Some suggestions

[Diana]

Hi Admin and mods... here are a couple of suggestions for the forum

Could we have 'pinned' threads for the following topics:

1) SRK - Trivia - (interesting facts) - sometimes there are just 2 line articles which don't merit opening separate threads (for example: The fact that KJo's Kurban originally had SRK in the starcast) - we can post all such tidbits in the Trivia thread.

2) A common "BIRTHDAY WISHES" thread for members' birthdays, so we don't have to open a new thread to wish each and every member.

Others are welcome to add their own suggestions and hope the above are considered for application.

Thanks :)

[palacerani]

The trivia is a good idea but I think birthdays are very important days and it's nice for members to have their own threads for a day. :)

[Bonita_SRKFAN]

A thread where people can post something that happen good in their lives and we all can show our happiness for them. Like a Congrats Thread...or do we have that here already:hmm:

[Diana]

A thread where people can post something that happen good in their lives and we all can show our happiness for them. Like a Congrats Thread...or do we have that here already:hmm:

Yes you are right Mish :), not just congrats, any chit-chat/personal news - basically all the off-topic stuff we can't post in other threads.

[Reggiana]

Yes you are right Mish :), not just congrats, any chit-chat/personal news - basically all the off-topic stuff we can't post in other threads.

I would have thought that was precisely the point of the "Anything goes" sub-forum...

[Diana]

I would have thought that was precisely the point of the "Anything goes" sub-forum...

Yes, but instead of members opening separate threads every time they have something personal to share , it would be nice to have a common thread where we can just kinda chit-chat, greet, and talk with other members, NOT only on any particular topic .. just in general

It can be like a chat-room kind of thread.

[palacerani]

I remember opening one long back but it got no response so I closed it.

[Gosha]

The trivia is a good idea but I think birthdays are very important days and it's nice for members to have their own threads for a day. :)

I could not agree more. :clap2: The individual birthday threads have been a very lovely tradition here in the forum. Made so many birthdays special. In fact, for some people this virtual celebration here in the forum is sometimes the only one that they have. So let's keep it this way. :)

[felicia]

I just want to thank you all who make this site informative and friendly giving us access to SRK. All your efforts are highly appreciated.
Thank you, thank you, thank you

[Diana]

Thanks for the newlook to the forum and the hard work you all put into it -

but Hollywood section is missing? or did I miss it? and "Recipes" are still there though no body has visited that section in a looooong time ! Could we have "HOllywood" back please?

[agantuk]

The new theme looks good. However, a wider page would have been better :) I am checking the User CP meanwhile to see if there is some option there. I believe it has to do with the theme

[palacerani]

Thanks for the newlook to the forum and the hard work you all put into it -

but Hollywood section is missing? or did I miss it? and "Recipes" are still there though no body has visited that section in a looooong time ! Could we have "HOllywood" back please?

we've had to streamline things a bit. So 'games' and 'HW' have been axed. Sorry folks. :)

[River_Panthera]

What about a sub forum for hollywod in anything goes section- like the tv shows forum- in fact we don't really need tv shows or recipes.
Or have it mixed with the bollywood forum?

[Diana]

What about a sub forum for hollywod in anything goes section- like the tv shows forum- in fact we don't really need tv shows or recipes.
Or have it mixed with the bollywood forum?

Yeah, that would be something- having it as a subforum with BW, - instead of axing it COMPLETELY. Thanks Ruta, I think HW was a popular forum with lots of us -

and - we DON'T need recipes and TV shows

Hope the admins will reconsider.

[SRKFanatic]

We'll discuss your suggestions, thanks for letting us know how you feel.

I'm a bit unhappy with the width of the forum as well, but for people who don't maximize their browsers, this is as wide as we can go without messing with the settings those people have. Something like that. Ask Mary what I'm talking about, because I'm not sure I do. :P

[maryah]

Reema tells me the width of the forum table is 900 pixels. According to statistics, there are many many people in the world who are still using monitors with a maximum width of 1024. So you can see, a 900 pixel width would just fit comfortably in that monitor, allowing a little for the borders.

That being said, this skin is supposed to allow for a flexible width that changes when you widen or maximize your browser, not fixed like it is now. I don't know why it's not doing that, but I think if we dig into it, we can find out why. :)

http://www.noamdesign.com/blog/screen-resolution-statistics/

http://www.webpagemistakes.ca/most-common-screen-resolution/

[palacerani]

Yeah, that would be something- having it as a subforum with BW, - instead of axing it COMPLETELY. Thanks Ruta, I think HW was a popular forum with lots of us -

and - we DON'T need recipes and TV shows

Hope the admins will reconsider.

