Private Forum - Applications Open

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Using this thread as general discussion for this forum right now.

I'll ask this question while this subforum is still young - the last two new threads in this place feel a little forced. Do they fit in here?

EDIT: Also should we move existing 'good' threads into this place? A nice place for them to be archived and it prevents noobbumps. Alternatively, is a thread for "list of useful threads" something that would fit in well here?
 
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Kirjava said:
Alternatively, is a thread for "list of useful threads" something that would fit in well here?
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I'd put a list of useful threads in the main section, that way every member could contribute, and you only need to have one person compiling everything into the first post. Spam wouldn't be an issue and it would be a lot quicker to get every good thread with more people helping.
 
Ok so.

Four people brought up that fact that they didn't want someone added. Statue went and added him anyway.

I thought it was supposed to be up to the group to decide who is a member, not a single moderator?
 
An admin deleted them without me even asking. It's worth listening to what people have to say instead of ignoring them.

Something that is done on another forum I visit is that members are suggested in a certain thread and are not added until people have given their opinions on the user. Maybe this could work after the initial bulk of members has been created.
 
Might be too much work, but we could have a sub-forum called 'Private Forum Member Applications' (open to all users). There people could create their own thread and state why they think they deserve to be given access to the private forum. Others could reply and give their feedback. If this were implemented it should certainly not count toward post count.
 
I'm not claiming to be a useful contributor or that I have any say. But, wasn't the point to be careful with this? Someone begs and complains a lot and is let in. Is that how things should be?
 
Athefre said:
I'm not claiming to be a useful contributor or that I have any say. But, wasn't the point to be careful with this? Someone begs and complains a lot and is let in. Is that how things should be?
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There is nothing wrong with someone explaining why they should be allowed to be in the private forum. Instead of Robs idea, where a whole new subforum is created, I do think PJK will create a cleaner and less "noisy" alternative.

Though whining and complaining (as recently done by Owen, to an extent) should not be tolerated. They should be able to rationally explain why they deserve to be in.
 
I didn't say there was something wrong with someone presenting his or her case for why he or she should be added. My worry was, as I said in my post, the acceptance only because of the begging and complaining.
 
Wouldn't it be less intrusive to just send suggestions concerning potential participants to the mods via PM for review? Hooray for the private forum, but I don't think that a mere "member recommendation" post should clog up the home page.
 
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Discussion between me and kir on the chat:

22:01:22 <+Kirjava> PatrickJameson: why are we not allowed other discussion in the thread?
22:01:33 <+Kirjava> surely you want other members to give their opinion?
22:02:20 <+PatrickJameson> hm. I suppose. should there be a waiting time for a decision to be made to give time for discussion?
22:02:35 <+Kirjava> yes
22:02:47 <+Kirjava> also I don't see why you made it so the thread doesn't hit the front page
22:02:53 <+Kirjava> that just means I have to check it manually
22:03:07 <+PatrickJameson> well if there's discussion then it would make sense to have it frontpage
22:03:13 <+Kirjava> yah
22:03:14 <+PatrickJameson> without discussion it would provide nothing
22:03:22 <+Kirjava> uh huh
22:03:30 <+Kirjava> these ideas are from another forum I'm on
22:03:34 <+Kirjava> it works really well
22:03:38 <+PatrickJameson> which forum is that?
22:03:42 <+Kirjava> a real user-generated community
22:03:47 <+Kirjava> oh
22:03:51 <+Kirjava> Sonic Retro
22:04:01 <+Kirjava> the Tech Members lounge
22:04:24 <+Kirjava> lols
22:05:06 <+PatrickJameson> Kirjava: is their discussion for the members of the lounge only?
22:05:29 <+Kirjava> yes
22:06:07 <+Kirjava> someone names someone who has sdone something good recently
22:06:19 <+Kirjava> then a few people post about what they think about them and if they should be accepted or not
22:06:29 <+PatrickJameson> ah so it's not an open thing
22:06:30 <+Kirjava> then they're either accepted or not
22:06:51 <+Kirjava> no, but it would work just as well if it was open
22:06:56 <+Kirjava> with the person suggesting themselves
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What do you guys think? How should we handle applications?
 
Whatever is decided, the application process must be done non privately so others can give their input.

I'd say have htem do an application online, but keep their files accessable via a link, and everyone can see "x and xx and xxx applied, lets' open their files and see what they have to say"

Then it can be discussed here who should/shouldn't go in.

Or perhaps they can just apply in a thread in the main part of the forum.

However it works out (those are meh ideas IMO), all the applications need to be visible to everyone.
 
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