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Originally Posted by WitchdoctorDan
Yes, but I thought the current skins will be incompatible with the next update? If not, then kindly disregard my noobyness.  |
They won't be. Brand new skins will have to be created from scratch.
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Originally Posted by Captain Del
I have been looking over COF for a little while, and I'm not quite sure on my stance yet. Unfortunately I'm not a member there, so I can't explore all the changes, but that isn't needed to know that it does seem significantly more "modern" than POF. One question, though - during the update, will all stats such a reputation, number of posts, profile views, etc. be reset, or no?
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Yes, new skins will probably have a more modern look to them. They took a very simple and easy process of creating skins and really complicated it. So it's going to take us time to create several different skins for everyone to use. They also changed the base graphic file type from .gif to .png. Which will cause some problems on it's own till we're able to convert some our present skin graphics over.
Post count, rep, and all the other things you listed, should remain the same.
vB4.x should be able to use the full functions of the newer browsers, high level of security, a more intergrated blog feature, and some other updates we should be moving on to before long. This is just going to be a headache for everyone to adjust to.
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Originally Posted by Captain Del
And I do understand where the moderators are coming from, though you can assure that at times I did have a cannon sitting by my side itching to blow. I think the main problem between the moderators and the members, however, is that we usually aren't specified as to WHY we are being editted, and then given a specific example so we can realize you aren't just doing this to be strict. Of course, this can also fail on the member's part, for not understanding.
Let's take an example from the Ban Game. One of the main rules there is to not have conversations through posts - however, the members don't think they are doing as such, while the moderators thing they are. Here's an example of a a ban session that you may see on the game (I'll highlight areas that outline "conversation" 
From viewing the mod's editting patterns, that is basically what is defined by having a conversation. Now I know that a lot of banners like to type long bans to try and create the "better ban," per say, but in moderator's eye, it's just you and the other person developing a conversation that is slowly drifting away from the conversation, which, in cases, does happen quite a lot.
So, I think the bridge between member/moderator peace can only be achieved if there is a better understanding on both levels. |
The ban game thread is ran across all our sites in activities but this seems to be the only site where there are issues coming up with it. There is a lot more chatter going on in the POF's version of the ban game than on any other site. A little off topicness isn't going to hurt much, but it seems the game is getting side trekked from it's main topic with so much and so consistent extra chatter. We're also seeing some joking that is probably being taken too far. The mods don't know who are friends and who aren't. Since we try to protect users from being flamed or trolled, this can easily be viewed differently by the mods than the 2 friends making jest at each other.
Every mod edit, should be included with a reason of which policy the poster is in violation of. If you have any questions about your post being edited, PM a mod and ask them directly. They'll happily answer your questions and try to explain the reasoning behind their actions. We're not about to open the can of worm of having open public discussions about policies and their finer points. From my experience, it just gets ugly.
The admin staff have began working on reviewing our policies. We'll be checking to make sure we don't need more, trying to make clearer definitions of the policies we have so everyone can better understand them, and review what policies we have are still needed. This is going to take a while as we haven't updated our policies in several years. We've got more forums now, a much larger staff, and trends on the sites have shifted from when the policies were originally wrote. They've served our purpose but it's time to update them. These will be posted up for everyone's review once we're done revising them.