Let's not say 'we' and speak for others please. :)

All suggestions will be taken into consideration.

[pagalmariam]

(hope its the right place)

May i ask (without wanting to criticise) why it was neccessary to change everything so radikaly?
I always liked the fact that the forum had only the topics without pics in the front. (Apart from other forums where you get hit by pics, banners, sounds etc) Because the topics and posts are basicly the most important things.
I like the welcome-part in the top of the site - it looks very great. But the pics for the several sub-forums... - isn't that a bit too much?
Please don't understand it wrong. I appreciate the work on the new look - its just a bit confusing...

[SRKFanatic]

Forum width issue has been fixed. :)

[SRKFanatic]

May i ask (without wanting to criticise) why it was neccessary to change everything so radikaly?
I always liked the fact that the forum had only the topics without pics in the front. (Apart from other forums where you get hit by pics, banners, sounds etc) Because the topics and posts are basicly the most important things.
I like the welcome-part in the top of the site - it looks very great. But the pics for the several sub-forums... - isn't that a bit too much?
Please don't understand it wrong. I appreciate the work on the new look - its just a bit confusing...
Because it was time for a change. ;)

I'll look into icons we can use instead of pics for the topics. If I find something nice, we'll change it. :)

[agantuk]

Forum width issue has been fixed. :)
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Well, almost :D I was almost about to say YES, when I got a horizontal scroll on the Reply page :)

[SRKFanatic]

^ That's because of the smilies. Will fix that too. :)

[maryah]

Forum width issue has been fixed. :)

Good for you, Reema! :D I knew you could do it!

[pagalmariam]

Because it was time for a change. ;)
oookay, got it! :D :thumbsup:

I'll look into icons we can use instead of pics for the topics. If I find something nice, we'll change it. :)
Would be nice! :) :aww:
... and if not - i'm ok also, as long as you don't put up banners with sounds and so on! :D

[palacerani]

Would be nice! :) :aww:
... and if not - i'm ok also, as long as you don't put up banners with sounds and so on! :D

It's been changed. :)

[pagalmariam]

It's been changed. :)

Great!!!! :clap2:
Am very satisfied!!! :)

[Diana]

Thanks for bringing back Hollywood forum :)

[sandidi]

don't need Hollywood, DO need recipes! :twocents: there are plenty of other forums for Hollywood elsewhere...

[Reggiana]

don't need Hollywood, DO need recipes! :twocents: there are plenty of other forums for Hollywood elsewhere...

:exactly: Agree completely; notice have waved the I as well as the royal WE... :P

Congratulations on the new layout, it's very pleasing to the eye. Will test it further.
I think around 300 of my posts have gone AWOL; I was not posting as much as before lately but I'm pretty sure I had reached the magic 3K.

[palacerani]

Both HW and recipes are back. Glad to see y'all are happy. Notice waived the I and We. :D


@Elly - Fixed it for you. :)

[Reggiana]

Thank you Uma. Efficient as ever :bow:

[sandidi]

Both HW and recipes are back. Glad to see y'all are happy. Notice waived the I and We. :D


@Elly - Fixed it for you. :)

thanks Uma - now, to get rid of Hollywood & all will be perfect :escape::rofl:

[SRKFanatic]

^ If you don't find the section necessary, then just stay away. Easy as that. :)

[sandidi]

^ If you don't find the section necessary, then just stay away. Easy as that. :)

just thinking of storage space on the site, that's all :wink:

[River_Panthera]

Thanks for bringing Hollywood back!

By the way, I didn't mean to offend anyone when I said 'in fact we don't really need tv shows or recipes'
I just said 'we' naturally...i mean it just sort of came out that way-- it wasn't a conscious decision. I wasn't meaning to speak for anyone else- I didn't think about how it might sound- one of the bad things about communicating on the internet.

Sorry about that! :oops:

[palacerani]

Thanks for bringing Hollywood back!

By the way, I didn't mean to offend anyone when I said 'in fact we don't really need tv shows or recipes'
I just said 'we' naturally...i mean it just sort of came out that way-- it wasn't a conscious decision. I wasn't meaning to speak for anyone else- I didn't think about how it might sound- one of the bad things about communicating on the internet.

Sorry about that! :oops:

It's ok. :) Now everyone's got what they want.

