The Constructive Ideas Thread

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Trollheart

On Lisnaholic's point on tore's weekly themes, I have to say, I don't get it. I looked and all I saw was some posts leading to Wiki articles. Can someone please explain this to me, as as it stands I simply don't see what's being done.

You know why you can't find it? It wasn't Tore's weekly theme threads. It was Pedo's themed threads that she would put up.

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Finally, this is no biggy, and may seem like a band-aid in order to fix a broken leg, but I have twice suggested that tore´s Weekly Theme thread be revived. So far nobody has dignified this suggestion with a reply - at this stage, even a rejection would be welcome !!

You had the wrong member maybe that's why people didn't realize what you were talking about.

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

The red editing was a joke and it was applied by Neo. Not the mods unless they did come along later on and edited his post.

Earlier, it was mentioned that there should be some editing out, though! Neo's joke was in reference to that AND the trolling convo, if I'm not mistaken.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by Arya Stark

Earlier, it was mentioned that there should be some editing out, though! Neo's joke was in reference to that AND the trolling convo, if I'm not mistaken.

yes he's effective with his jokes. They are multi-layered.

[Burning Down]

Originally Posted by Arya Stark

Earlier, it was mentioned that there should be some editing out, though! Neo's joke was in reference to that AND the trolling convo, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah I believe Neapolitan edited his own post - taking the troll out of Trollheart as a joke

[Arya Stark]

I really do miss those weekly theme threads! Was it weekly or were they monthly?

I feel like I heard about a lot of new music and got to share some stuff that people didn't know I listened to!
For a while, Mojo was doing them too, if I'm not mistaken.

There was a lot of sharing going on there, it was so great.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

Finally, this is no biggy, and may seem like a band-aid in order to fix a broken leg, but I have twice suggested that tore´s Weekly Theme thread be revived. So far nobody has dignified this suggestion with a reply - at this stage, even a rejection would be welcome !!

I'll be happy to start those back up if people are interested. They never seemed to see much action unfortunately.

[Arya Stark]

I'm thinking of the right threads, right Jans? The ones that Mojo was doing for a while and would post youtube videos of examples?

Or is that a different one??

[sopsych]

I hadn't commented on the Member of the Week/Month idea because I was hoping it would go away. Please dispose - it won't help and is drawing attention away from better suggestions.

Re "troll" and variations thereof, okay then, just cut down on usage of the word (moderators lead the way). But please delete pictures of the creatures.

My idea that no one should dislike:
Track down interesting old music threads that are long, have been active within the past three years, mostly stay on topic, are low in conflict, and possibly could be discussed anew. Then make an index to those threads in a sticky in the General Music sub-forum. Also, anyone could personally bump those threads, if there's something worthwhile to add.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Arya Stark

I'm thinking of the right threads, right Jans? The ones that Mojo was doing for a while and would post youtube videos of examples?

Or is that a different one??

Your description sounds like it. It was started by Tore and i think both Mojo snd Pedestrian may have run it for while.

[Lisnaholic]

Yes, dj, I got a laugh out of Neopolitan´s " ****heart " joke too, but I was actually refering to this idea of editing that tore and VEGANGELICA have mentioned:-

Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA

I liked this idea, which you also described in the previous thread:

"When things are about to turn hostile, I would like more often to see a friendly reminder to not let things escalate. On other forums, I've sometimes seen moderators edit users threads and leave notices in the bottom of the posts saying something like "Offensive remarks removed. Please refrain from name-calling and the like in the future" along with a reference or link to the rules. On that forum, when you see that colour in a post, you know it's probably put there by a mod."

Sorry if I haven´t explained the Weekly Thread idea very well, Trollheart.
This link here, http://www.musicbanter.com/announcem...-calendar.html
made by tore, is just the index or calendar of events. The idea is that you can look for the up-coming weekly theme or (in some cases) follow the attached link to a thread that occured in a previous week. To my knowledge, it was Pedestrian who always opened up a thread each week, which could be found in the appropriate forum. First time I "met" Janszoon was when Pedestrian opened up an "It´s Latin Week!" thread in the world forum.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I'll be happy to start those back up if people are interested. They never seemed to see much action unfortunately.

^ That´s a kind offer, Janszoon; probably best to see if any real enthusiasm is evident here before spending too much time on it. I´d offer to help myself, but I´m already feeling guilty about the amount of time I spend on this infernal, contrary and addictive website !