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Dear Mods...a humble plea to make me one of you

NDlb46

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I would like to throw my hat in the ring for volunteer moderator of this board. I don't need a salary, recognition, anything really. This is coming from a true and sincere place in my heart that desires for this board to be rid of ridiculous and hackneyed posters that have been a plague here for quite some time.

I whole heartedly pledge my service to the site, but what can I offer? It's very simple. The cancerous posters on this site are predictable, and I can root them out at every turn. They are simple. They are not, nor will they ever be, fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Nor are they fans of other universities and colleges that come over here to discuss, banter, and debate true topics. I offer to eliminate those posters, their threads and comments that turn this board into a degenerate wasteland that us true fans have to sift through to find legitimate discussion. These degenerates use the same verbiage and sentence structure despite their multiple usernames. Their responses are scriptable and easily spotted by every member of this site. They troll and flame for the sole purpose of getting a reaction. They are shockingly intelligent because they get what they want every single time...which is where I come in. I can stop it.

I've been reading this board since the Ty Willingham days. I enjoyed nearly a decade of good discussion as I grew up, advanced my career, established a family, and raised children to love ND football. Then I threw my hat in the ring to enter into the discussion. Unfortunately, I arrived too late. And this was prior to the switch in companies this past year. As a poster, I have only a little to add to discussions: played through HS and college but at a DIII school, coached and taught in the toughest D1 public school division in Ohio for 8 years before moving to school administration, I coached against some ND recruits and signees over the years, but do not have the experience of some of the other posters in regards to evaluating recruiting talent, and I do not have the background to critique and correct the schemes used in DI college athletics because I haven't ever had to digest playbooks that advanced. (and yes, I was an English teacher and recognize that this is a ridiculous run on sentence)

In conclusion, because of the afformentioned reasons, I would happily forfeit my right to comment on all ND football discussion to become a volunteer moderator. I am able to check the discussion board intermittently throughout the weekdays and religiously on the weekends. My username will not be brought into any discussions except those pertaining to upholding this board's integrity, and my responses will be solely following the company line.

If you are interested in the aid to which I've offered, please check my contact information through my registration to find my email and let me know one way or the other what I must do.

For our lady Notre Dame, and the game we love so much...
NDLB46
 
Ara is a frequent, albeit not obsessive poster, who has shown good balance in his opinions and tolerance for other views; and he has expressed a willingness to be this board's moderator. He has my support, and hope others will express their opinions.
 
I have been reading Ara's posts for years. He is a definite bright spot on this board. I would rather he stay in his role to respond and post his opinions and thoughts than restrict him into moderator status in which we would, in part, lose his opinion and voice. Wax was very limited in his responses to discussion topics; he was very controlled in his comments and responses. Like I said, I don't really post or respond that often. I would hate to see Ara, OlTex, IIO, or many of the other frequent, legitimate posters get to the point where they feel they cannot contribute due to their role as moderator. However, I have no problem with that role (heck, it isn't so much different than my current profession). Telx1, I have read your posts for years as well; your username is a safe harbor for me to continue reading. Should Ara be willing and become that role for this board as well and that is who you and others support, then I am fully on board.
 
Ara has always seemed to be a good poster and a Notre Dame fan. We need people to root out these ND haters and those who hate what ND and her real fans stand for............there are many who simply hate all things Irish. I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters. Go Irish!
 
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MODs...I present to you exhibit A.6 (Epictitus) the who-knows-how-many-iterations-of-a-cancerous cell/poster is on this board and exactly why I wish to make myself a service. He (or she) in addition to the other midwestern "posters" who jam up this board with their incessant drivel and comments that are solely to provoke the ire of the fans of Notre Dame football.

Again, their foolishness is easy to identify. Be it a Michigan, Indiana, or FSU topic, they show their colors and faces. They have the same vocabulary every time, the same patterns of argument, the same verbiage. Pardon the negative connotations, but it is shooting fish in a barrel...please let me help.
 
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I throw my hat in the ring if I can be in charge of content and discipline only. The technical stuff can be handled by one of my assistants.
 
Ara has always seemed to be a good poster and a Notre Dame fan. We need people to root out these ND haters and those who hate what ND and her real fans stand for............there are many who simply hate all things Irish. I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters. Go Irish!

You have nothing to do with ND...nothing... never have... never will....

"I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters."

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I would like to throw my hat in the ring for volunteer moderator of this board. I don't need a salary, recognition, anything really. This is coming from a true and sincere place in my heart that desires for this board to be rid of ridiculous and hackneyed posters that have been a plague here for quite some time.

I whole heartedly pledge my service to the site, but what can I offer? It's very simple. The cancerous posters on this site are predictable, and I can root them out at every turn. They are simple. They are not, nor will they ever be, fans of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Nor are they fans of other universities and colleges that come over here to discuss, banter, and debate true topics. I offer to eliminate those posters, their threads and comments that turn this board into a degenerate wasteland that us true fans have to sift through to find legitimate discussion. These degenerates use the same verbiage and sentence structure despite their multiple usernames. Their responses are scriptable and easily spotted by every member of this site. They troll and flame for the sole purpose of getting a reaction. They are shockingly intelligent because they get what they want every single time...which is where I come in. I can stop it.