[Gangsta]

Do we have the full archives back yet? :D

[Gosha]

Many huge thanks and congratulations on this new layout! It is so much easier on the eyes - at least my permanently tired eyes from long work hours -
I for one would have not missed Hollywood, but since it is here, that's fine too. :)

[SRKFanatic]

Do we have the full archives back yet? :D
Oh sorry, I forgot about that. I'll look in to it. :)

[maryah]

Full archives of what???

[SRKFanatic]

Bala, what's visible is it. I think we may have purged posts from before '07, probably due to space.

[Reggiana]

Thanks for putting the links to SRKPagali.net and SRKFanatic.net :thumbsup: It makes my lazy life much easier :D

[Gangsta]

Bala, what's visible is it. I think we may have purged posts from before '07, probably due to space.

Oh dude, thats a bummer, but thanks for checking. :thumbsup:

Thanks for putting the links to SRKPagali.net and SRKFanatic.net :thumbsup: It makes my lazy life much easier :D

Yeah yeah, but do I have to own the site before I get to...? :P

[Gangsta]

One other suggestion I have is - I see that the homepage is gone and srk.org has now shifted focus to being primarily a discussion forum. Nice. This means that the access to the gallery is gone. Which then means that we will have to go to srkfanatic.net for pics and srkpagali.net for videos. It is nice to have cleared the clutter here for sure. But given the owners are all the same anyway, can you guys port the user data from here to these websites so we are not forced to create authentications for each one all over again? We could use the login from here to access stuff there.

This is probably asking for too much, but hey don't ask don't get. So, single sign-on for all 3? Feasible?

[maryah]

I can't speak for Reema (does srkfanatic.net even have a login process?), but as far as srkpagali.net is concerned... no, sorry, not feasible. You only have to sign up once, it's easy, no email confirmation even needed, you can tell your browser to remember the password if you want to.

[SRKFanatic]

No login process for mine. Open to everyone. :)

[Gangsta]

Arite, I got one more suggestion. Please? :D Can we put in a rule so that you cannot have more than 2 consecutive posts in a thread? I think the forum badly needs it to keep things neat and uncluttered.

[maryah]

That's already been our policy, if not written in the rules. We're always merging member's posts together into one. But people will be people..... they forget.

[SRKFanatic]

Arite, I got one more suggestion. Please? :D Can we put in a rule so that you cannot have more than 2 consecutive posts in a thread? I think the forum badly needs it to keep things neat and uncluttered.

Now that I have more control over the forum (:D) I'll look for mods to do certain things, and one of the things on my list is double posting, because it bothers me immensely. :)

[Gangsta]

Don't get me wrong Mary, I am a HUGE fan of keeping moderation at a minimum, something that has worked extremely well so far. :thumbsup: I'm just suggesting we put it in as a rule, have the forum not allow it at all, so it helps even the forgetful ones. It will also reduce the burden on the mods and admins.

Edit: Nice. Thanks Reema.

[maryah]

Reema, is it possible to set the forum that way, so it doesn't allow consecutive posts by the same member?

[Kiran01]

Reema, is it possible to set the forum that way, so it doesn't allow consecutive posts by the same member?


but whats happen if somebody uploads more than 5 pics ?

[agantuk]

Instead of restricting users from posting two consecutive posts, and forcing them to use the EDIT option, how about including a post merger? The forum is running on vb3, and there are many add ins which allow to do this.*

[maryah]

but whats happen if somebody uploads more than 5 pics ?

Yeah, that's a good point. We wouldn't want to disable that.

[pagalmariam]

Another Question, though i don't believe its possible...!
I always use the "new-posts"-button, because its the easiest to get access to all whats new. But in the list of the new-posts are always threads which i'm not interestet in at all. So, my question is, if its possible to make a pre-choice which sections i'm interested in, and want to have in my new-post-list. Like i don't want all the off-topic-sections, or bollywood-sections...! Sometimes i'm interested, but then i go directly.

Is there any way?

[maryah]

Another Question, though i don't believe its possible...!
I always use the "new-posts"-button, because its the easiest to get access to all whats new. But in the list of the new-posts are always threads which i'm not interestet in at all. So, my question is, if its possible to make a pre-choice which sections i'm interested in, and want to have in my new-post-list. Like i don't want all the off-topic-sections, or bollywood-sections...! Sometimes i'm interested, but then i go directly.

Is there any way?

I know that you can subscribe to specific threads... but as far as I know, you can't subscribe to just certain forum sections. Here's how I manage it though, and I know other people who do the same: Use the 'New Posts' button, view the threads you're interested in, then under 'Quick Links', choose 'Mark Forums Read'. Works fine for me. :)

One advantage - at least if something comes up in Off-Topic/Bollywood sections, you'll know it exists without having to go there directly.

