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Tergon:
"In the past, moderators haven't been needed much in this part of the board.  Lately, people have been kind of dicks, and the moderators have decided that they'll be more of a presence, starting now."

Seems pretty straightforward to me.

And as one of the people who's been kind of a dick (I can admit it, and I've apologised for it in other areas), I say go for it.  Sometimes I know that I just need someone to tell me to shut up, and if the mods are announcing they'll do it more vigorously in the future, then I support that.

est:
Thanks Elysiana & Tergon, they are pretty good additions/summations of my viewpoint.

The "On the Carnal Relations of Marten Reed" thread would be a good example for you Shadic, if it weren't moved into the trashbin.  However, it's probably not best to dwell on negative aspects of the past.  The point is, as Tergon notes, that from here on in we (meaning me, Paul and whoever else I can cajole into the project) want to be more involved in here rather than letting things run wild then coming in cussing and swinging a hammer from time to time, and I hope that in time there will be less drama involved.

Emperor Norton:

--- Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Dec 2010, 14:34 ---To my mind that covers anything that could be described as shipping, for example, of which there was an insane amount at that time.  There's plenty of discussion to be had without that.  But don't worry; if things show signs of approaching that point again, it will be made clear.

--- End quote ---

While I get most of what is being said here. I do have a question about this here. The problem with this is... what do you define as "shipping". I mean, relationships are a pretty big part (though, not the largest imo) of the webcomic. Its kind of hard to discuss the comic with out discussing the possibility of future relationships in the series. I liked the Angus/Faye dynamic long before they were really a couple in the comic, and in a way, that could be considered shipping. Hell, Dora in the COMIC seemed to be shipping them. So how is that creepy of me?

And honestly some of the other comments were JOKES. For instance the post that you linked of Shadic's where he said the thing about Sven and Marten. I doubt he seriously thought that. Are jokes about it also disallowed?

Overall, if that's the way people want to run it, whatever, I just think its good to be more specific so that people can actually understand what you mean.

Is it cold in here?:
pwhodges did say "please try to keep it[speculation] realistic to the characters".

Testing my understanding, then, is it like this?
RIGHT: "I wonder if Jeph is setting us up for Dale and Marigold to become an item someday. They share a common interest, and the conflict we've seen between them is a standard part of a boy-meets-girl plot."
WRONG: anything involving Hannelore.

pwhodges:
Jokes can offend. They may not mean to, but I hope that what is acceptable here will continue to become clearer.

Shipping.  Well, if a pairing is realistic for the characters as written, and in the situation they are in, then it may well be reasonable to discuss.  But the use of any portmanteau to describe a pairing is a big, big warning sign that offensive trivialisation is in play.  And when a post reads like [not a real example, of course]:


--- Quote ---LOL what about [insert wildly inappropriate gay or lesbian pairing] oh I am so edgy LOL
--- End quote ---

a line has not merely been crossed, but is out of sight in the distance.  In the recent flare-up, there were posts that felt somewhat like that to me.

EDIT: 
Is it cold in here? has the idea, I would say.

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