I've been reading this board since the Ty Willingham days. I enjoyed nearly a decade of good discussion as I grew up, advanced my career, established a family, and raised children to love ND football. Then I threw my hat in the ring to enter into the discussion. Unfortunately, I arrived too late. And this was prior to the switch in companies this past year. As a poster, I have only a little to add to discussions: played through HS and college but at a DIII school, coached and taught in the toughest D1 public school division in Ohio for 8 years before moving to school administration, I coached against some ND recruits and signees over the years, but do not have the experience of some of the other posters in regards to evaluating recruiting talent, and I do not have the background to critique and correct the schemes used in DI college athletics because I haven't ever had to digest playbooks that advanced. (and yes, I was an English teacher and recognize that this is a ridiculous run on sentence)

In conclusion, because of the afformentioned reasons, I would happily forfeit my right to comment on all ND football discussion to become a volunteer moderator. I am able to check the discussion board intermittently throughout the weekdays and religiously on the weekends. My username will not be brought into any discussions except those pertaining to upholding this board's integrity, and my responses will be solely following the company line.

If you are interested in the aid to which I've offered, please check my contact information through my registration to find my email and let me know one way or the other what I must do.

For our lady Notre Dame, and the game we love so much...
NDLB46

RE the OP
the openning paragraph disqualifies you !
Subsequent paragraphs only acerbate the reasons to disqualify you.


Mods - this one is an easy decidion.
 
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Don't know why as a mod one can't not only contribute but take an even more involved roll. Mods at other sites are very active posters expressing their opinions and providing factual info to support those opinions. I know the mods at the Soundoff board (including one your own ... Irish Blood) are extremely active and involved in the postings daily. And he has banned the three headed FSU obsessed monster from ruining and hijacking threads there with such nonsense. The same at Warchant. The mods there are probably among the most active contributors while banning the same poster(s).

You can do both.
 
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Don't know why as a mod one can't not only contribute but take an even more involved roll. Mods at other sites are very active posters expressing their opinions and providing factual info to support those opinions. I know the mods at the Soundoff board (including one your own ... Irish Blood) are extremely active and involved in the postings daily. And he has banned the three headed FSU obsessed monster from ruining and hijacking threads there with such nonsense. The same at Warchant. The mods there are probably among the most active contributors while banning the same poster(s).

You can do both.


if no one gave your arch enemy place, and he is denied significance then he is essentially and actually impotent as a poster! You get sucked in everytime!
 
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You have nothing to do with ND...nothing... never have... never will....

"I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters."

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That sentence you quoted is seriously one of his funniest ever. I laughed loudly.
 
Ara would be an excellent choice. A mod cannot inhibit nor steer dicussions as long as the are done with respect courteous dignity. People are going to have a multitude of opinions and free discussion done respectfully is the goal.

Ara would be an objective and justly restrained Mod.
 
In conclusion, because of the afformentioned reasons, I would happily forfeit my right to comment on all ND football discussion to become a volunteer moderator. I am able to check the discussion board intermittently throughout the weekdays and religiously on the weekends. My username will not be brought into any discussions except those pertaining to upholding this board's integrity, and my responses will be solely following the company line.

If I couldn't post because I was a moderator. I would give up moderating that moment. Everyone here is a poster first.

That said, be careful what you wish for.

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RE the OP
the openning paragraph disqualifies you !
Subsequent paragraphs only acerbate the reasons to disqualify you.


Mods - this one is an easy decidion.
Perse, relax old man, I'm not coming after you. Believe it or not, your diatribes are beneficial to the ND discussions on this board. Whether you support me or not is not the point. As I said, I'm fully in support of Ara being in such a position. I felt compelled to throw my hat in the ring based on what I've read in the past 3 years and 6 months especially.

...and by the way, you might want to check the definition of acerbate because I think you meant exacerbate
 
spelling is not a high priority; and like ND35 I find it harder and harder to see the print.
They used to have a thing call ispell, that was good; but auto correct often substitutes words that totally alter a meaning.

There are several unbiased posters like KIB, Ara, Boston, or even DIP (would be an adventure).
But being a Mod is very different than being a 'censure' who would allow only a single side to any debate.

So far an efficient Mod has been the ignore tool.

The season is 2 wks on the horizon, and this pkace is going to be anything but boring.

I think the offense will provide the fireworks this year instead of the posters!
 
That sentence you quoted is seriously one of his funniest ever. I laughed loudly.

Indeed it is and I deleted my sentence stating the same......

"I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters."

Add drama queen to the resume'....

I swear he wouldn't last a minute on ND's campus.

He'd get pummeled.
 
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The present moderators do a fine job in distinguishing between family fights and flamers. I've used my ignore button more than a few time but never when family members fight. I find those times informative and sometimes entertaining. There has been a few times when they go personal that make me uncomfortable, but you don't ban family members over disagreements. I've also noticed that family members do a good job with flamers who come here looking for a fight. After all, we are fans of the "Fightin' Irish of Notre Dame!"