[pagalmariam]

^ok, thank you mary. I will do that! :)

[Gangsta]

Instead of restricting users from posting two consecutive posts, and forcing them to use the EDIT option, how about including a post merger? The forum is running on vb3, and there are many add ins which allow to do this.*

Yeah, that would definitely work. Only question I have is - would that end up showing under a "New Posts" search? I really don't want it to, that's what my request started about :D

[agantuk]

It won't, because a post merge is an edit as opposed to a new post.

[River_Panthera]

Can we put in a rule so that you cannot have more than 2 consecutive posts in a thread? I think the forum badly needs it to keep things neat and uncluttered.

But sometimes you have to do a double post- eg say you're posting in a film thread, putting a new article, video etc, and it just so happens that you were the one who posted last on that thread. But what you're posting now is completely different.

Or another example, in the sports thread, when you are updating on scores etc, like in the French Open thread. Editing isn't always good cause it doesn't show up as new, so you would specifically have to go to the thread to find out.

There's so many other instances too like the interesting articles from around the world thread. Most of the articles are posted by Diana, so there's bound to be double posts.

[Diana]

Reema, is it possible to set the forum that way, so it doesn't allow consecutive posts by the same member?


Sorry, can you please explain this to me - about consecutive posts - do you mean consecutive posts at the same time, or what? I mean if I have posted something, and no one else has posted after me, then I can't post the next article after that?

Hope you can clear this up.

[maryah]

Nothing to worry about. I don't think we're going to change the settings, for several reasons folks have brought up.

But yes, the original problem was about people posting a thought and then a short time later creating a new post to say more, when they really should have just edited their original post. I think we can continue to live with that.

[Diana]

Thanks Maryah - because in several threads I am the ONLY one to post for long periods of time - unless someone else drops in once in a while. Merging posts would make it a mess.

Thanks again :)

[SRKFanatic]

Here's what I'm going to try to find:

On other forums, I know there are mods where you can just add a button to each post, that says 'Double Post' or something similar. If that button is clicked (by admins or mods of course, normal members wouldn't even see the button I think), then that post and the post above it is merged. That button will only show up for us if it is a double post. So, if it's like in Diana's case, and she's posting articles, then we wouldn't merge those posts. But if it's just a member who didn't use the edit button and just posted again, we would merge those. :)

[Gangsta]

Looking for something like this?

http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=233878

[SRKFanatic]

^ Something like that, but that'll do it automatically. We want the option of doing it or not.

[Gangsta]

What if we use this (or the 3.8 variants whatever applies) - http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?t=96602

and then set the waittime to something less than 24 hours. Would that work? I am surprised you already don't have an option to merge posts under Admin CP !!

[SRKFanatic]

^ Yea, that might work.

And we do have a merge option. We just have to do it manually. Checkmark the posts we want to merge, then select merge posts.

[maryah]

I think we'd run into problems with that mod, for instance in the threads where we're posting tweets on various subjects, like SRK's, Ra.One, Don2, etc. I'm often the one posting those, and there's no way to predict the time span between them. And I for one don't want them merged. Anubhav might make a couple of posts, then a couple of hours... or minutes... or days... later, Arjun might post. Those should not be merged.

I don't think it's a big enough problem to warrant adding mods, etc. It only takes a couple of moments to merge posts as it is now, and I think we should continue to leave it up to the human judgment of the admins/mods rather than making it automatic.

[palacerani]

I think we should leave it as it was and mods can manually merge the relevant posts. That way other posts which need to be consecutive, like my translations or more than 5 pics etc can be spared. Or when members post consecutively with more than a few hours difference.

[River_Panthera]

I was just reading the thread about the forum being a bit dead, and it struck me that that one of the reasons people may prefer twitter is cause you can talk about anything anytime. I mean there is no worry of going off topic and having to stop your discussion.

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I feel that mods sometimes go too far with the 'off topic' thing. I think we would get more discussions if that wasn't the case. Cause it's only natural that you start with a topic and that leads to something else and you start discussing it. Obviously if it gets out of hand or is argumentative, it makes sense for mods to step in. But for something that's just a healthy discussion and is somewhat related to the thread- eg for instance talking about an actor or director in his film thread- even if the thread isn't about the actor, I don't see why we can't go a little off topic. Also people are generally not going to create a separate thread just for a specific discussion. I remember, I wanted to add something to a discussion but since we had already been warned about going off topic, I didn't post, but I simply didnt' see the point in creating a whole new thread to post my opinion.

