Why Zen sticky post are now "anonymous" ?

[Gandalf Parker]

Stormbinder said:

Well, frankly Zen was never too shy about expressing his opinions. Please note that I am not saying that it is good or bad thing, just observing the fact.

Yes but the previous posters comments that it can get in the way of good moderating was a true statement. It can be a problem if they do speak out personally abit too much. And it can be a problem if they force themselves to hold it in too much. On other Boards Ive moderated I have often recommended that the Moderators create a personal user personae to make it easier to split their replies in a healthy manner.

[Stormbinder]

Gandalf Parker said:

Yes but the previous posters comments that it can get in the way of good moderating was a true statement. It can be a problem if they do speak out personally abit too much. And it can be a problem if they force themselves to hold it in too much. On other Boards Ive moderated I have often recommended that the Moderators create a personal user personae to make it easier to split their replies in a healthy manner.

Aye, I completely agree with you Gandalf. And yes, it can certanly get in the way of good moderating. Perhaps creating another person is a good idea, either that or having tight control on your emotions when you, the moderator, decide to participate in heated debate.
BTW I never noticed that to be a problem with you, although I imagine you probably had a strong desire to tell what you reeealy feel in plain words over some controversial topics. Personally I respect your self control and discipline, I think they are sign of good moderator.

[deccan]

Arryn said:
I'd be happy to take responsibility for maintaining the stickies, but I have no desire at all to be a moderator in general.

You know the growing irrelevance of the stickies is getting really annoying. I think the easiest solution might be to unsticky zen's original Posts, have arryn make new ones and have a moderator sticky them instead.

[Johan K]

I have now unlocked stickies and deleted a whole bunch of incorrect (old forum) links. That way at least people can post new stuff below the unmaintained post.

I would of course appreciate it if some people like to maintain a stickie or three. If you are interested in maintatining an anonymous stickie, make a new post and let me know so I can replace the old stickie with that one.

Arryn what stickie(s) are you interested in maintaining?

[Arryn]

Johan K said:
Arryn what stickie(s) are you interested in maintaining?

The AAR and Links stickies.

BTW, I think it was a big mistake to delete all the old links in the AAR thread because even though the actual links were bad, knowing the AAR thread names would have made searching for the correct new URLs much easier. Now the task of rebuilding the thread will be (needlessly) harder.

[Cainehill]

True, but Google fast enough and their Cache should still have the old information available.

[Arryn]

Cainehill said:
True, but Google fast enough and their Cache should still have the old information available.

Tried it. All the Google searches stop at the Dom 2 forum's index page and fail to drill down into the actual thread. If anyone successfully retrieves the old info, please cut and paste it into an email and send it to me. Thanks.

[Johan K]

Sorry about that Arryn. Here they are again.

A Tale of Fire and Blood by General Tacticus - Mictlan - Unknown
... Some Say In Ice by Peter Ebbesen - Jotunheim (Niefelheim) - Ongoing
Jotunheim: Utgard by Arryn - Jotunheim (Utgard)- Ongoing
Abysian AAR, Part Deux by Joe Backwards - Abysia - Completed
Noob's shot at an R'lyeh AAR by CharonJr - R'lyeh - Unknown
A Happy Planet by IKerensky - Ulm - Unknown
Newbie Dominions 2 AAR by Calis - Ermor (Ashen Empire) - Unknown
Dominions (PPP) AAR - Jens - Multiplayer Multination - Completed
T'ien Ch'i Game Writeup - by AStott - T'ien Ch'i - Unknown
Turn of the Sidhe Tide - by Zurai - Man (Last of the Tuatha) - Unknown
First AAR - by condors - Ulm - Unknown
Neophyte with Caelum - by Wyatt Hebert - Ongoing
Got Blood? Black Forest Newbie AAR - by Scott Hebert -Ongoing
Time of the Ice Giants - by Sachmo - Ongoing
Lutes 1 MP AAR (Man) - by Ryan (Rywill) - Completed

[Arryn]

Thanks, Johan! That makes my task much easier.

[Arryn]

Johan K said:
I would of course appreciate it if some people like to maintain a stickie or three. If you are interested in maintatining an anonymous stickie, make a new post and let me know so I can replace the old stickie with that one.

Arryn what stickie(s) are you interested in maintaining?

I have created a new thread, starting with post #291212, for AARs. Can you please sticky that thread and delete the old AAR ex-sticky?

Thanks!