I somewhat disagree with your assessment. High jacked topics and off topic problems from flamers will linger on and on. "Family members" do not do a good job with problem contributors. They engage them which encourages the problem. That's not solving anything. In fact, many times, regulars will initiate the discussion about a flamer. That's not solving anything. I'm all for strict guidelines for everyone. NOBODY is special. Political, social, and religious topics get sent to the off topic board immediately if not sooner. High jackers get deleted immediately if not sooner. Spats are not debates and discussions. Spats go too. Soon, everyone will get the message. ND fans look childish and petty in front of the whole nation many times just by the way we attack and bicker. Sometimes for the tiniest of comments. Some topics and follow up discussions are very good. Many times it turns into playground embarrassing rubbish. I'm telling you, this can easily be fixed with strict vigilance, either self policed or moderated, IMHO.
 
For anyone thinking this board looks bad, or that the mods are off base here. Spend a week on warchant.

The mods there eat their own. By far the most regulated and over moderated site on Rivals.
 
Jack

you might fall into the flaw of the type in the NHL; where the retaliation is sent to the penalty box while the real culprits the instagators or aggressors go on to find a new target.

Occam's razor!
 
That sentence you quoted is seriously one of his funniest ever. I laughed loudly.

"I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters."

And we have a new contender.....

"ND fans look childish and petty in front of the whole nation many times just by the way we attack and bicker."
 
Only problem is that rivals or scout or whoever don't want to chance that you kick someone off and they cancel their membership.

Ridiculous trolls are eliminated and sometimes you think I may be a troll because I wholeheartedly disagree w a decision.
 
That isn't true. I ban gold members weekly.

Yahoo makes plenty in their agreement with Rivals. These boards are a tax write off.
 
"I would be happy to help and know that Our Lady would help me through these troubled waters."

And we have a new contender.....

"ND fans look childish and petty in front of the whole nation many times just by the way we attack and bicker."

Read my thread on the FWAA and how it morphed into an embarrassing childish playground insult war that would never take place in person. You might want to rethink your comment. Are you part of the problem or are you part of the solution?
 
Read my thread on the FWAA and how it morphed into an embarrassing childish playground insult war that would never take place in person. You might want to rethink your comment. Are you part of the problem or are you part of the solution?


and that answer is why your not a viable choice; your way or the highway?
sure, we will put a narcissitic persona in charge! oh yea!
 
That's right Pers. If someone wants to go rogue then they can start their own board. There is plenty of room for debate, discussion, and disagreement without it turning into a middle school pissing match. Over the years, very good topics have been high jacked and some deleted because of this nonsense. If you find this as a positive for this board, then you probably favor a free for all, no holds barred type of situation. I have no dog in this show. I live in Realvillle and see things how they actually are.
 
Read my thread on the FWAA and how it morphed into an embarrassing childish playground insult war that would never take place in person. You might want to rethink your comment. Are you part of the problem or are you part of the solution?

"ND fans look childish and petty in front of the whole nation many times just by the way we attack and bicker."

The fact that you believe that the whole nation is tuned into this site says a lot about your lack of sensibility...,,

You also have no idea what would or wouldn't take place in person.
 
This board has readers and contributors from all over the country and I do know that there would be a lot less chest thumping in person. So we agree then, you are not part of the solution.
 
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That's right Pers. If someone wants to go rogue then they can start their own board. There is plenty of room for debate, discussion, and disagreement without it turning into a middle school pissing match. Over the years, very good topics have been high jacked and some deleted because of this nonsense. If you find this as a positive for this board, then you probably favor a free for all, no holds barred type of situation. I have no dog in this show. I live in Realvillle and see things how they actually are.

Jack:

there pwas always difference of opinion but the real vulgarity and obscenities started at a the introduction of a particular band of ID's. It was like Pandora's box - it just escalated and when Wax / Jack left it became as described, "the Wild West".

(Wax n Jack had been working on permanent solution by way of the IP, when the reorg took place.)
 
This board has readers and contributors from all over the country and I do know that there would be a lot less chest thumping in person. So we agree then, you are not part of the solution.

Seriously?

Quite frankly, 90+ % of the problems on this board stem from one poster using multiple ID's. The moderators here, if there are any, couldn't care less about this place as they offer this blight safe haven.

If epic, dubs, bigfella, blah blah blah were tossed from here like he has been on other schools sites this place would dramatically improve.

There have been multiple requests sent to board moderators and I believe a thread was started to support his removal.

If this poster was removed from here the board would have a major content uptick. Until then no amount of hand wringing is going to change a thing....

What would you suggest we do to get rid of this nuisance?

A whole nation awaits your reply....
 
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Yeah, this site would improve immeasurably if argus man, under all of his screen names, and nole, were both banned. They are incapable of civilized dialog and hijack thread after tread after thread. I know of no other board which would tolerate conduct such as those two posters engage in. Until that occurs, this board is going to suffer as a result of their inane posting.
 
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The whole nation is going to have to wait because there is nothing else to say. The nation will survive. You....probably not.
 
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