Also I have a suggestion of creating a chat box thread in anything goes section where you can talk about absolutely anything- what you're doing right now etc. Although I suppose the problem with this might be that people spend too much time there and not in other parts of the forum.

[pagalmariam]

my problem with a chatter box would be that then at the end you will have 5 people talking there about more private stuff, and then its ony a thread for those 5 people who are involved in that discussion. and i don't see how that would help the other members...
But maybe its too overworried...

my suggestion would be a srk-based chatter thread. one thread where you can go and say anything that comes to your mind and thats not worth to put up a single thread.
of course there would be a possibility that suddenly you see people discussion films which are better to discuss in certain sections - or other stuff that belongs to other threads...

[Diana]

Yes you are right Mish :), not just congrats, any chit-chat/personal news - basically all the off-topic stuff we can't post in other threads.


Great minds think alike Ruta, I had suggested a 'Chitchat' thread in the very beginning and still think it would be a great idea where members can just chill, chat about personal stuff (NOT only SRK-related, let's not get over-obsessed with SRK) and not worry about the ever-looming 'offtopic' warning.

[Reggiana]

^ So we can have all the idle rumours, mean gossip and other useless rehashed lies that abound on the net. :groan: No, thank you. This forum has managed to stay away from all this, it's part of its success. Let's keep it clean!

[Diana]

^ Please don't make such narrowminded,negative,degrading, unfounded assumptions and presumptions.

We are NOT interested in "idle rumours, mean gossip and other useless rehashed lies that abound on the net". There are better things to chat about among broadminded members.

Such a thread, if it every comes into existence inspite of such 'naysayers', would be a personal corner for members to chat.

[River_Panthera]

We are NOT interested in "idle rumours, mean gossip and other useless rehashed lies that abound on the net"Yes I had no intention of having that thread for gossip - I absolutely detest that stuff, but to talk about personal stuff like your pets or kids, or stuff that is not worth making a whole new thread for.
I think you misunderstood Reggiana.
Of course, it's possible that someone could use it to gossip, but I would hope that most people here are not like that, and such posts would be ignored.
Besides, mods could always delete gossipy posts.

I had suggested a 'Chitchat' thread in the very beginning and still think it would be a great idea where members can just chill, chat about personal stuff (NOT only SRK-related, let's not get over-obsessed with SRK) and not worry about the ever-looming 'offtopic' warning.
oh well then sorry mods for repeating! I should have checked the whole thread.

[Diana]

Thanks Ruta, and no need to feel sorry - if more members request for such a thread, maybe mods will reconsider favourably :)

[Reggiana]

^ Please don't make such narrowminded,negative,degrading, unfounded assumptions and presumptions.



Do you know me? No, you clearly do not; that's the only charitable explanation for this unwarranted outburst, or perhaps we might consider the pot/kettle parable...

Yes I had no intention of having that thread for gossip - I absolutely detest that stuff, but to talk about personal stuff like your pets or kids, or stuff that is not worth making a whole new thread for.

I thought that was the whole purpose of the "Anything goes" thread, we can talk of whatever we like there.

[Gangsta]

Also I have a suggestion of creating a chat box thread in anything goes section where you can talk about absolutely anything- what you're doing right now etc. Although I suppose the problem with this might be that people spend too much time there and not in other parts of the forum.

I do not like the idea of a chatbox, I just see too many problems with it, including the one you mention.

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I feel that mods sometimes go too far with the 'off topic' thing. I think we would get more discussions if that wasn't the case. Cause it's only natural that you start with a topic and that leads to something else and you start discussing it. Obviously if it gets out of hand or is argumentative, it makes sense for mods to step in. But for something that's just a healthy discussion and is somewhat related to the thread- eg for instance talking about an actor or director in his film thread- even if the thread isn't about the actor, I don't see why we can't go a little off topic.

I tend to agree with that assessment. Though, in the past, when mods HAVE tried to stay a little lenient (or dozed off, whatever applies :P ), it has usually ended up going a little too personal for comfort. At least that is what I have noticed.

[palacerani]

I had opened a similar thread like the one Diana mentions, in Anything Goes, last year. No one used it and it was closed down.

As for the OT part, in the past those off topic posts would meander way too far. It would start with a discussion about an actor, go into discussions about a director or actress that said actor worked with, then wander off into some gossip about said actress or director and end up in a place which had nothing to do with the actor being discussed.

Same with movies. For instance, a discussions on IHLS can go into areas about the director and his other works and then about that other movie he directed and maybe about the other actors in that other movie he directed.

