topics are and are not acceptable so we all don't continue to make the same mistakes and wonder why our topics have been moved. Plus it will alleviate extra work for you in not having to move topics.

I could not find anywhere on the board where it states what exactly the Main Forum is for. I did however find where you posted what the Off Topic Forum is set up to be used for and have pasted it below.

About this 'Off-Topic Forum'
« Thread Started on Jun 6, 2004, 9:28pm »

I have added this forum for discussions involving anything outside of armwrestling, such as sports, movies, TV, hobbies, careers, etc, etc.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but based on what is listed above, aren't every day life happenings pertaining to armwrestlers "inside" armwrestling and not "outside" of it? Personally, I think it's a shame if birthday wishes, new life celebrations/congratulations, illnesses, deaths, etc concerning fellow armwrestlers are basically to be hidden on an Off Topic Forum.

I just think it would be much easier on all of us and yourself if you would be so kind as to give us the specifics as to how we should use each Forum. Maybe even sticky a topic of Forum Procedures or something of that nature so everyone will know now and in the future. Then, maybe we'll give you less headaches in moving topics and explaining things to us.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Kurt Howgate]

There are several lengthy threads about this issue buried on the board, somewhere.
Feel free to search for them....they should answer your questions.

I haven't been proactive lately in moving stuff to the off-topic forum....now I am.

People should just use common sense, that is all I expect.
Birthdays, births, etc should definitely go on off-topic.
Deaths, illnesses, etc are a grey-area that requires more sensitivity, in my opinion.

Good day.

[Johnny Edwards]

I concur.

[Johnny Edwards]

With what Kurt said I mean.