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Lolita Marinez
Lolita Marinez
Sleuth About Town

Mar-1-2009 04:22

I have no idea if this is the right place to post this and I also haven't checked whether it has been said before but here goes anyway.

I think it would be so much easier if we could search within a thread for a keyword. I did a search for info on equipment and I got masses of Detective Agency Recruiting. I knew the answer to my question wouldn't be there. If the search engine appeared at the top of each thread instead of only on the whole list of message board it would help a great deal.

And my other gripe at the moment after having to trawl through pages and pages of information that I either already know or don't need to know yet, is the amount of "This reply has been deleted by a Moderator".

Couldn't you just delete the post entirely. Obviously they were either being unhelpful, rude or double posting, so why do we need to see that they posted something. The Welcome Newbies has pages where there are maybe 2 or 3 posts and a whole screen of "deleted". What's the point. Delete them entirely please!

Cheers, Lolita Marinez

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Lolita Marinez
Lolita Marinez
Sleuth About Town

Mar-1-2009 14:26

And as an afterthought, having written my original post at 1am in the morning and returning to find that I left out ? question marks and other grammatical editing.......

An "Edit my post" function would be good too please.

Thankyou

Lolita

Secret_Squirrel
Secret_Squirrel
Safety Officer

Mar-1-2009 14:36

Trawling is dangerous - I've seen the Deadliest Catch!

Lolita Marinez
Lolita Marinez
Sleuth About Town

Mar-1-2009 14:46

Hehehehehe. Thanks Secret Squirrel. I have also seen that show and you are correct. Very dangerous indeed.

But very lucrative if you manage to find what you are looking for. Luckily last night I found right place and managed to catch the right information to help me on my way.

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Mar-1-2009 14:52

Chuckles at Squirrel....

The Search function on these boards isn't the greatest, agreed, Lolita. Unfortunately, it isn't all that old. Before that, we didn't have anything at all--we had to search for stuff manually. Major, major ick.

As for the "Deleted by a Moderator" stuff, yes, they're annoying also. But unlike many other sites, those posts aren't permanently deleted. The Moderators delete them from the Main Boards, but they are saved elsewhere (chuckles again at Squirrel).

One improvement many of us are hoping for sometime soon is that the search functions could be improved, and that editing functions could be implemented into reply tabs. We don't know when or if it will ever happen, but many of us do have that on the Community Christmas Wish List, so to speak. ;-)

nicnic
nicnic
Battered Shoe

Mar-1-2009 15:00

I think I trawled last Saturday night. I wouldn't recommend it.

Lolita- I'm not sure who your post is directed at, as both Cordelia and I answered your questions by explaining how the boards worked. I'm failing to see how you interpreted that someone took offense to your post. Unless maybe you weren't really looking for an answer and just wanted to either vent or immediately have your gripes taken care of by the Sleuth staff? And since you brought up touchy..... nevermind.

On a side note, in Sleuth Noir, either saying explicitly or implying that the moderators are not doing a good job will not solicit much of a positive response on the boards. That being said, I don't see how you feel that you have fallen victim to this phenomenon. Cordelia politely reminded you that the mods are volunteers. I'm not sure if that is what got you worked up.

Lolita Marinez
Lolita Marinez
Sleuth About Town

Mar-1-2009 15:04

Maybe we need a sticky post titled "Community Wish List". LOL

Lolita Marinez
Lolita Marinez
Sleuth About Town

Mar-1-2009 15:17

Wow. *Note to self. They can't see you smile on a message board.

I wasn't implying that anyone was or wasn't doing a good job. I was asking a question.

I did feel a little reprimanded by Cordelia and I felt that she had taken my questions as an attack on the moderators so I apologized. I know that most moderators are volunteers and I did say "please" in my original post so I guess I was a little miffed that she felt I needed to be reprimanded. I do try to be polite most of the time but I must also remember that many people interpret the written word differently than it's original intent.

I meant no offense to anyone. Thankyou for taking the time to respond and answer my questions. I do appreciate the effort.

Lolita

Breitkat
Breitkat
Pinball Amateur

Mar-1-2009 16:48

Thanks for the apology, Lolita. I'm sure the Mods appreciate your sincerity. They tend to get a bad rap a lot of the time. ;-)

Yes, it's been noted for quite a while now that many of our Staff are no longer active here on Noir, for whatever reason. Many people here do feel that there prob'ly does need to be some changes, but the only ones who can do that are Admin. Up til now, again, for whatever reason, they've opted not to.

One way or the other, it makes you appreciate the ones who are here even more.... (Three macadamias to Squirrel!! ;-D )

Cordelia Falco
Cordelia Falco
Battered Shoe

Mar-2-2009 01:06

Sorry if you felt that was a reprimand, Lolita. It wasn't meant to be - just a reminder. Also, it wasn't just your post I was replying to.

Like you say, the perils of the written word!

yoyofoshow
yoyofoshow
Old Shoe

Mar-2-2009 02:18

I think I trawled for the first time ever on Saturday night-definitely dangerous. The community isnt very active now so I dont think we need a lot of mods but we do have many good candidates waiting who deserve promotions.

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