Someone wanting to follow the discussions on IHLS would have to go through pages and pages of unrelated posts to read something relevant to the movie.

THAT'S why we admins monitor the posts so vigilantly. And if we allow OT posts who's to say where the cut off point should be? Members will differ on that too.

[maryah]

Uma has described the situation very well. We (the admins) have tried to walk the thin line between letting anything go (often resulting in chaos) and keeping things organized (and being viewed as dictatorial.) I think the admins and mods have all put enough time, trouble, and expense into this forum to have earned a small degree of loyalty and respect. We want to continue to provide a place where SRK fans can share news, information, opinions, and media related to him. We've listened to your opinions since the forum move, and have kept or restored several non-SRK forum areas that frequently caused problems in the past. If problems continue to crop up, we might have to reconsider some of those decisions.

In return -- We don't want trash posted here. We don't want unorganized discussions that meander off in all directions. We won't allow members to attack each other. We don't appreciate members taking sarcastic jibes at the forum management.

Are these policies unreasonable?

If these restrictions are too rigid for anybody, I can only regretfully suggest that you take your business elsewhere. We survived before you were here, and we'll do our best to survive after you leave us. I'd rather have 100 loyal dedicated members who agree with our policies, than a thousand that we have to fight all the time just to keep things going.

[palacerani]

We would, however, like feedback and suggestions. :) We welcome them all the time. It helps us grow and get new ideas to implement. We might not implement them all, but we always consider all suggestions very carefully and give them a lot of thought before we say yay or nay.

So please keep those suggestions and feedback coming and please don't feel upset or get discouraged if your suggestions are not implemented. They will be taken into consideration and may be implemented at a later date, you never know. :)

[Gangsta]

In return -- We don't want trash posted here. We don't want unorganized discussions that meander off in all directions. We won't allow members to attack each other. We don't appreciate members taking sarcastic jibes at the forum management.

Are these policies unreasonable?

If these restrictions are too rigid for anybody, I can only regretfully suggest that you take your business elsewhere. We survived before you were here, and we'll do our best to survive after you leave us. I'd rather have 100 loyal dedicated members who agree with our policies, than a thousand that we have to fight all the time just to keep things going.

Am surprised you'd call members who agree with your policies "loyal" and "dedicated". I'd, personally, be more inclined towards "disinterested".

Anyways, the only question I have is - do I take it that you speak for all the admins/owners?

[River_Panthera]

I thought that was the whole purpose of the "Anything goes" thread, we can talk of whatever we like there.
You're right and that is where a chat box thread would be, and in fact I was originally just going to open the thread in that section, but then thought it would be better to ask the mods about it in case it was not allowed, and I didn't want to get in trouble.
And it's obviously a good thing I did!

[maryah]

Am surprised you'd call members who agree with your policies "loyal" and "dedicated". I'd, personally, be more inclined towards "disinterested".

Anyways, the only question I have is - do I take it that you speak for all the admins/owners?

Where I used the term "we" I think I can safely say the other admins feel the same, based on past discussions and decisions.

Where I used the term "I" I was speaking only for myself.

Just curious.. which of those 4 simple policy statements do you disagree with?

[palacerani]

We admins always welcome suggestions like I said but that doesn't mean we are receptive to insults and snide remarks made to us in the forum. That's what Mary means.

Loyal and dedicated are not bad words. :) But that means members who put forth suggestions and are caring enough to understand that we try our best and accept when we cant do things their way. When we say sorry guys, can't be done, or sorry guys, this won't work we want members to understand and not undermine us by snide remarks and insults.

We've faced quite a bit of it from members here and we don't warrant such remarks, specially when we're doing our best to maintain a friendly forum here. And we're not paid either. :)

[maryah]

Thanks Uma.

Folks, I'm sorry if I came on too strong earlier, but I was feeling a bit unstrung, remembering some of the snide remarks made in the past by certain members. I wasn't really reacting to anything in this thread though, and suggestions are always welcome. As Uma says, admins are people too, with human feelings and faults. :)

[Gangsta]

Folks, I'm sorry if I came on too strong earlier, but I was feeling a bit unstrung, remembering some of the snide remarks made in the past by certain members. I wasn't really reacting to anything in this thread though, and suggestions are always welcome. As Uma says, admins are people too, with human feelings and faults. :)

:) Fair enough. That last post took me back to the days of old, if you know what I mean. We are extremely grateful for the work you guys do, in maintaining the forum, no two ways about it. Same breath, I think we members here, every one of us, play as important a role in keeping the forum as good as it is. I guess, despite the takeover, I still treat the three of you as one of us, you know?

