Forum Rule #7

[XOR LX]

Re the recent addition to Mod/Admin requests to OPs along the lines of:

"This thread should receive no further responses until this moderation request is fulfilled, as per Forum Rule 7"

Good idea! Should reduce the number of "infractions" considerably!

[TMS]

Should reduce the number of "infractions" considerably!

Yes, but only if it is seen/noticed. You would still need to refresh the thread if you've spent some time working on the solution.

[Fotis1991]

Yes, but only if it is seen/noticed. You would still need to refresh the thread if you've spent some time working on the solution.

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[ragulduy]

I'd be suprised if any infractions have been given out for people deliberately breaking rule #7.

[XOR LX]

Perhaps not "deliberately", but this contributor is someone who got one for that very reason!

[Fotis1991]

Perhaps not "deliberately", but this contributor is someone who got one for that very reason!

Me too here.

[XOR LX]

LOL! Did you give the infraction to yourself?

[Fotis1991]

Not get

I was only for a month in the forum and i replied to OP, 3 minutes after Roy's request.

[XOR LX]

Haha! I reckon some Mods/Admins would get you after 3 seconds, nevermind minutes!!

[daddylonglegs]

I'd be suprised if any infractions have been given out for people deliberately breaking rule #7.

Hello ragulduy - weren't you yudlugar in a previous life - what gives?

[ragulduy]

Yes, I wanted to limit google hits for searching "yudlugar" to this forum, so I asked for it to be changed.

[TMS]

@DLL: thanks for asking the question; that's been bugging me too. Checked the member's list a couple of times thinking I'd misspelled it!

[daddylonglegs]

back on topic.....

I reckon some Mods/Admins would get you after 3 seconds, nevermind minutes!!

That's true.

I would never give an infraction for this in the first instance, only for persistent infringement. I'd be inclined initially to post another response in the thread - giving the offender the chance to explain/retract/ apologise. To my mind that's sensible moderating, rather than making a small issue into a bigger one.

[TMS]

@DLL:

making a small issue into a bigger one.

I think a lot of that used to happen ... not so much now, AFAIAA.

[Fotis1991]

@DLL:

I think a lot of that used to happen ... not so much now, AFAIAA.

Why happens this according your opinion Trevor?

[TMS]

@Fotis: not sure I understand the question

I am not aware of as many infractions being doled out these days ... at least, I'm not noticing them so much on the profiles. And it's a long while since I had one, but I'm pretty sure all the people that were giving them out (to me) are not active on the forum these days. And maybe I get treated more gently ... ?

[Fotis1991]

My English again...Apologize!

Yes you answered exactly to what i tried.. to ask.

[daffodil11]

I too fell victim to the mighty 'mod has posted since I started reading this post.'

https://www.excelforum.com/showthread.php?t=941154

Now I never post without first launching a 2nd window to verify that the post is still good to go.

[tony h]

One ** the things I like about this form is that it is friendly. Personally when I notice (usually the missing code tags) I PM the poster to tell them but I don't want to upset the flow ** my response. Things seem to be more moderate now but a few years ago after a spate ** over authoritarian actions by a mod I decided to stay away. It was three years later I came back.

[xladept]

Our loss Tony and a darned shame!

[FDibbins]

I got 1 a while back for "ignoring a mod"...
http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...ml#post2704691
lol