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pca_Simon Pickstock - 12 May 2006 - 10:14pm
<p>As you will see, I've decided to bring the off-topic area back on-line. I'd like everyone to feel that they can use this area to talk about anything non mag related. </p>
<p>However, the instant anyone abuses this area, it will go, for good.</p>
<p>Simon</p>
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Audiodood - 12 May 2006 - 11:18pm<p>I would suggest creating a seperate usergroup for access to this area and putting everybody in it by default.</p>
<p>That way, if one person decides to act like a twat, they can be removed for good and everybody else can still enjoy it.</p>
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Glamdring - 12 May 2006 - 11:21pm<p>I'd agree with that.</p>
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pca_Willabong - 12 May 2006 - 11:34pm<p>That makes perfect sense!</p>
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PS - 13 May 2006 - 8:03am<p>Very pleased to see this feature back on the Forum, but agree it will have to be controlled. :D </p>
<p>We all know that some idiot will try to wreck it! :twisted:</p>
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pca_Simon Pickstock - 13 May 2006 - 9:19am<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>Audiodood wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">I would suggest creating a seperate usergroup for access to this area and putting everybody in it by default.</p>
<p>That way, if one person decides to act like a twat, they can be removed for good and everybody else can still enjoy it.</blockquote></div></p>
<p>It's one way of doing it, but I would need to add each name individually. That's a lot of people I'd need to add!</p>
<p>Simon</p>
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pca_Willabong - 13 May 2006 - 10:45am<p>Then leave it as it is, but expel anyone from PC Answers forum who abuses it.....Don't close the area because of one or two problem people! :wink:</p>
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Audiodood - 13 May 2006 - 11:23am<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>Simon Pickstock wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body"><div class="bb-quote"><b>Audiodood wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">I would suggest creating a seperate usergroup for access to this area and putting everybody in it by default.</p>
<p>That way, if one person decides to act like a twat, they can be removed for good and everybody else can still enjoy it.</blockquote></div></p>
<p>It's one way of doing it, but I would need to add each name individually. That's a lot of people I'd need to add!</blockquote></div><br />
Since when?</p>
<p>If the backend guys know SQL, a script will do the job in about a second.</p>
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pca_Simon Pickstock - 13 May 2006 - 11:26am<p>It's a long story, but the back end is run by one group of people (becasue there are so many forums to run), the front end by the PCA staff. Getting changes made to the back end is usually difficult...</p>
<p>It's just easier to change a troublemaker's profile, so that they can't post in this area, or just ban them.</p>