Polls: Read This Everyone

Hitman · 10-03-07, 07:02 AM

It is obvious that some people are not satisfied simply with being idiots, but also do need to cause headaches and displeasing to the rest of the world, besides wasting their time and the time of others. Such kind of people are keen to do actions such as bumping long ago dead polls in order to screw the right and pleasure of others to enjoy these forums.

I have nothing against idiots, as long as they don't go around disturbing others, but this recent poll-bumping episode has made me waste some of my precious time in closing all polls that were in the current first page of the forum, so that other users don't get confused and vote in them, and has generated lots of angryness in the 99% of the normal, wellcomed users.

I have submitted a petition to Neal to investigate via IP vote casting log the identity of the idiot, and recommended he gets accordingly pubished due to its inability to play well with others.

In the meantime, I had to close many polls and also ask Neal to disable that feature in this forum, so I apologize for those inconvenieces, which of course willbe only temporary (Unlike the stupididty of our -yet- unknown poll-bumping idiot, which seems a permanent condition).

If the idiot reads this, he can contact me or Neal per PM and apologize. It could eventually be considered in his benefit if a confession s made before his IP is traced.

Thanks everyone for your patience.

danlisa · 10-03-07, 07:13 AM

100% Agree.

BTW, any chance of a reduction in the stickies on this side of the board?

melnibonian · 10-03-07, 07:59 AM

Well said Hitman

Petsman · 10-03-07, 09:08 AM

Lets make a poll and see who agrees!!Im just kidding.

I agree but some polls are useful . for example about convoy attacks or torpedo loadout and pistol types. They help your judgement.

iambecomelife · 10-03-07, 10:16 AM

Thanks a lot for your quick action, Hitman.

Friedl9te · 10-03-07, 10:21 AM

Agree !

I have seen very few polls that really made sense.
Suggest to disable this feature.

danlisa · 10-03-07, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Friedl9te

Suggest to disable this feature.

No, don't disable the feature (probably can't for just one section of SS). All or nothing.

However, you can set a 'lifetime' for the poll. Maybe 1 week and after that no further votes can be made (I think the Poll Creator can do this too).

minute · 10-03-07, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by danlisa

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Originally Posted by Friedl9te

Suggest to disable this feature.

No, don't disable the feature (probably can't for just one section of SS). All or nothing.

However, you can set a 'lifetime' for the poll. Maybe 1 week and after that no further votes can be made (I think the Poll Creator can do this too).

I would actually suggest that this feature should be disabled for members that haven't already contributed a reasonable number of posts - say 2000 or more

Dowly · 10-03-07, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by minute

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Originally Posted by danlisa

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Originally Posted by Friedl9te

Suggest to disable this feature.

No, don't disable the feature (probably can't for just one section of SS). All or nothing.

However, you can set a 'lifetime' for the poll. Maybe 1 week and after that no further votes can be made (I think the Poll Creator can do this too).

I would actually suggest that this feature should be disabled for members that haven't already contributed a reasonable number of posts - say 2000 or more

I think I've seen this on few boards and would have nothing against it.

Jimbuna · 10-03-07, 03:34 PM

Grateful for your intervention Hitman

mowgli99 · 10-03-07, 03:35 PM

i agree with the punishment of the person. I feel bad because i havent been at this board for a week and i came last night not knowing the numbers of polls. I found myself posting in atleast three. By the time i got to regular posts i realized what i had done bumbing the polls back up. I should have read anti poll topics before.

Brag · 10-03-07, 03:49 PM

Well done, Hitman! And BIG thanks!

There's nothing wrong with polls. Just the abuse of one or two lame brain nitwits.

I doubt I will be in a mood for polling anything for a while

Sailor Steve · 10-03-07, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by minute

I would actually suggest that this feature should be disabled for members that haven't already contributed a reasonable number of posts - say 2000 or more

The only problem I see with that is that it wouldn't stop people from resurrecting old polls. Other than that it sounds okay.

Maybe there could be a way to force polls to automatically close after a set amount of time; say, a week or two.

Monica Lewinsky · 10-03-07, 09:47 PM

I confess:

Huskalar · 10-04-07, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Maybe there could be a way to force polls to automatically close after a set amount of time; say, a week or two.

That sounds like really good idea to me.

10-03-07, 07:02 AM	#1
Hitman Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Spain Posts: 6,109 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 2	Polls: Read This Everyone It is obvious that some people are not satisfied simply with being idiots, but also do need to cause headaches and displeasing to the rest of the world, besides wasting their time and the time of others. Such kind of people are keen to do actions such as bumping long ago dead polls in order to screw the right and pleasure of others to enjoy these forums. I have nothing against idiots, as long as they don't go around disturbing others, but this recent poll-bumping episode has made me waste some of my precious time in closing all polls that were in the current first page of the forum, so that other users don't get confused and vote in them, and has generated lots of angryness in the 99% of the normal, wellcomed users. I have submitted a petition to Neal to investigate via IP vote casting log the identity of the idiot, and recommended he gets accordingly pubished due to its inability to play well with others. In the meantime, I had to close many polls and also ask Neal to disable that feature in this forum, so I apologize for those inconvenieces, which of course willbe only temporary (Unlike the stupididty of our -yet- unknown poll-bumping idiot, which seems a permanent condition). If the idiot reads this, he can contact me or Neal per PM and apologize. It could eventually be considered in his benefit if a confession s made before his IP is traced. Thanks everyone for your patience. __________________ One day I will return to sea ...

10-03-07, 07:13 AM	#2
danlisa Navy Seal Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 5,499 Downloads: 45 Uploads: 1	100% Agree. BTW, any chance of a reduction in the stickies on this side of the board? __________________

10-03-07, 07:59 AM	#3
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Well said Hitman __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

10-03-07, 09:08 AM	#4
Petsman Gunner Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Everywhere Posts: 91 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Lets make a poll and see who agrees!!Im just kidding. I agree but some polls are useful . for example about convoy attacks or torpedo loadout and pistol types. They help your judgement. __________________ Chances favour the prepared mind! GWX 3.0 SH3 Commander 3.2@94% Realism.

10-03-07, 10:16 AM	#5
iambecomelife Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4,706 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Thanks a lot for your quick action, Hitman. __________________ https://www.facebook.com/WolvesoftheKaiser/

10-03-07, 10:21 AM	#6
Friedl9te Lieutenant Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Austria Posts: 268 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Agree ! I have seen very few polls that really made sense. Suggest to disable this feature. __________________ Gute Jagd Ihr Himmelhunde Friedl9te Friedl9te SilentHunter III Help Thread (Sorry in German)

10-03-07, 03:34 PM	#10
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Grateful for your intervention Hitman __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-03-07, 03:35 PM	#11
mowgli99 Engineer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 215 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	i agree with the punishment of the person. I feel bad because i havent been at this board for a week and i came last night not knowing the numbers of polls. I found myself posting in atleast three. By the time i got to regular posts i realized what i had done bumbing the polls back up. I should have read anti poll topics before.

10-03-07, 03:49 PM	#12
Brag Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Docked on a Russian pond Posts: 7,072 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Well done, Hitman! And BIG thanks! There's nothing wrong with polls. Just the abuse of one or two lame brain nitwits. I doubt I will be in a mood for polling anything for a while __________________ Espionage, adventure, suspense, are just a click away Click here to look inside Brag's book: Amazon.com: Kingmaker: Alexey Braguine: Books Order Kingmaker here: http://www.subsim.com/store.html For Tactics visit:http://www.freewebs.com/kielman/

10-03-07, 09:47 PM	#14
Monica Lewinsky Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 845 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	I confess: __________________ Sink them all!