We've faced quite a bit of it from members here and we don't warrant such remarks, specially when we're doing our best to maintain a friendly forum here. And we're not paid either. :)

I hear ya Uma. And am sure it feels like you wanna pull the plug on us when that happens. :haha: Oh, and you could always ask for help..........

[palacerani]

:) I guess, despite the takeover, I still treat the three of you as one of us, you know?

We are one of you, just a little more elevated than before. Just kidding. :D


Oh, and you could always ask for help..........

Thanx for the offer. We will. :aww:

[sandidi]

thanks Uma & Mary - you have described *off topic* very well - as one of the frequent offenders of this, I often wondered why it mattered if we went a bit :offtopic: - now I understand and fully agree!

thanks for doing a great job, all admins! :thumbsup::grouphug: my life would certainly lose a lot if I didn't have this forum to come to.

[pagalmariam]

hey guys, i just want to say like sandidi did, i agree to your rules.
I'm coming to this forum for many years now (much longer than my status is saying) and what i really like is that there have not been many changes in the way the forum is running.
I appreciate that some things are forbidden very strictly. Of course members are humans and cross the lines all over again, and admins have to remember them again all over again which is a tough job without getting angry and irritated. I have said it again and again, and will do here again - YOU ADMINS AND MODS DOING A GREAT JOB!!!! :) :) :)

Frankly speaking i actually would like the rules to be more enforced, when it comes to fights and discussions with insulting contents - like i feel has happend specially during the last year, and i guess some other members feel the same.
Of course, it would get too far to throw anybody out who got a bit off topic - then we would not have many members anymore very soon.
But when it comes to insults or fights... ?

[palacerani]

I've opened a new thread for this topic in this same section so please read it and let us know what you think. :)

[Gangsta]

Hey, what's with the 111 on top of the page? :haha:

[pagalmariam]

is it only me, or is the forum-performance quite slow these days?
any time i log in or, or go to another section it takes more time than earlier.
But maybe it is because i use different internet-connection... :confused:

[River_Panthera]

^I've found it slower as well- for instance it actually makes me wait a bit and comes up with a redirectig box when I click on new posts. This didn't come before, but it's not slow enough to be a problem.

And I can also seee the 111 at the top, but again, it's not really a problem.

[palacerani]

^These are being looked into. Thanx for letting us know. :)

[sandidi]

I thought it may have been a new server or whatever...

I don't know anything about any 111 on top of the page

btw Uma, did you know your siggie is :notworkin

[palacerani]

^ Yes I do. I'm waiting for the queen of sigs to make me a new one. :)

[rollercoaster]

Hi, I have just started posting after being a member for a couple of years.
Can someone please explain about posts not appearing until a mod has approved them? Is this just until you get to a certain number of posts up or is it like this forever? I haven't seen this mentioned in any of the rules or guidelines. Thanks.

[palacerani]

Welcome to the forum Rollercoaster. Yes, the 1st few posts are monitored and have to be approved by mods. Only the posts in the SRK part of the forum are counted so post more there and you will no longer need your posts to be approved. This is for all new members to ensure we don't have spammers contributing here. :)

[rollercoaster]

Thanks for explaining.

[Diana]

Is it possible for members to have the option to 'turn off' display of sigs and avatars in the forum, if they want? It becomes awkward to open the forum in office ;) with so many sigs and avatars on a page.

[maryah]

Yes, that ability has always been there. Go to your USerCP, In the left panel click on Edit Options. In the main panel scroll down to Thread Display Options. In the Visible Post Elements section, select or unselect what you want to see or hide.

[Diana]

Thanks a lot Mary :)

[Diana]

Mods, I think we need a COMBINED thread for SRK-New YashRaj Film
Plus my original (VERY FIRST) post in rumors thread, is NO LONGER a rumor so it also needs to be in the YashRaj thread

http://www.shahrukhkhan.org/srkvb3/showthread.php?t=44595

[Diana]

http://www.shahrukhkhan.org/srkvb3/showthread.php?t=45540

Mods, can we PLEASE have ONE single thread for all these "1 Q&A" of boxofficeindia- threads that member srk keeps starting...??

[maryah]

^Already answered in that thread...

[Reggiana]

^ We should have a pot calling the kettle black thread... :wink: :escape:

[Gangsta]

^ :rofl: Hahahahaha.

[toju96]

Not really a suggestion, but anyway. ;) When I open the forum, it first appears normal, but after a few seconds the color of the page changes to white and the links (as in thread titles) are blue. :confused:
Does anyone else have the same problem?

