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brian w edginton

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With reference to the "Did Bob design This" topic recently moved to the Camillus forum, I feel that moderators are ,sometimes, a little rigid in administering "off topic" policy.
The question seemed ,to me, to be a perfectly reasonable one for a forum that is supposed to accept all blade related subjects.
I am sure there are many members who do not visit all (or even any) manufacturers forums but would be interested in debating a subject such as this one.
Does the policy mean "no discussion on a general forum of any brand that has a specific forum" ? (rhetorical question only)
And what if there was a Terzuola forum, as well...where would this one have been moved to ?
I DO realize that Bob was trying to be helpful.....I just question the logic.

BTW, I understand that the original post is still here so that members can go to the Camillus forum to follow it..but it will die here in a day or so , whereas it might remain actively debated for some time over there.

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BrianWE

If I am a Figment of Your Imagination....Stop It, PLEASE!

[This message has been edited by brian w edginton (edited 01-05-2000).]
 
This post should be moved to the bladeforums policy forum.

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DaveH

(It's a joke)
 
Brian,

This is not the first thread you've posted criticial of my moderator's actions. Hell, mate, I'm only trying to do my job and yup, it involves judgement and discretion.

What it boils down to is I call 'em like I see 'em and the thread I moved to the Camillus forum was done for just the reasons stated... figured Will was more likely to catch it there and HE definately is the authority on who designed the 'Cuda.

Now if ya'd like, I'd be more than happy to have you simply send your critiques of me direct to my e-mail addy
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. Saves bandwidth here
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I've no complaints with the criticisms, but I must admit they're getting quite old.


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-=[Bob Allman]=-

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Bob
Didn't mean to tread on anyone's corns.
I DO believe in giving feedback...I always welcomed it when I was in a position of authority and learnt heaps from it. I like to feel that it improved my performance.
I certainly didn't intend to impugn your character or intelligence and did say I thought you were trying to help.
My intent in posting to the forum was to give those who felt as I did a chance to agree and those who didn't a chance to disagree. Isn't that what forums are for ? Only got one "for" and no "againsts" so ,I suppose, it WAS a waste of bandwidth.
As for previous "criticisms" (I prefer "critiques")....you, apparently, took them more seriously than I. As far as I can recall,they were not intended as personal attacks. I have no beef with you.
Your post, however, strikes me as quite personal despite the smilies.
I won't say "sorry" as I don't think I owe you an apology.
And please note that I, too, have a public email address. Feel free to use it. I won't post on this thread again.
And, if your concern is for bandwidth, why don't you trim that sig ?
That was a joke, Bob
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BrianWE

If I am a Figment of Your Imagination....Stop It, PLEASE!
 
Brian,

No sweat
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and I do admit to having been a tad touchy. At one point, earlier on, it seemed no matter what I did, someone fired off a salvo and indeed, it got old.

And to answer your original rhetorical query, no, threads can exist in the general forum about brands that have their own areas. It depends, from my knothole, on where the thread and forumites are best served. Direct questions about a manufacturers product, history, problems, etc. readily fit best in the manufacturer's forum. Threads that extrapolate broader issues starting from a particular manufacturer or specific knife are best served here in this forum.

Keep in mind that I try to follow the guidelines outlined by the system owner and administrator. They established individual forums for a reason and it simply doesn't jive to defeat their purposes by ignoring same and letting the general forum become a complete hodgepodge. The Dewey Decimal system was created for similar reasons to allow libraries to categorize material by common topics thus allowing folks to go to specific areas of interest. It's that simple
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[This message has been edited by bald1 (edited 01-08-2000).]
 
Hi Bob,

I am going to have to support you in this one.

The reason that you guys have manufacturers forums is to keep some of the clutter out of the general forum. As we all know "General Knife Discussion" is a very broad topic and I think any thread that can be better placed in another forum should be.

Later,
John

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[This message has been edited by automantic (edited 01-08-2000).]
 
I've never had to move any posts, but I sympathize with the General Forum moderators. I feel that putting posts in the place that they obviously belong enhances communication, rather than detracting from it. Otherwise -- and this was happening here for a while -- everyone just posts everything in the General Forum for maximum eyeball coverage. So you get a General Forum which is a big jumble of high-traffic that is difficult to sort through, and speciality forums that are weak.

I'd err on the side of not moving a post if I thought it was borderline, but I think the moderators are doing a great job of that already. I strongly support the policy of moving posts to their proper place.

Joe
 
I too feel that Bob did the right thing by moving it to the Camillus forum. It's not like the thread was deleted, and it says right inside the thread where it was moved to.

One thing I like to emphasize to the moderators is that if they do move a thread, they make a final post in the thread stating where it's being moved to and why.

Other than that, it was a judgement call that could go either way, without any major harm occuring. I would have moved it myself... so Bob did a good job.

Spark

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I would like to point out that people may post questions about a certain model, or brand, in the general forum that they wouldn't in a manutfacturer's forum for the purpose of getting well rounded feed back. If you really want to know about a knife you want information from the supporters and the detractors, right?**

**The above post was not intended to take sides in this thread.
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I don't have a problem with any of the moderator's here. Everyone has been a gentleman about this also, which is nice.
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Paul Davidson

Them:"What's that clipped to your pocket, a beeper?"
Me:"Uuh....yeah, something like that."


 
Paul,

Like I stated above, I try to glean where the post may best serve all forumites. I have found most posts about problems with a particular blade are best handled in the corresponding manufacturer's forum, but not all. An recent example that I felt best left here was about problems contacting EDI.

So, indeed, your concerns are in fact factored in.

-=[Bob]=-
 
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