Pinkel DWI Thread

Never mind, saw that it was a duplicate thread. Maybe a merge would be less confusing for the original posters, but in any case.

 
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I have merged enough of his threads. I would estimate it's going on a dozen. I've PMed him about it and he never reads them. I don't know what else I can do.

 
I've put him on Mod Approval (did that after his most recent rant). I haven't looked to see if he's posted since. He probably presumes he's been banned.

I get about a PM a day from CactusboyOG, the guy who was "the head Mod" at HuskerPedia. He tells me he banned these guys left and right, for a day or a week, so I think they're pretty used to it.

All we can do is apply the rules consistently and try to be fair about it.

 
Seriously...what an odd culture they had there. No wonder he is quick to jump to the conclusion of trigger happy mods.

I see this at other boards too, such as the Rivals boards. People get away with all sorts of attacking each other, cussing each other out, etc, and frequent posters regularly get handed vacations. Sometimes it's hard to appreciate how uniquely civil (in comparison, and for the most part :-P) the Huskerboard environment is, until we get reminders like these.

If I haven't said this already Lance, thanks for all the effort you've personally made to make sure these HP newcomers are integrated here and get the message.

How many PMs do you get from these guys? Goodness. You can start ignoring them, not to be rude, but because it shouldn't be your job to deal with constant private harassment or pestering from whomever. Or tell them to use the 'report' function unless it's a personal issue. That way you don't have to deal with the crap yourself.

 
I've gotten 50 or more unique PMs, not counting the back-and-forth conversation from several of them. I've had to clean out my inbox twice to make room.

It's my own fault, really. I post all the time, so they see me and PM me. Most of them aren't actual reports, just "tips" that this guy or that guy is bad news. Often it's the same two people cluing me in on each other, which is funny.

I really try to be nice to them. We've all been "the new guy" at a board, and we've all had that unsure time where you don't know quite how you fit in and it's not fun yet. So I try to remember that and treat them the way I wanted to be treated, to take them seriously and in a friendly way. I have good conversations with most of them, but then guys like johnnyrodgers20..... you just can't seem to reach that guy. Logic doesn't work, nor do specific examples. And when I've corrected him on personal attacks, he goes nuts and reports everything.

Peugot was the worst. That dude may have other issues that we can't help here. I won't be upset if he doesn't come back. He rewrites the book on "difficult." I think a lot of these guys are going to stick around and become contributing members. They're integrating, and that's good.

 
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