[maryah]

Nope, never seen that, or heard from anybody else who did.

What browser, operating system, etc?

[toju96]

@Mary:
Windows Vista and firefox (latest version). :) Funny enough, everything is back to normal, it lasted for about 15-20 minutes, never happened before.

[maryah]

^Glad it's back to normal. Hope it stays that way! :)

Let us know if there are more problems.

[River_Panthera]

I got this idea from Alan Rickman forum, but how about having posting levels?
If you don't get what I mean, then for example you know where under your username, it says registered user/admin etc.
Well instead of just that, depending on the number of posts you have, you get a little 'title' based on SRK film characters.
Eg when you get to 100 posts it could be "learning the violin from Raj Aryan Malhotra", when you get to 2000 posts it could be "getting saved by G.One" or "in jail with Don"
You could make it in some specific order eg according to movie release dates, or just random.
We could all provide suggestions from which you can choose
Just thought it might be a bit of fun, but maybe it's too complicated?

And for admins, you could just keep admin or some other 'special name', eg at the Rickman forum they have "Dungeon Mistress"

[maliha_me]

^Awww... Lol... Its like the KKR forum too :) They have something similar as well :D
At the moment Im too sleepy to think of anything... :P

[maryah]

Not a bad idea! I've also seen it at a number of forums. We'll look into it. Some of your admins are tied up right now with 'real life' though, so if it takes us a little while, please understand!

I dunno about anybody else, but I'd like to see ideas for appropriate titles for different levels. Please post any you can think of.

[River_Panthera]

Being stalked by Rahul Mehra
Dancing in the rain with Rahul Khanna
Wrestling with Mohan Bhargav
Getting drunk with Devdas
On the field with Kabir Khan
Dangling off a rooftop with Major Ram Prasad Sharma
Riding a motorbike with Max
Attending Acting Masterclass "How to overact" taught by Om Kapoor
In a shootout with Arun Verma
etc.
I might keep editing as I think of more.

[Diana]

"depending on the number of posts " - but if I'm not mistaken, posts other than SRK forum don't even count in the total posts-count. So first that should not be the case and ALL posts need to be counted before the 'titles' are given out .....

[River_Panthera]

^oh really, I never realised lol.

[Shaki]

awwww! Cute idea Ruta! :D I'll try to think of some titles too....:)

[palacerani]

I don't see why all posts need to be rewarded. This is an SRK forum so only posts in that section should be counted. That's not going to change. But I like the idea of titles. :)

And I love Dungeon Mistress. :D

[maryah]

"depending on the number of posts " - but if I'm not mistaken, posts other than SRK forum don't even count in the total posts-count. So first that should not be the case and ALL posts need to be counted before the 'titles' are given out .....

Why should that make any difference? The post count system is the way it is for a reason, which we fully intend to keep the way it is. I don't see why it should make any difference to the feature being discussed here. Posts are posts, and they accumulate for all sections that have to do with SRK because this IS an SRK forum, not a Bollywood or Hollywood forum, and that's the way we want it to work. :D

[River_Panthera]

For the actual post numbers, I suggest, you start off with small levels eg. in blocks of 50 to begin with 50,100,150...until say 500.
Then in blocks of 100 until some point, then every 500 etc.

[CMReeves]

My 2 cents:

If the levels are given cutsy names like the ones previously mentioned, then okay. However, I don't like the idea of giving more importance to someone who's posted over many years a lot of "OMGs" and the like, over someone who has, for example, recently joined but been a significant contributor to the content and discussion. So I think, please avoid titles that indicate rank.

[Diana]

^ good point Carol :)

[River_Panthera]

My 2 cents:

If the levels are given cutsy names like the ones previously mentioned, then okay. However, I don't like the idea of giving more importance to someone who's posted over many years a lot of "OMGs" and the like, over someone who has, for example, recently joined but been a significant contributor to the content and discussion. So I think, please avoid titles that indicate rank.
yeah that's true so maybe it would be best to do it in a random way instead of by release date. That way there's no chance of being considered 'better'.

[nicha]

good idea. this should be fun.

On the field with Kabir Khan
oh yeah, i like this title. i'll probably avoid posting so i can stay at this level. :P

[Shaki]

^ :haha: me too!!! I would love to be on the field with Kabir Khan forever! :thud: :D

[headley]

hi friend !
I have seen good image of Sharukhan. SRK's image is really nice image.
thank u

[River_Panthera]

^haha, yeah that's one 'problem' with this idea lol. People will have one favourite which they always want. But where's the fun in that?